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List of shipwrecks in 1772

The List of shipwrecks in 1772 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1772.


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January edit

1 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1772
Ship State Description
Antwerp   Great Britain The packet boat was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[1]

2 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1772
Ship State Description
Intelligence   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost at Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue with the loss of 21 slaves.[2]

9 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1772
Ship State Description
Scholtenburg   Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman, a frigate, was lost off "Infiegoene" whilst bound for Ceylon.[3]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1772
Ship State Description
Polly   Great Britain The ship ran aground at Beaumaris, Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1772
Ship State Description
Friends-goodwill   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a French fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London.[4]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Ann   Ireland The ship could have been lost near La Rochelle, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantz, France.[5]
Aquitaine   France The East Indiaman sank in the Garonne.[5]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Aldborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Oporto, Portugal.[6]
Friendship   Ireland The ship could have been lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Belfast.[6]
Haywood   Great Britain The ship was blown out to sea from São Miguel Island, Azores in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Joseph   Great Britain The ship's location was lost near Cádiz, Spain.[5]
Lady Mary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Cork.[5]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to London.[5]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Tinmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.[4]
Swallow   Jersey The ship foundered with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Jersey to St. Ubes, Portugal.[8]

February edit

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1772
Ship State Description
Polly   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Belfast.[9]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Francis & Maria   Guernsey The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rochfort, France to Guernsey. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Mogdort   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at "Cowell", Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John Island to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[11]
St. Michael   Norway The ship ran aground in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Arundale to Waterford, Ireland.[9]

March edit

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Carolina   Great Britain The ship ran aground on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.[12]
James   Ireland The ship was driven ashore in Cales Bay near "Batty". She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cales.[13]
Jane   Ireland The ship was run down in the River Thames by a British ship and was beached. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[14]
Mercury   France The ship was driven ashore in Cales Bay. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Havre de Grâce.[13]

April edit

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Active   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Royan, France.[15]
Apollo   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic Sea.[16]
Collin   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Hamburg.[15]
Endeavour   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hull, Yorkshire.[17]
Medway   Great Britain The ship was lost near Zierikzee, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Hull to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[7]
Neptune   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[15]

May edit

4 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1772
Ship State Description
Sally   British America The sloop was wrecked on the Cape Lookout Shoals, 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of seven of the 22 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Charles Town, South Carolina.[18]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Empress of Russia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dantzick.[19]
Generous Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered off the Whiting sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[20]
Generous-planter   Great Britain The collier was wrecked on the Barr sandbank, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham.[21]
Lucretia   Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg.[22]
Old Batchelor   Great Britain The ship was lost off Moggadore, Morocco.[23]
Rose   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[24]
York   Great Britain The ship was lost between Gibraltar and Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg.[23]

June edit

9 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1772
Ship State Description
HMS Gaspée   Royal Navy
 
HMS Gaspée.

Gaspée Affair: The schooner ran aground in the Providence River, Rhode Island, British America whilst chasing Hannah (  British America). She was captured by the Sons of Liberty, burnt and sunk.

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Charlotte   Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore on Texell. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Amsterdam.[25]
Hambleton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Sint Eustatius to Amsterdam.[25]

July edit

26 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1772
Ship State Description
Dule of Albany   British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the Bengal River.[26]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Generous Friends   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.[27]
Goodintent   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex and capsized. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[27]
Maria Beckford   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida, British America.[28]
Molly   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Skaggerak off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew.[29]

August edit

5 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1772
Ship State Description
Eagle   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.[30]

9 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1772
Ship State Description
Swan   Great Britain The ship was run onto by a collier at the Kentish Knock and foundered with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a third vessel.[31]

16 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1772
Ship State Description
Meredith   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Watlant Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued by Royal Charlotte (  Great Britain). Meredith was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[32]

