List of shipwrecks in the 1740s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1740s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1740s.

1740

1740 did not begin on 1 January!^{[Note 1]}

May

1 May

• John & Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland. Her crew survived.^[1]

January

9 January

• Rooswijk ( Dutch East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all hands.

23 January

• Fane ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.^[2]

26 January

• Pearl ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Steeple Rocks, in the North Sea off Tinmouth, Northumberland with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew.^[3]

Unknown date

• Adriatick ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America^[4]
• Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to King's Lynn, Norfolk.^[5]
• Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Portmahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.^[6]
• Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Great Yarmouth,^[5]
• Gothick Lyon (flag unknown): The ship was attacked off Thoulon, Var, France by two Spanish privateers. She exploded with the loss on all on board. Gothick Lyon was on a voyage from Livorno to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.^[7]
• Joseph & Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km) off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset.^[2]
• Lady Jacoba ( Hamburg): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Malaga, Spain to Hamburg.^[5]
• Mary & Betty ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[8]
• Prince of Asturias ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal.^[9]
• Sea Horse ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to a Dutch port.^[10]
• Tryumph ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.^[8]
• William ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Liverpool.^[7]

February

8 February

• Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[11]
• St Joseph ( Great Britain): The snow sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 500 leagues (1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Virginia, British America.^[12]

Unknown date

• Britannia ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at "Beerhaven", Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[3]
• Isabel ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall before 23 February.^[13]
• Pearle ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland before 10 February with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.^[14]

March

13 March

• Content ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.^[15]

Unknown date

• Esther ( Great Britain): The collier foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk before 3 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.^[16]

Unknown date

• Lambert ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa with the loss of all but one of her crew.^[6]
• Nuestra Señora del Pillary y San Antonio ( Spain): The ship was lost off Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maraicaho, Puerto Rico to Cádiz, Spain.^[7]

1741

March

26 March

• St. John Baptist ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.^[17]

April

24 April

• Anna ( Great Britain): George Anson's voyage around the world: The pink was damaged in a storm and put into a cove that was later to be called Bahía Anna Pink, after the ship. After two months she was repaired sufficiently to sail to the Juan Fernández Islands, where she was broken up in August 1741.

Unknown date

• Anguilla ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. Her cargo of lime got wet when the ship started to break up on 26 April and the ship was consequently destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.^[18]
• Hamburg Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Hunmber She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.^[18]
• Two Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Arundell, West Sussex before 27 April.^[19]
• Warwick ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.^[18]

May

9 May

• Barbadoes Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship was destroyed by fire at Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[20]

14 May

HMS Wager.

• HMS Wager ( Royal Navy): George Anson's voyage around the world / Wager Mutiny: The sixth rate was wrecked on rocks at 47°40′43″S 75°2′57″W / 47.67861°S 75.04917°W, on what would later be called Wager Island, and was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Of her crew of about 300, only ten were to return to England.

Unknown date

• Anna Maria Margaretta ( Dutch Republic): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain.. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France^[20]
• Charming Molly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the north of England to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[21]
• Galera Sevillia ( Spain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 leagues (240 nautical miles (440 km) north east of Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic to Cádiz.^[22]
• John & Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.^[17]
• Leghorn ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden to Chester, Cheshire.^[17]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Riga. She was on a voyage from London to Riga.^[17]
• Nelly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire with some loss of life.^[23]
• Succession ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Rocks of Tara, north of the mouth of the Strangford River, County Down, Ireland.^[20]

June

17 June

• Jennison ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She ws on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[24]

July

5 July

• Providence ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.^[25]

25 July

• Thomas & Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.^[25]

Unknown date

• Veare ( Great Britain): The transport ship, a pink, was wrecked on the Port Mourant Keys, off the coast of Jamaica in early July.^[26]

August

15 August

• Emanuel ( Sweden): The ship was lost on the South Wall Sand, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg to a French port.^[27]

September

8 September

• Speedwel ( Ireland): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Barbados to Dublin.^[28]

15 September

• Portland ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.^[29]

Unknown date

• Cleverland ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford, County Down, Ireland before 18 September. She was on a voyage from a port in the north of England to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[30]
• Leather ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Lancaster, Lancashire.^[30]
• Liverpool Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Thames before 8 September. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.^[31]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Barbados.^[30]

October

21 October

• Mary & Ann ( Ireland): The ship was captured by Spanish privateers 60 leagues (180 nautical miles (330 km)) west of Ireland. She was subsequently run ashore and wrecked about 6 nautical miles (11 km) from "Nottam". Mary & Ann was on a voyage from Dublin to Faro, Portugal.^[29]

