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List of shipwrecks in 1762

The List of shipwrecks in 1762 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1762.


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January edit

3 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Biddiford   Royal Navy The sixth rate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with some loss of life.[1]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1762
Ship State Description
Dragon   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[2]
Greyhound   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Barbadoes by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes.[3]

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1762
Ship State Description
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Good Intent   Great Britain The tender was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Granville   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[4]
John & Sukey   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and the West Indies.[4]
Nossa Senhora de Padrão da Serra   Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[4]
Prussian Hero   Great Britain The victualling ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Seanymph   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater.[4]
Zénobie   French Navy The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of 40 of her 110 crew.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Amiable   France The privateer was lost with the loss of 27 lives.[4]
Delight   Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.[5]
Helen   Great Britain The ship was lost off Cape Sambro, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6]
Pearl   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[5]
Sarah & Katherine   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. she was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4]
Three Friends   Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford with the loss of one of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London.[5]

February edit

10 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1762
Ship State Description
Sally   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe near Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein.[7]

21 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1762
Ship State Description
Cumgilly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Carmarthen.[8]
Edinburgh   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from London to Leith.[9]

22 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1762
Ship State Description
Retrelle   France The ship, which had been captured by HMS Bellona (  Royal Navy) on 17 February, was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Batz with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were taken prisoner by the French.[10]

24 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1762
Ship State Description
Ann   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen, Norway to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Barnard   Great Britain The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (48°N 26°W / 48°N 26°W / 48; -26) on 10 February by the privateer Diana (  France) whilst on a voyage from Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America to London. She was sent in to Bayonne, France but was lost off that port.[11]
Lady Katharina   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[9]
Success   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea between Fraserburgh and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[6]
Syren   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Eyemouth, Berwickshire to Campvere or Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[9]
William   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven, Electorate of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[9]

March edit

15 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1762
Ship State Description
Charming Betsey   Great Britain The ship was sunk at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin and Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1762
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora de Piedade   Spain The ship was wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from St Georges to London.[12]

22 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1762
Ship State Description
Andreas   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Martins to Warberg.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Catherina Margaretta   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain.[13]
Duke of York   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Tynemouth. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields.[7]
Jeun Sultan   France The privateer was captured by Scipio (  Great Britain). She was later driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sussex, Great Britain, with the loss of a crew member.[14][11]
Laurel   Great Britain The transport ship was sunk by a collision with Houghton (  British East India Company) in the English Channel 5 leagues (24 km) west of Portland Bill, Dorset.[8]
Margaret   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[15]
Mercury   Great Britain The ship was lost off Youghall, County Cork, Ireland, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[10]
Mohawke   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[15]
Nostra Señora del Rosario   Spain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Bilboa.[13]
Santissima Trinita & St. Pedro D'Alantara   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exeter, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[16]

April edit

6 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1762
Ship State Description
Phaeton flag unknown The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, British America.[17]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Bacchus   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Posset Point Rocks, in the Bristol Channel.[18]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Guinea.[19]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was lost off the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bremen.[20]
Young Adrian   Ireland The ship was lost near Portaferry, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.[21]

May edit

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1762
Ship State Description
Achilles   Great Britain The ship caught fire off Carthagena, Spain and was beached. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[22]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1762
Ship State Description
Buffoon   Great Britain The frigate was lost in the Hamoaze.[23]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Jane   Great Britain The ship was captured by the privateer Revenge (  France). She was later driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter.[24]
Revenge   France The privateer was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter and was then burnt.[24]

June edit

21 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1762
Ship State Description
Lytchett   Great Britain The ship was captured in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by Greyhound (  French Navy) and was burnt.[25]

July edit

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Hercules   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Riga.[26]
Middleton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Liverpool.[27]
Molly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Bremen.[26]
St. João Baptista   Portugal The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Postillion (  Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[28]
Success   Great Britain The ship struck a rock and foundered off the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.[29]
Unity   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen.[26]

August edit

12 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1762
Ship State Description
Asia   Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[30]
Europa   Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana .[30]
Neptuno   Spanish Navy Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana.[30]

15 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1762
Ship State Description
Savage   France The ship privateer, a cutter, was captured and sunk by HMS Hazard (  Royal Navy).[31]