28 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1772
Ship State Description
Fanny   Nevis The sloop was wrecked at the Salt Ponds, Saint Kitts.[33]
John   Virgin Islands The sloop was wrecked at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.[33]
Juno   Saint Kitts The sloop was lost at the Salt Ponds, Saint Kitts.[33]
Mary and Elizabeth   The schooner was wrecked at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.[33]
Pompey   Saint Martin The sloop was wrecked in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts.[33]
Watson   Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Basseterre, Saint Kitts.[33]

31 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1772
Ship State Description
Apollo   British America The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts with the loss of all but one of her crew.[33][34]
Blake   Antigua The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Chatham   Saint Kitts The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.[33]
Experiment   Saint Kitts The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[33]
Farley   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Bloody Point, Saint Kitts.[33] Her crew were rescued.[34]
Fortune   Saint Kitts The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis.[33]
Hazard   Saint Kitts The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Hart's Bay, Saint Kitts.[33]
Irish Gimblet   The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis with the loss of all hands.[33]
Jenny   Nevis The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis with the loss of all hands.[33]
John and Elizabeth   British America The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.[33]
Isidure   Ireland The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts.[33]
Margaretti   The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[33]
Mercury   Great Britain The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[33]
Mercury   saint Kitts The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[33]
New York   British America The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Basseterre, Saint Kitts.[33]
Relief   Virgin Islands The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at saint Kitts.[33]
Thistle   Great Britain The snow was wrecked in a hurricane at Limeh Bay, Saint Kitts.[33]
Tryon   British America The brig foundered in a hurricane off Saint Kitts with the loss of all but one of her crew.[33][35]
Two Williams   The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Antigua with the loss of all hands.[33]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Norra Fizland   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia to Stockholm.[36]
St. Peter   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cádiz, Spain.[36]

September edit

1 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1772
Ship State Description
Charles   Jamaica The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Georgia to New York, British America.[37]

5 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1772
Ship State Description
Jenny   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[38]
Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[38]

24 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1772
Ship State Description
Chanteloupe   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Thurlestone Rock. She was bound for London from Grenada, laden with sugar, coffee and rum. Of the crew of 13 and seven passengers, only the second mate was rescued.[39]
Phœnix   France The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Martinico.[32]

25 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1772
Ship State Description
Catharine   Norway The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of four of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Quebeck (  Great Britain). Catharine was bound for Dublin, Ireland.[32]
Princess of Wales   Ireland The ship was lost on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to Dublin.[40]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Chantelope   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsgate, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grenades to London.[32]
Charlottee   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent. She was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames, where she capsized. Charlottee was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Chester, Cheshire.[32]
Chernomorsky Flot   Imperial Russian Navy The ship departed from Kafa for Kertch. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[41]
Helena   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.[42]
Mary & Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[43]
Rose   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Bourdeaux, France.[44]
True Briton   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norway.[42]

October edit

2 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1772
Ship State Description
Pretty Polly   Great Britain The ship ran aground on the North Sand, in Liverpool Bay. All on board were rescued.[45]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1772
Ship State Description
Good-intent   Ireland The ship foundered in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Havre de Grâce, France.[46]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Good-intent   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk.[40]
Hopewell   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh Hook, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Kingdom of Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47]
Le Liberti   Dantzick The ship capsized in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Dundalk, Ireland.[48]
Mary & Ann   Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[48]
Nancy & Peggy   Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[49]
Shuldrum   Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland in late October for Pool. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[50]

November edit

1 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1772
Ship State Description
Francis & Elizabeth   Ireland The ship foundered in Clognakitty-bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.[51]

10 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1772
Ship State Description
Carolina   Great Britain The ship was lost in Mount's Bay. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.[51]
Sally   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Pool, Dorset.[52]

17 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1772
Ship State Description
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.[37]
Trotman   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brunt Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[53]

18 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1772
Ship State Description
Fortune   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, British America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[54]

21 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1772
Ship State Description
Fenny   Great Britain The ship foundered in Bude Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[55]
Goodintent   Great Britain The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[55]
May   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford, Suffolk with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland.[56]
Papp-castle   Great Britain The ship was lost off Liverpool with the loss of all hands.[55]

