List of shipwrecks in 1749
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The List of shipwrecks in 1749 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1749.
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April
1749 did not begin on 1 January!{{ref|a|[Note 1]}}
=14 April=
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|ship={{HMS|Apollo|1747|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The hospital ship was driven ashore near Fort St. David, Madras, India.
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Cudalore and Fort St. David.
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|ship=Lincoln
|flag=22px British East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked between Cudalore and Fort St. David with some loss of life.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139176 |title=Lincoln (+1749) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 January 2015}}
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|ship={{HMS|Namur|1697|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The second rate ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Fort St. David with the loss of 520 of her crew.
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|ship={{HMS|Pembroke|1733|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked near Fort St. David with the loss of 330 of her 342 crew.
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|ship=Princess Augusta
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Cudalore and Fort St. David.
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|ship=Winchelsea
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cudalore and Fort St David with some loss of life. }}
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|ship=Elevation
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of Galicia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Topsham, Devon, to a Spanish port.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1404 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 May 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=74 }}
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|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, before 18 April. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gibraltar.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1398 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=18 April 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=62 }} }}
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May
=4 May=
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|ship=Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the Outer Hebrides. She was bound for Newfoundland, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1429 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=126 }} }}
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=14 May=
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|ship=Dragon
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Port Morant, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1431 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=15 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=130 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Alexander
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 12 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1404 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=12 May 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=76 }}
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|ship=Centurion
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1410 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 June 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=88 }}
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|ship=Content
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.
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|ship=Mayflower
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, before 9 May. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Two Brotherhs
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered before 23 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden, to Maldon, Essex.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1407 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 May 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=82 }} }}
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June
=Unknown date=
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|ship=William and Betty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Porto, Portugal. There were four survivors. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Porto.
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|ship=Margaretta-Maria
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Norway
|desc=The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast before 23 June.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1416 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 June 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=100 }}
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|ship=Ranger
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 leagues ({{convert|600|nmi|km}}) off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1419 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=4 July 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=06 }} }}
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July
=25 July=
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|ship=Falmouth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 leagues ({{convert|300|nmi|km}}) off the coast of Newfoundland, British America. Her crew were rescued by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Beauford
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of Georgia. She was bound for the West Indies.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1432 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=18 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=132 }}
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|ship=Good Intent
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Isle of Man
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Waterford, Ireland before 1 August. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to the Isle of Man.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1427 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=122 }}
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|ship=King David
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Portugal before 21 July. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Madeira, Portugal.
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|ship=Porthbean
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Neuwerk, Frisian Islands before 1 August. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1428 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=4 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=124 }} }}
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August
=13 August=
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|ship=Charming Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bew'd, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Mayflower
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the River Ribble with the loss of a number of lives. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1433 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=134 }} }}
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September
=19 September=
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|ship=Barbara
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Falmouth and Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1444 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=26 September 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=150 }}
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|ship=Rose in June
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Mount's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1445 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 October 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=152 }} }}
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|ship=Content
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 26 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
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|ship=Duke of Cumberland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Waterford before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Waterford.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1440 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=15 September 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=144 }}
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|ship=Loyal Consort
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Plimouth, Devon, before 22 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Naples.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1442 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 September 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=148 }}
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|ship=Prosperous
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France before 22 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
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|ship=Swallow
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, before 12 September. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1439 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=12 September 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=140 }}
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|ship=Unity
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Hull to London. }}
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October
=8 October=
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|ship=Dolphin
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Cape Fare. }}
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=15 October=
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|ship=Amity's Goodwill
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1465 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=12 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=188 }}
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|ship=Bess
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Earl of Stair
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Free Mason
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Greeny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Osgood
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Rawleigh
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Rothery
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=Superbe
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel, Morocco.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1461 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=28 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=180 }}
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|ship=Thistle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=York
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia. }}
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=18 October=
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|ship=St. George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1451 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 October 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=160 }} }}
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=31 October=
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|ship=Charming Molly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1455 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=7 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=168 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Molly
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Veere, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Sint Eustatius to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1454 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=166 }} }}
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November
=2 November=
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|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Jamaica.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1474 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=12 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=206 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Clapham
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock and sank at a Norwegian port before 7 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.