26 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1762
Ship State Description
Indian Prince   Great Britain The ship was captured off Madeira by a French Navy frigate, reported to be the Modeste, and was burnt. Her crew were put aboard the Greyhound (  Great Britain), which was also captured but was released with her rigging partly disabled. Indian Prince was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa.[32]

27 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1762
Ship State Description
Rose   Great Britain The ship parted from a convoy on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[33]

31 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1762
Ship State Description
Prince of Wales   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 leagues (72 km) west of Belle Île, France. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel.[32]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Diligence   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[25]
Gibraltar   Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Judith Maria   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]

September edit

3 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1762
Ship State Description
Jufro Francina   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam.[36]

14 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Stirling Castle   Royal Navy The second-rate ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Cuba.

15 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1762
Ship State Description
Santa Joseph de Goyesechea   Spain The ship was driven ashore in Avilés Bay by HMS Aeolus (  Royal Navy) and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Caracas, Viceroyalty of Peru to "Port Passage".[30][37]

18 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Humber   Royal Navy The fifth rate was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[38]
St Paul   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands.[38]

19 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1762
Ship State Description
Christian   Danzig The dogger was driven ashore and wrecked in Liverpool Bay.[39]
Greyhound   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Ribble and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.[39]

24 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Badger   Royal Navy The Merlin-class sloop was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands.[40]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Eagle   Great Britain The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Lancaster, Lancashire, her crew wishing to avoid impressment. She came ashore and was wrecked. Eagle was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster.[41]
Fenwick   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[39]
Jennet   Great Britain The ship was lost near Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to Lancaster, Lancashire.[37]
Kingstone   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Baltic Sea and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[42]
Mercury   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Selsey Island, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[41]
Peggy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[39]
Prince of Wales   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Highlakes, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]

October edit

3 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1762
Ship State Description
Emelia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton, Norfolk.[44]
Hopestill   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member.[44]
John and Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton.[44]
John and Thomas   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, Dutch Republic to Sunderland, County Durham.[44]
Lively Nanny   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Cammas" to London.[44]
Sarah   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[44]
St George   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk.[44]
Unity   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[44]

25 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1762
Ship State Description
Arthur   Guernsey The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Martinico and Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[45]
Providence   Great Britain The transport ship was lost at Havana.[46]

26 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1762
Ship State Description
Charming Isabella   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Experiment   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea with the loss of two of her crew.[47]
James and Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[47]
John and Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued.[47]

30 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1762
Ship State Description
Phœnix   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of at least 332 lives. Thirty-six crew were rescued by King George (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Africa to Virginia, British America.[48]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Anne & Margaret   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[49]
Bona Fortuna   Norway The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen to London.[49]
Charming Nelly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire.[49]
Charming Sally   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar.[50]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore north of Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Schiedam, Dutch Republic.[44]
Grandburg   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strangford Lough in mid-October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]
Haston   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Hamoaze.[49]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[52]
London   Great Britain The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands via Madeira and Gibraltar.[53]
Louisa   Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[49]
Minerve   French Navy The frigate was lost at Vila Franca do Campo, Azores with the loss of most of her crew.[35][54]
Molly   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Watchet, Somerset.[49]
Pro Patria   Sweden The ship foundered in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Åbo.[44]
Richard and Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney. She was on a voyage from Burlington, New Jersey, British America to London.[49]
Scott   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Granadoes to London.[52]
"Three Good Friends"   Dutch Republic The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin, Ireland.[55]
Two Brothers   Great Britain The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.[52]
Tyger   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[42]

November edit

11 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1762
Ship State Description
Ferdinand   Great Britain The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal.[56]
Friends Goodwill   Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[57]
Hawke   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Pool, Dorset.[56]
Queen of Portugal   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[56]

15 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1762
Ship State Description
Pocock   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the snow Joanna. She was n a voyage from New Providence, Rhode Island to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[58]

27 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1762
Ship State Description
Minerva   Sweden The ship was driven ashore betweenCalais and Boulogne, Kingdom of France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain.[59][60]

29 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Marlborough   Royal Navy The second rate ship of the line sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Antelope (  Royal Navy).