26 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1772
Ship State Description
Grenada   Great Britain The gally was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland and was severely damaged.[57]
Le Vigilent   France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brittany.[58]

29 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1772
Ship State Description
Harriot   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nice, France to London.[59]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Antigua Frigate   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Catania, Sicily. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Betty   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Swansey Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Swansey, Glamorgan.[46]
Brotherly Love   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[55]
Campo Bello   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Campobello to Liverpool, Lancashire.[60]
Cruiser   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Padstow Bay, Cornwall before 28 November. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[53][61]
Dispatch   Great Britain The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.[55]
Eendraught Sitse   Dutch Republic The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam to Alicante, Spain.[56]
Fly   Great Britain The ship departed from the Clyde for Dunkerque, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[62]
Friends   Great Britain The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Hawke   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Riga to Liverpool.[52]
Helena La Clare Tax Kirk   France The ship was driven ashore at Brighthelmstone, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[55]
Industry   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[57]
Jolly Bacchus   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[55]
Leopard   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitlock, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Jamaica.[55]
Liberatas   Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin.[56]
Newnham   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.[55]
Thomas & Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[46]
Venus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Padstow, Cornwall. She was later refloated.[60]
William & Ann   Great Britain The ship struck the Ionion and was consequently beached at Dungeness. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Chatham, Kent.[55]
Willing-mind   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Barmouth, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]

December edit

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1772
Ship State Description
Lady Margaret   Bremen The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Bourdeaux, France.[59]

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1772
Ship State Description
Sea Nymph   Great Britain The ship foundered off St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Calais, France.[63]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1772
Ship State Description
Carlisle   British America The ship was wrecked at Malamocco, Republic of Venice. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain to Venice.[64]

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1772
Ship State Description
Bacchus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lime, Dorset to Harwich, Essex.[65]

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1772
Ship State Description
Jenny   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Pool, Dorset.[58]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1772
Ship State Description
Phenix   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Matchapungo Shoals, off the coast of Virginia, British America. Her crew were rescued.[66]

25 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1772
Ship State Description
Acteon   Great Britain The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.[67]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Assumption   France The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce.[65]
Bacchus   Ireland The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France.[57]
Dingley   Great Britain The ship was reported to have been lost at a Norwegian port. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[57] She was later taken in to Christiansand.[68]
Elizabeth & Mary   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[69]
Hero   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, Ireland.[70]
Industry   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.[57]
Integrity   Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Avon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[58]
John & Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hamburg.[70]
Molly   Great Britain The packet boat foundered off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.[57]
Philadelphia   British America The ship was driven ashore at Youghall, County Cork, Ireland.[63]
Sally   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Ferrol, Spain.[71]
Venice Paquet   Norway The ship was lost at Venice. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Venice.[72]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1772
Ship State Description
Barbadoes   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Barbadoes.[73]
Betsey   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Otterock River, North Carolina, British America before 29 July.[74]
Beum Consego flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anguilla.[75]
Britannia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire and was severely damaged, She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[76]
Bretagne   Great Britain The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May in the West Indies. Twelve of her crew were rescued.[70]
Charlotte   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[48]
Charming Polly   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Georgia, British America.[77]
Cunriff   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from London and Cork, Ireland to Antigua and Jamaica[73]
HMS Dispatch   Royal Navy The Sloop-of-War foundered in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued by another Royal Navy vessel.[55]
Duke of Albany   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bengal River.[78]
Ebenezar   Denmark The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen to St. Croix.[79]
Elizabeth   Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 June. Her crew were rescued by Mary (  Great Britain). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Dublin to North Carolina.[22][80]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Condea Island. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Alexandria, Egypt.[81]
Emanuel   Denmark The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen to St. Croix.[79]
London   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island, British America. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to London.[2]
Hazard   Great Britain The whaler foundered off the coast of Greenland.[73]
Liberty   Great Britain The ship was lost in the West Indies. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Barbadoes.[82]
Lydia   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Boston, Massachusetts, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.[83]
Nimrod   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newfoundland, British America.[84]
Pitt   Great Britain The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Dominica.[46]
Porpoise   Great Britain The whaler was sunk by an iceberg off the coast of Greenland.[85]
Prussian   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Anguilla.[75]
Rebello   Portugal The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bahia, Brazil. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Bahia.[24]
St Augustine   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Africa.[86]
Young   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica.[10]