Unknown date

• Charm ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands before 27 October.^[29]

November

26 November

• Betty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.^[32]

Unknown date

• Dorothy & Betty ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.^[33]
• Expedition ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to London.^[32]
• Fortune ( Great Britain): The ship was lost neat Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.^[27]
• George ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent before 27 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.^[34]
• Greenwich ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[32]
• La Thereisvicaute ( France): The sloop was lost at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain before 27 November with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the ÃŽle d'Arz, Morbihan to Dunkerque, Nord.^[34]
• Lisbon Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick.^[32]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to an Irish port.^[32]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oporto.^[35]
• Michael ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.^[36]
• Prosperous ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.^[37]
• Reliance ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.^[37]

December

Unknown date

• Squirrel ( Great Britain): The ship foundered before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[35]

Unknown date

• Adventure ( British America): The ship was lost before 26 May whilst on a voyage from Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.^[21]
• Cheshire ( British America): The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[21]
• Crown ( Great Britain): The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland, British America before 7 July. Her crew survived.^[38]
• El Conquistador ( Spanish Navy): Battle of Cartagena de Indias: The warship was scuttled as a blockship at Cartagena de Indias, Viceroyalty of Peru.^[39]
• Hoylin ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Carolina before 19 June. She was n a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Carolina.^[40]
• Joseph & Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland before 7 July. Her crew survived.^[38]
• London ( Great Britain): The ship was destroyed by fire at Old Harbour, Jamaica before 27 October.^[29]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from London to Carthagena, Spain.^[41]
• Mercury ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near the mouth of the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Lisbon, Portugal.^[21]
• Murdock ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America before 14 April. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia.^[42]
• Nassaw ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the Martins before 16 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.^[43]
• Providence ( Great Britain): The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Dantzig. Her crew were rescued by the Eagle Packet ( Great Britain).^[41]
• Rebecca and Martha ( Ireland): The ship was lost near Saint Kitts before 25 September. She was on a voyage from Cork to Saint Kitts.^[26]
• Sea-Nymph ( Ireland): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hog Island, Virginia before 21 August. She was on a voyage from waterford to Virginia^[44]
• Streeftkerken ( Dutch Republic): The ship was lost off Ceylon before 7 July.^[38]
• Success ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Carolina before 1 December She was on a voyage from Carolina to London.^[32]
• Woodford ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America before 24 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[11]

1742

September

2 September

• Westerbeek ( Dutch East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked on Suðuroy, Faroe Islands with the loss of one of her 81 crew.

November

22 November

• HMS Drake ( Royal Navy): The Drake-class sloop was wrecked at Gibraltar.

January

11 January

• HMS Tyger (( Royal Navy):): The fourth rate frigate was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas.

Unknown date

• HMS Tilbury ( Royal Navy): The fourth rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire.

1743

April

13 April

• Princess Louisa ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked off Maio Island, Cape Verde Islands with the loss of 59 of her 100 crew.^[45]

July

13 July

• Hollandia ( Dutch East India Company): The East Indiaman struck the Gunner Rock, off Annet, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain and sank with the loss of all 276 crew.

September

18 September

• HMS Bridgewater ( Royal Navy): The sixth rate was wrecked in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, British America.

December

28 December

• Parsey ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania British America.^[46]

Unknown date

• Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Margate, Kent before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to London.^[47]
• Nancy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to London.^[47]

January

6 January

• Begona ( Spain): The privateer, a snow, attacked Bacchus ( Great Britain), which sank her. Thirty of her 120 crew were rescued.^[48]

Unknown date

• Dolphin ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais and St. Julian's Castle, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal.^[49]
• Experiment ( British America): The ship was driven ashore at Oporto before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Oporto.^[50] Experiment had been refloated by 23 February.^[51]
• James ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais as St. Julian's Castle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oporto.^[49]
• John & Esther ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden to London.^[49]
• John & Hannah ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plimouth, Devon.^[48] She had been refloated by 27 January.^[52]
• Martha ( Great Britain): The ship ship was wrecked on the north coast of Scotland before 10 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire.^[53]
• Mary ( Ireland): The ship was lost near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to Waterford.^[49]
• Robert & Barbara ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in the Fly. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.^[49]

February

14 February

• Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkerque, Nord, France.^[54]

19 February

• Happy Return ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Plimouth.^[51]

