List of shipwrecks in 1758
The List of shipwrecks in 1758 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1758.
January
14 January
19 January
26 January
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Ship | Country | Description |
Aurora |
Spain |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Bilboa with the loss of a crew member.[3] |
Duke Packet |
Great Britain |
The privateer was destroyed off Hispaniola by HMS Assistance ( Royal Navy).[4] |
Earl of Granville |
Jersey |
The privateer foundered off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Emanuel |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[1] |
Frime |
France |
The ship, a prize of HMS Dolphin ( Royal Navy), ran onto that ship's anchor and sank at Waterford, Ireland.[1] |
George |
British America |
The ship was lost off Barbadoes.[6] |
Jesu Nazareno |
Spain |
The ship was lost near San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Seville to Morlaix, France.[7] |
Kingston |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the "Calleradoes". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8] |
Neptune |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Seville.[7] |
Nostra Señora del Rosario |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked near San Lucar with the loss of about 150 of her 200 crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena, Viceroyalty of Peru.[7] |
Nostra Señora Nazare |
Portugal |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London.[9] |
Rotation |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the "Calleradoes". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[8] |
Rotterdam Packet |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[10] |
St Francis |
British America |
The ship was lost on Sandy Island, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antigua.[6] |
February
16 February
18 February
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Ship | Country | Description |
Boscawen |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Seville, Spain.[13] |
Cicelia |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Cyprus |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[6] |
Elizabeth and Janet |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[15] |
Fortrose |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews with the loss of three of her crew.[14] |
Furnace |
Great Britain |
The ship ran aground off the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Down, Ireland.[2] |
Hibernia |
Ireland |
The ship was lost near Caernarfon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dublin.[13] |
HMS Invincible |
Royal Navy |
The third rate ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Solent. Her crew survived. |
Mermaid |
Ireland |
The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[2] |
Molly |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the south west coast of Ireland.[16] |
Santa Speredon |
Spain |
The ship ran aground off Cádiz and was wrecked. She was bound for Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru.[15] |
March
7 March
10 March
27 March
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April
13 April
14 April
15 April
Unknown date
May
12 May
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June
13 June
Unknown date
July
2 July
6 July
11 July
21 July
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Prudent.
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August
20 August
23 August
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September
16 September
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October
19 October
23 October
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Ship | Country | Description |
Anne |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Constadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[60] |
Bell |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portleaven, Cornwall.[61] |
Deborah |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Hull, Yorkshire.[62] |
Elizabeth |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall with the loss of one life.[61] |
Four Sisters |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in Studland Bay.[52] |
Gracia Divina |
Republic of Venice |
The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.[63] |
Hopewell |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Seaford, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Malaga, Spain to London.[63] |
Joseph |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in Studland Bay.[52] |
Katherine |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered off Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland.[52] |
Lydia |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off theShetland Islands. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Hamburg.[52] |
Morning Star |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Carolina, British America.[64] |
Nelly |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45] |
Princess of Wales |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Constadt. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[60] |
Queen of Sheba |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues (210 nautical miles (390 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[63] |
Shaftesbury |
Great Britain |
The cutter came ashore near Porthleaven whilst pursuing Bell ( Great Britain).[61] |
Santa Bueno |
Spain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agamonte.[52] |
St. George |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Brighthelmston, East Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to London.[52] |
Unity |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mears ( Great Britain).[65] |
Venus |
flag unknown |
The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued.[62] |
William & Mary |
Great Britain |
The ship sank at Dublin, Ireland.[52] |
November
1 November
8 November
19 November
20 November
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Ship | Country | Description |
Betty |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Jamaica.[68] |
Chance |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway to the Moray Firth.[66] |
Christopher |
France |
The ship was lost on Spanish Island, County Cork, Ireland.[69] |
Eliza & Antonia |
Spain |
The ship was lost near Lyme, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Hamburg.[49] |
Fortune |
Denmark |
The ship was lost near Ventspils, Russia. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Riga, Russia.[70] |
Friendship |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[71] |
Huntingdon |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on Spanish Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Venice and Zant, Kari-Eli to London.[69] |
Isaac |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Sligo, Ireland.[68] |
Italian Merchant |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Riga, Russia.[49] |
Magdalen |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[68] |
Mary |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[70] |
Nostra Señora de la Conception |
Spain |
The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Cádiz.[49] |
Nostra Señora de la Guarda |
Spain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havre de Grâce, France.[45] |
Robert |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked at "Wessarcoig". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hamburg.[45] |
Santa Sebastian |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London.[68] |
Santa Vincent |
Spain |
The ship was wrecked near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz.[59] |
Santissima Anunciata Santa Nicholas san Speridon |
Republic of Venice |
The ship was wrecked on a rock off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain to Venice.[69] |
Sincere Friend |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. Her crew were rescued.[49] |
York |
Great Britain |
The ship capsized at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[45] |
York |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Limerick, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[49] |
December
11 December
12 December
13 December
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1758
Ship | Country | Description |
Ruby |
Great Britain |
The transport ship struck rocks and sank off the Azores, Portugal with the loss of 116 of the 259 people on board. |
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Ship | Country | Description |
Beauford |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked at Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire] to Saint Kitts.[72] |
Betty |
Sweden |
The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland.[72] |
Castleton |
Great Britain |
The ship ran aground at Dunmore, County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Barbadoes.[73] |
Charles |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Carlscroon, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian.[74] |
Constantine |
Danzig |
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain to Danzig.[74] |
Fortune |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.[74] |
Gottenburg |
Sweden |
The ship was destroyed by fire in The Downs. Her crew were rescues.[72] |
Nancy |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[74] |
Nancy |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Black Prince ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[72] |
Nostra Señora de Porto Santa Antonio |
Portugal |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce, France.[73] |
Onacabesla |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 leagues (900 nautical miles (1,700 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[67] |
Oswego |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, British America.[75] |
Pembroke |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered off Robert's Cove, County Cork with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol to New York.[75] |
Rising Sun |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Carlscroon. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.[74] |
Robert |
Ireland |
The ship capsized near Dublin and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua.[75] |
Scipio |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[34] |
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Ship | Country | Description |
Adventure |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lord Howe ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[61] |
Anton |
Great Britain |
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. Some of her crew were rescued by Golden Lyon ( Great Britain).[76] |
Britannia |
Great Britain |
The ship ran aground and sank at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to London.[77] |
Caesar |
Spain |
The ship was lost on "Annagabes Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Spain.[78] |
Duke Compagni |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was lost off St. Eustatius. She was on a voyage from St. Eustatius to Amsterdam.[59] |
Duke of Cumberland |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, French America.[73] |
Friendship |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of South Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued.[79] |
Goulan |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Louisbourg.[73] |
Land Tortoise |
Great Britain |
French and Indian Wars: The radeau was scuttled in Lake George, New York, British America with the intention of raising her the following year. |
Lion |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on Blanco Island, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[80] |
Mars |
Great Britain |
The frigate foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 34 of her 105 crew. Survivors were rescued by Anna ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Bristol to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[81] |
Mary & Jane |
British America |
The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica.[82] |
Mercury |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[56] |
Peggy |
British America |
The ship was lost off the coast of North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a port in South Carolina.[24] |
Phenix |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked in Casco Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[29] |
Princess Amelia |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, South Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to a port in South Carolina.[62] |
Princess Carolina |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Venice with the loss of eight of her crew.[23] |
Ranger |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to Jamaica.[83] |
Ross |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of New England. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[25] |
Unity |
Great Britain |
The ship was destroyed by fire in a port in Maryland, British America.[83] |
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