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  21. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3773): 78 v. 8 May 1772.
  22. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3782): 78 v. 9 June 1772.
  23. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3775): 78 v. 15 May 1772.
  24. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3780): 78 v. 2 June 1772.
  25. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3783): 78 v. 16 June 1772.
  26. ^ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  27. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3795): 78 v. 31 July 1772.
  28. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3806): 78 v. 8 September 1772.
  29. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3796): 78 v. 4 August 1772.
  30. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3797): 78 v. 7 August 1772.
  31. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3801): 78 v. 21 August 1772.
  32. ^ a b c d e "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3812): 78 v. 29 September 1772.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "NEW-YORK, October 5". Pennsylvania Gazette. 7 October 1772.
  34. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3823): 78 v. 10 November 1772.
  35. ^ "NEW YORK, October 25". Virginia Gazette. 25 October 1772.
  36. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3803): 78 v. 28 August 1772.
  37. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3827): 78 v. 24 November 1772.
  38. ^ a b "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (395): 78 v. 5 January 1773.
  39. ^ "Chanteloupe – Marine Archaeology & Shipwreck Research".
  40. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3814): 78 v. 6 October 1772.
  41. ^ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
  42. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3810): 78 v. 22 September 1772.
  43. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3813): 78 v. 2 October 1772.
  44. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3811): 78 v. 25 September 1772.
  45. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3815): 78 v. 9 October 1772.
  46. ^ a b c d "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3822): 78 v. 6 November 1772.
  47. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3818): 78 v. 20 October 1772.
  48. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3816): 78 v. 13 October 1772.
  49. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3821): 78 v. 30 October 1772.
  50. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (405): 78 v. 9 February 1773.
  51. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3824): 78 v. 13 November 1772.
  52. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3825): 78 v. 17 November 1772.
  53. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3826): 78 v. 20 November 1772.
  54. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (408): 78 v. 19 February 1773.
  55. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3828): 78 v. 27 November 1772.
  56. ^ a b c d "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3830): 78 v. 4 December 1772.
  57. ^ a b c d e f "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3832): 78 v. 11 December 1772.
  58. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3834): 78 v. 18 December 1772.
  59. ^ a b "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (394): 78 v. 1 January 1773.
  60. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3829): 78 v. 1 December 1772.
  61. ^ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 23 November 1772.
  62. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (415): 78 v. 16 March 1773.
  63. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3837): 78 v. 29 December 1772.
  64. ^ "No. 11317". The London Gazette. 9 January 1773. p. 1.
  65. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3833): 78 v. 15 December 1772.
  66. ^ "WILLIAMSBURG, December 31". Virginia Gazette. 31 December 1772.
  67. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (404): 78 v. 5 February 1773.
  68. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (396): 78 v. 8 January 1773.
  69. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3835): 78 v. 22 December 1772.
  70. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3831): 78 v. 8 December 1772.
  71. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3836): 78 v. 25 December 1772.
  72. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (401): 78 v. 26 January 1773.
  73. ^ a b c "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3791): 78 v. 17 July 1772.
  74. ^ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 29 July 1772.
  75. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3805): 78 v. 4 September 1772.
  76. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3768): 78 v. 17 April 1772.
  77. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (402): 78 v. 29 January 1773.
  78. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (423): 78 v. 13 April 1773.
  79. ^ a b "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3753): 78 v. 18 February 1772.
  80. ^ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 13 June 1772.
  81. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3765): 78 v. 7 April 1772.
  82. ^ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (403): 78 v. 2 February 1773.
  83. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3778): 78 v. 26 May 1772.
  84. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3790): 78 v. 10 July 1772.
  85. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3788): 78 v. 3 July 1772.
  86. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3799): 78 v. 14 August 1772.
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