25 February

• Charming Nancey ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.^[55]
• Chariot ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Margate.^[56]
• Dolphin ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the east Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.^[55]
• Eastern-Branch ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Margate.^[55]
• Globe ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin and Jamaica.^[56]
• Industry ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America.^[56]
• Jennet ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes^[56]
• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Casrolina, British America.^[56]
• Nottingham ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Broadstere, Kent.^[56]
• Recovery ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barnstaple, Devon.^[56]
• Success ( Great Britain): The ship wes driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.^[57]
• William & Sarah ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the east Kent coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolina. William & sarah had been refloated by 2 March.^[56][55]

28 February

• Grantham ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Folkston, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bencoolen, India to London.^[55]
• Providence ( Ireland): The ship was lost near Carnarvan. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Dublin.^[58]

Unknown date

• Hope ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Harwich, Essex before 7 February. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.^[59]
• Maria ( France): The ship was driven ashore in Sandown Bay before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.^[60]
• Martha ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[55]
• Santa Antonio Depadua ( Spain): The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent, Great Britain before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Cádiz.^[61]

March

13 March

• Betty ( Great Britain): The ship capsized and sank off Anamaboe, Gold Coast. Although there were some survivors, over 200 lives were lost.^[62]
• Santa Dominick ( Spain): The wherry was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Malaga to Dunkerque, Nord, France.^[63]

Unknown date

• Hopewell ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage frm Bristol, Gloucestershire to Chester, Cheshire.^[46]
• Le Ulera ( France): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Dublin, Ireland.^[54]

Unknown date

• Anne & Sarah ( Great Britain): The ship was lost in Winyah Bay, British America.^[64]
• HMS Astraea ( Royal Navy): The stores ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, British America before 2 March.^[55]
• George ( British America): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Carolina. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to a port in North Carolina.^[56]
• Hooper ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned off the coast of Galicia, Spain before 13 January. Her crew were rescued by Rebecca ( Great Britain). Hooper was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London.^[65]
• Lucitannia ( Great Britain): The ship was lost at Mahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Genoa.^[66]
• Seneca ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.^[57]
• William & Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was lost at Oporto before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oporto.^[60]
• Swift ( British America): The ship was lost at Oporto before 9 March. She was on a voyage from a South Carolinan port to Oporto.^[67]

1744

April

Unknown date

• Two Brothers ( Ireland): The ship was wrecked near Montserrat. She was on a voyage from Cork to Montserrat.^[68]

July

8 July

• Somerset ( Great Britain): The privateer, a snow, capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel. Eleven of the 97 people on board survived.^[69]

Unknown date

• Fortune ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex before 10 July. Her captain was the only survivor. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.^[70]

August

29 August

• Happy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster, Lancashire.^[71]
• Indian Queen ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster.^[71]

Unknown date

• Barbadoes Packet ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Hale to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[72]
• Curton ( Great Britain): The galley was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, East Sussex before 31 August. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.^[73][72]
• Duke ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent before 21 August. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[74]

September

5 September

• Amoretta ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[75]

16 September

• Jamaica Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in Tory Bay, County Donegall, Ireland with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[76]

Unknown date

• Benjamin ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire before 28 September. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.^[77]
• Gertrude ( Hamburg): The ship was driven ashore in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Venice.^[78]
• Jamaica Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly, Ireland before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.^[78]
• John ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Gottenburg, Sweden before 18 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gottenburg^[78]
• Kitty ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gottenburg before 18 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gottenburg.^[78]
• Prosperous ( Great Britain): The ship ran aground off Weymouth, Dorset before 25 September and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Chichester, West Sussex to Falmouth, Cornwall.^[76]
• St John ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Portugal by a Spanish privateer. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal,^[79]

October

HMS Victory.

5 October

• HMS Victory ( Royal Navy): The first rate ship of the line foundered between the Channel Islands and the French coast (49°52′30″N 3°33′18″W / 49.87500°N 3.55500°W) with the loss of her crew of about 900 men.

21 October

• HMS Colchester ( Royal Navy): The fourth rate ship of the line ran aground on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea and was scuttled. There were about 40 casualties from her crew of about 400.

26 October

• Wackender Boeye ( Dutch Republic): The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Zierikzee to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.^[80]

Unknown date

• Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk before 16 October. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn.^[81]
• Kingston ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland before 5 October.^[75]
• New Foster ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to an African port.^[82]

November

Unknown date

• Robert and John ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire before 13 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Liverpool.^[83]

December

3 December

• Polly ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and the Leeward Islands.^[84]

19 December

• Prospect ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France with the loss of most of her crew.^[85]