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|ship=Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dumfriese before 21 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Dumfriese.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1459 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=21 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=176 }}
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|ship=Union
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship sank in Dublin Harbour before 10 November.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1456 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=170 }} }}
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December
=1 December=
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|ship=Golden Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Pelagosa, Kingdom of Naples with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Ancona, Papal States.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1488 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=2 March 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=234 }} }}
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=9 December=
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|ship=Ranger
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay, Ireland.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1469 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=26 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=196 }} }}
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=13 December=
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|ship=Success
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in "Poola Estora", on the Barbary Coast.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1483 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=224 }}
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|ship=William
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in "Poola Estora". }}
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=18 December=
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|ship=William and Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to London.}}
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=29 December=
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.}}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Expedition
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain, before 19 December. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Dunkirk.
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|ship=Francis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Seville, Spain, to Dublin.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1470 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=29 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=198 }}
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|ship=Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea before 29 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.
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|ship=John and Hasnnah
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Pomerania before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.
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|ship=Lisbon Packet
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1468 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=194 }}
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|ship=Nuestra Señora de Nazareth
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1707}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kimridge, Dorset, Great Britain, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.
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|ship=Prince William
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Dunkirk before 26 December. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic.
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|ship=St. Laurence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to Dublin.
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|ship=Two Brothers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the French coast before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1464 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=184 }} }}
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January
=19 January=
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|ship=Le Centaur
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of France|civil}} French East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked west of Cape Agulhas, Africa. All 400 people on board survived. They were rescued by Royal Navy ships under the command of Admiral Boscawen. Le Centaur was on a voyage from Mauritius to a French port.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwreck.co.za/lecentaur.html |title=Le Centaur 1750 |publisher=South African Historic Shipwreck Society |access-date=18 January 2015}}{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1502 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 April 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=262 }} }}
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=26 January=
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|ship={{ship||Amsterdam|VOC ship|2}}
|flag=22px Dutch East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked at Bulverhythe, Sussex, Great Britain, whilst on her maiden voyage. }}
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|ship=Concordia
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Zurickzee, Zeeland before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland, to Rotterdam, South Holland.
}}
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|ship=Ebenezer
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hamburg.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1475 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=208 }}
}}
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|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Loo, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Topsham, Devon, to Cádiz, Spain.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1480 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=2 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=218 }}
}}
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|ship=Fleece
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near St. Ives, Cornwall, before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Plimouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
}}
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|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Flores Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by a Portuguese sloop. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1512 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 May 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=282 }}
}}
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|ship=La Carp
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost {{convert|9|nmi|km}} west of Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain, with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, to Rochford, Essex, Great Britain.
}}
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|ship=Mary and Anne
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall, to Bristol.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1473 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=204 }}
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|ship=Swift
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Looe, Cornwall, before 30 January with the loss of all but one of her crew.
}}
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|ship=Warren
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Brixton", Isle of Wight before 30 January. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1479 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=30 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=216 }} }}
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February
=11 February=
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock and foundered off Glandore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1486 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=230 }} }}
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=21 February=
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|ship=King of Sardinia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkcudbright. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Concord
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Four or five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honduras to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
}}
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|ship=Duke
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Hull, Yorkshire, before 23 February. She was on a voyage from Hull to Lisbon, Portugal.
}}
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|ship=Happy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Bootle Bay before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to British America.
}}
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|ship=Jane
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The snow was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.{{cite news |url=https://shipsontheshore.wordpress.com/tag/new-jersey-shipwrecks/ |title=NEW YORK: February 27, 1749 |newspaper=The New York Gazette |date=27 February 1749}}
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|ship=Lord Strange
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Cobh, County Cork, before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.
}}
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|ship=Memland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship lost on the Scottish coast before 20 February.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1485 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=228 }}
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|ship=Molly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool before 27 February.
}}
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|ship=Nuestra Señora de Verecundia
|flag={{flagcountry|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol.
}}
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|ship=Restoration
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Tenby, Pembrokeshire, before 13 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.
}}
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|ship=Rotterdam Packet
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1487 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=232 }}
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|ship=Speedwell
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Youghal, County Cork, before 16 February with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.
}}
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|ship=Squirrel
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was wrecked west of Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain, before 9 February, Dorset with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Maryland to London.