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Adventure   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[47]
Ann and Francis   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[47]
Anne   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of four lives.[47]
  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Charles flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Figueira, Portugal.[61]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62]
Duke of York   Great Britain The ship was lost at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London.[47]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[47][59]
Endeavoua   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool.[62]
Finder   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gorey. She was on a voyage from Angola to Rotterdam.[56][35]
Friendship   Great Britain The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[63][64]
Greyhound   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool, Dorset.[59]
Hopewell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.[47]
Mayflower   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Long Oversall Sand, in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk. The only survivor was her captain, who was rescued by a coble from Wells-next-the-Sea.[47]
Pennington   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk.[47]
Quince Tree   British America The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 11 November. All seventeen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cape Fear, North Carolina.[65]
Samuel and Joseph   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[56]
Samuel & Lydia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from "Blythnock" to London.[47]
Sarah   Hamburg The galley foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[47]
St George   Great Britain The ship was lost off "Pilasouthery". She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Lancaster, Lancashire.[66]
Tarleton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[62]
True Briton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all hands.[66]

December edit

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1762
Ship State Description
HMS Temple   Royal Navy The third-rate ship-of-the-line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland.[67][68]

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1762
Ship State Description
Arnold   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Maitanzes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana Captaincy General of Cuba.[69]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1762
Ship State Description
Pretty   Guernsey The sloop departed from Saint-Malo for Guernsey. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Ann   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[71]
Anna Maria   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Lancaster, Lancashire.[64]
Bien Amie   Spain The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Whitstable, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[72]
Commerce   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[73]
Isabella   Great Britain The ship sank on The Gallions. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Jamaica.[64] She was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames.[74]
Royal Charlotte   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Quebec, New France to London. She was beached in the River Corrib, Ireland.[73]
HMS Temple   Royal Navy The third-rate ship of the line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.
Two Brothers   Great Britain The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[71]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762
Ship State Description
Adventure   Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Culloden (  Royal Navy. She was on a voyage from Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba to Plymouth, Devon.[75]
Adventure   Guernsey The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London.[75]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Antigua.[76]
Blessing   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[50]
Brilliant   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Martinico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[58]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship bulged whilst being heaved at Quebec, New France. She was declared a total loss.[28]
Brotherhood   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Cesar   Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana to New York, British America.[58]
Cato   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Guadeloupe.[78]
Charming Nancy   Great Britain The ship sank near Halifax, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax.[76]
Charming Sally   Great Britain The ship capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London.[46]
Defiance   Great Britain The ship was lost at New Calabar.[50]
General Amherst   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London.[46]
General Wolfe   Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79]
Happy Return   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Christi, San Domingo to New York.[80]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of New England, British America. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[24]
Intrepide   Great Britain The ship was sunk off the coast of Africa in an engagement with a French privateer. There were four survivors.[67]
Lark   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Bulls whilst evading a French Navy man-of-war.[81]
Lark   Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79]
Lion   Great Britain The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana.[79] Her crew were rescued.[77]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was lost near Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Gibraltar.[82]
Oldbury   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by explosives at Bonny, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Peggy   The brig foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[41]
Phæton   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (190 km) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[82]
Pitt   Great Britain The transport ship, a galley, foundered.[46]
Pretty Betsey   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Prince George   Great Britain The ship was lost at Martha Bacca, Jamaica at the end of a voyage from London. Her crew were rescued.[36]
Prince Ferdinand   Great Britain The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[55]
Providence   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, to Providence, Rhode Island, British America.[22]
Recovery   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[46]
Richard   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Royal Duke   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Intrepid (  Royal Navy).[48]
Sally   Great Britain The ship was captured by four French Navy Men-of-War and burnt. She was on a voyage from London to New York.[26]
St Joseph   Kingdom of Sicily The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Trani to Lisbon, Portugal.[71]
Streckland Castle   Great Britain The transport ship foundered.[79]
Sv. Pëtr I Pavel   Russian Empire The vessel was wrecked off Shemya in the Near Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Most of her crew survived.[83]
Tortola   Great Britain The ship capsized off Tortola. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tortola to London.[59]
Unidentified Unidentified Russian explorers reported a two-masted foreign vessel abandoned in the Catherine Archipelago. Inhabitants of Unalaska Island and Umnak Island reported it to be on Chikhmil Island.[84]
Victoria   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Naples.[56]
William and Ann   Great Britain The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[77]

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