Unknown date

• Chatham ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sussex before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Piscataway, Maryland, British America to London.^[86]
• Eaton ( Great Britain): The frigate was driven ashore in the River Thames before 14 December. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.^[87]
• Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in The Downs before 18 December. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Portsmouth, Hampshire.^[88]
• Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in The Downs before 21 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.^[89]
• Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames before 14 December, She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[87]
• James ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the Spaniard Sandbank, in the Thames Estuary before 14 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[87]
• Martha ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 25 December.^[85]
• Providence ( Hamburg): The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, Great Britain before 18 December.^[88]
• Ranger ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel before 18 December with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Poole, Dorset.^[88]
• Sally ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Chichester, West Sussex to Oporto, Portugal.^[84]

February

5 February

• HMS Looe ( Royal Navy): War of Jenkins' Ear: The fifth rate ran agroundd on a reef, later to be known as Looe Key, off the coast of Spanish Florida. Her 276 crew survived. She was later set afire to prevent her capture by the Spanish.

22 February

HMS Anne Galley.

• HMS Anne Galley ( Royal Navy): War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fireship was set afire by Hércules ( Spanish Navy). She exploded and sank.
• Poder ( Spanish Navy): War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fourth rate was scuttled following the battle due to damage sustained.

Unknown date

• Cape Fare Merchant ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Antigua before 5 October. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Antigua.^[75]
• Charming Molly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered three days into a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. Her crew were rescued by HMS Otter ( Royal Navy).^[71]
• Charming Molly ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Helsingfors, Finland before 16 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.^[90]
• Duc de Chartres ( France): The ship was lost in the Rio Grande before 3 July. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru.^[91]
• Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off Bermuda before 20 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Barbados.^[92]
• Hare ( Great Britain): The ship was lost off a port in South Carolina, British America before 22 June. She was bound for London.^[93]
• Katherine & Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the coast of Carolina, British America before 25 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina to London.^[94]
• Neptune ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on a sandbank before 29 May. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.^[95]
• Norris ( Great Britain): The ship sprang a leak and foundered south of Jamaica before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[86]
• Northampton ( British East India Company): The ship was last sighted 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km) west of ÃŽle Bourbon sometime after 20 July. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
• Providence ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Helsingfors, Finland before 26 October.^[96]
• Tartar ( British America): The privateer capsized off the Virginia Capes before 24 August with the loss of most of her crew.^[97]

1745

September

12 September

• Gotheborg ( Swedish East India Company): The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked on the HunnebÃ¥dan Reef, in Rivö Fjord. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Canton, China to Gothenburg.^[98]

November

• Boscawen ( Great Britain): The privateer, a frigate, ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall and was wrecked.^[99]

Unknown date

• Het Vergulde Lam ( Dutch Republic): The ship sank at MÃ¥len, Norway.^[100]

1746

December

Unknown date

• Rose ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer before 28 December. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen. Rose subsequently drove ashore crewless on the Norwegian coast.^[101]
• Rose ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London. Rose was subsequently wrecked on the Portuguese coast.^[102]

January

20 January

• Tygar ( Great Britain): The ship was deiven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Mahone, Menorca to London.^[103]

Unknown date

• Merryfield ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Duncarn Head, Scotland before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to London.^[104]

February

4 February

• Swift ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Pool, Dorset.^[105]

16 February

• Loyal Mace ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[106]

Unknown date

• Blessing ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in St. George's Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.^[106]
• Crown ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian.^[107]
• Industry ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.^[107]
• Jane ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Fowey.^[107]
• Robert and Ruth ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore near Hartley Poole, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dantzig.^[107]

June

24 June

• HMS Saltash ( Royal Navy): The sloop foundered off Beachy Head in the English Channel.^[108]

Unknown date

• Alliance ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.^[109]
• Esperance ( France): The ship was captured by English privateers whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Martinico. She was set afire and destroyed.^[110]
• Henrietta ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast before 17 March.^[111]
• Jully Batchelor ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.^[112]
• Levant ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea before 10 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Turkish port.^[113]
• London ( Great Britain): The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica before 17 March.^[111]
• Port Royal Packet ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to London.^[105]
• Prince Charles ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, British America.^[111]
• Saltana ( France): The privateer sprang a leak and ran aground before 13 March. She put into Baltimore, Maryland, British America, where her crew surrendered.^[109]
• Shirley ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua before 17 March whilst evading a French privateer.^[111]

1747

1748

1749

Notes

1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1740 was followed by 25 March 1741. 31 December 1741 was followed by 1 January 1741.

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Ship events in 1740
Ship launches:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship commissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship decommissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Shipwrecks:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745

Ship events in 1750
Ship launches:	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753	1754	1755
Ship commissionings:	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753	1754	1755
Ship decommissionings:	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753	1754	1755
Shipwrecks:	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753	1754	1755