}}
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|ship=Three Brothers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cobh before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Madeira and Carolina, British America.
}}
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|ship=Two Brothers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before 9 February.
}}
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|ship=Two Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel west of Plimouth, Devon, before 16 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1484 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=226 }}
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|ship=Wilhelmina
|flag={{flagcountry|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain, before 20 February. She wason a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. }}
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March
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Benjamin
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Guernsey
|desc=The ship was lost on the French coast before 16 March. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Newfoundland, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1492 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 March 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=242 }}
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|ship=John & Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Jersey, Channel Islands, before 27 March 1750. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey and Newfoundland, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1495 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 March 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=248 }}{{ref|b|[Note 2]}}
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|ship=Limington
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland before 20 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1493 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 March 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=244 }}
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the River Suir with the loss of six of her crew before 6 March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Waterford.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1489 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=6 March 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=236 }}
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|ship=Nuestra Señora de Begonia
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Bilbao before 20 March. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cádiz.
}}
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|ship={{not a typo|Pidgeon}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from New York to Barbados. Her crew were rescued by a Rhode Island sloop.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1519 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=15 June 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=294 }}
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|ship=Pretty Patsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the east coast of the isle of Wight before 20 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to London.
}}
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|ship=Salisbury
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Biddiford, Devon, before 6 March Six of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
}}
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|ship=Swift
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Bilbao before 20 March. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Bilbao. }}
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|ship=Albany
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes, British America, before 19 December. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1467 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 December 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=192 }}
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|ship=Anne
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Carolina. British America.
}}
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|ship=Atlas
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Cape Francois, Saint-Domingue before 28 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1426 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=28 July 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=120 }}
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|ship=Cannings
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The frigate foundered within 100 leagues ({{convert|300|nmi|km}}) of Barbados before 13 February with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston to Barbados.
}}
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|ship=De Hoop
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, Great Britain.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40991727 |title=U-boat and merchant shipwrecks given protected status |publisher=BBC News Online |access-date=20 August 2017 }}
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|ship=Delawar
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 league ({{convert|600|nmi|km}}) off the Virginia Capes before 18 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1424 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=18 July 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=114 }}
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|ship=Diamond
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1491 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 March 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=240 }}
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|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost off St. Lucar, Spain, before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Cork to Seville, Spain.
}}
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|ship=Dolphin
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near A Coruña, Spain, before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Bilbao, Spain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Duke of Queensborough
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to an African port.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1460 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 November 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=178 }}
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|ship=Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered 5 leagues ({{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 20 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1415 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 June 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=98 }}
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|ship=Edward Augustus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Arless, Bouches-du-Rhône, France before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
}}
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|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the Barbary Coast before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Molly ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily, to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1424 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=21 July 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=116 }}
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|ship=Great Britain
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London.
}}
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|ship=John and Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered 9 leagues ({{convert|27|nmi|km}} off "Cape Fare" before 12 December. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Rye|1745|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy).
}}
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|ship=Lamplugh
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Virginia before 25 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Virginia.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1434 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 August 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=136 }}
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Margaret
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Bermuda before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London to the Bahamas.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Memland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Seville, Spain, before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London to Seville. Memland was later refloated.
}}
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|ship=Prince Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Scilla, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Skanderoon, Ottoman Empire, to Venice.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1472 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=202 }}
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|ship=Prince William
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Africa before 9 February.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1482 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 February 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=222 }}
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|ship=Polly and Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the French coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux.
}}
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|ship=Purcell
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Tortola before 7 July. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Tortola.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1420 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=7 July 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=108 }}
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|ship=Resolution
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1499 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 April 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=256 }}
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|ship=Ruth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Benin before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Benin to British America.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1476 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 January 1749 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=210 }}
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|ship=Scipio
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade: The ship was carrying slaves to America. They overthrew the crew and blew the ship up before 5 January.
}}
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|ship=St. Peter
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "The Holy Island", in the Caspian Sea.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}
}}
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|ship=Two Brothers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall, to Alicante, Spain.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=15 00|publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 April 1750 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232821;view=1up;seq=258 }} }}
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Notes
- {{note|a}} Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1748 was followed by 25 March 1749. 31 December 1749 was followed by 1 January 1749.
- {{note|b}} Issue is misdated 1749.