List of shipwrecks in 1755

The List of shipwrecks in 1755 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1755.

January

=17 January=

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|ship=Warren

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=315 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2032 |date=1 July 1755 }}

}}

=19 January=

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|ship=Jubilee

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Brayson Bay, Isle of Wight, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=222 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1986 |date=21 January 1755 }}

}}

=24 January=

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|ship=Cadiz Packet

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Valencia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=240 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1995 |date=21 February 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Joseph

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Valencia.

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Happy Return

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=2230 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1990 |date=4 February 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=John & Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=220 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1985 |date=17 January 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=John & Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa.

}}

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|ship=Katherine & Anne

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Morlaix, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=234 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1992 |date=11 February 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Two Sisters

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=236 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1993 |date=14 February 1755 }} }}

February

=14 February=

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|ship=Postillion

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=252 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2001 |date=14 March 1755 }}

}}

=16 February=

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|ship=St.Paul de Ribereaux

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=244 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1997 |date=24 February 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Porto.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=2250 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2000 |date=11 March 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Endeavour

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London. }}

March

=8 March=

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|ship=Hazard

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Saint-Domingue.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=286 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2018 |date=13 May 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Kingston

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Madeira and Jamaica.

}}

=13 March=

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|ship=Arthur

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Genoa with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=266 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2008 |date=8 April 1755 }}

}}

=21 March=

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|ship=Parthenope

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=282 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2016 |date=6 May 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Adventure

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Porto.

}}

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|ship=Carolina

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

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|ship=David

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=254 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2002 |date=18 March 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Friendship

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=256 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2003 |date=21 March 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Glasgow

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Veere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=260 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2005 |date=28 March 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Good Intent

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Margaret

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Granville, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to a Scottish port.

}}

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|ship=St. George

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=262 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2006 |date=1 April 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=St. Mawes

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Sukey

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived. }}

April

=4 April=

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|ship=Achilles

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues ({{convert|120|nmi|km}}) west of La Palma, Canary Islands. Thirteen of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=302 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2026 |date=10 June 1755 }}

}}

=13 April=

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|ship=Abel & Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked 4 leagues ({{convert|12|nmi|km}}) east of Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Boulogne.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=284 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2017 |date=9 May 1755 }}

}}

=23 April=

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|ship=Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=276 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2013 |date=25 April 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Gloucester Lass

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Mumbles Bay, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Swansea to Boston.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=272 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2011 |date=18 April 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Molly

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.

}}

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flagcountry|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Rotterdam.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=280 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2015 |date=2 May 1755 }} }}

May

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Neptune

|flag=

|desc=22px Hamburg: The ship was lost near Hamburg. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Hamburg via Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=288 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2019 |date=19 May 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Nightingale

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the South Battery Rocks, Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cette to Dunkirk, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=292 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2021 |date=23 May 1755 }} }}

June

=8 June=

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|ship=John & Rebecca

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=326 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2038 |date=22 July 1755 }}

}}

=9 June=

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|ship={{not a typo|Andalusia}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, New Spain, to Málaga.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=366 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2058 |date=30 September 1755 }}

}}

=10 June=

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|ship=Katherina

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The snow was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=304 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2027 |date=13 June 1755 }} }}

July

=1 July=

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|ship=Ann & Esther

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 leagues ({{convert|150|nmi|km}} north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Marseille, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=334 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2042 |date=5 August 1755 }}

}}

=17 July=

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|ship={{ship||Doddington|East Indiaman|2}}

|flag=22px British East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of 247 of the 270 people on board.

}}

=18 July=

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|ship=Abel & Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=328 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2039 |date=25 July 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Friendship

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=338 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2044 |date=12 August 1755 }} }}

August

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Allen

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=348 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2049 |date=29 August 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Resolution

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The whaler was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Warminster

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=352 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2051 |date=5 September 1755 }} }}

September

=2 September=

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|ship=William and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=362 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2056 |date=23 September 1755 }}

}}

=27 September=

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|ship=York

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea 8 leagues ({{convert|24|nmi|km}}) off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=3 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=20 |date= 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Hardie

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=368 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2059 |date=3 October 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary-Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.

}}

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

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|ship=Pleixcilière

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.

}}

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|ship=Princess Augusta

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=354 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2052 |date=9 September 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Samuel

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{not a typo|Winsor}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from London for Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, during September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. }}

October

=5 October=

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|ship=Edward

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked 4 Leagues ({{convert|12|nmi|km}} north of Mastrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dover, Kent.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=3778 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2064 |date=21 October 1755 }}

}}

=6 October=

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|ship=Dan

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

}}

=14 October=

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|ship=Swallow

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for A Coruña, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Ann & Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Poole, Dorset.

}}

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|ship=Betty

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=376 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2063 |date=17 October 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Mediterranean

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=St. Andrew

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries.

}}

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|ship=Stirling Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Triton

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Bristol.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=372 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2061 |date=10 October 1755 }} }}

November

=9 November=

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|ship=William and Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.

}}

=16 November=

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|ship=Seahorse

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

=29 November=

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|ship=Purcell

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Seven crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=400 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2077 |date=5 December 1755 }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Amity

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Benjamin

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duc de Berry

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Good Intent

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=398 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2076 |date=2 December 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Jennings

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.

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|ship=John & Philip

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.

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|ship=La Ferme

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce.

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|ship=Levant

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=388 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2070 |date=11 November 1755 }}

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|ship=Mermaid

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.

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|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=390 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2072 |date=18 November 1755 }}

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.

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|ship=Oporto Merchant

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=394 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2074 |date=25 November 1755 }}

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|ship=Unity

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Young William

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Lancashire coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=396 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2075 |date=28 November 1755 }} }}

December

=15 December=

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|ship=Hannah & Betty

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull, Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Dublin.

}}

=25 December=

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|ship=Hester

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America

|desc=The sloop was wrecked at the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Annapolis, Maryland.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1756 |title=Annapolis, December 26. |newspaper=The Pennsylvania Gazette |date=5 February 1756}}

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|ship=Penguin

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America

|desc=The sloop was wrecked at Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Acton

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=414 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2084 |date=30 December 1755 }}

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|ship=Anna-Maria

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.

}}

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|ship=Expedition

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=412 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2083 |date=26 December 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Lively Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=404 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2079 |date=12 December 1755 }}

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|ship=Pulcrade

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Porto to "Balica".{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=408 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2081 |date=19 December 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah & Rebecca

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales.

}}

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|ship=Three Crowns

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. }}

Unknown date

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|ship=Brown

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America

|desc=The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=322 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2036 |date=15 July 1755 }}

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|ship=Carolina

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Duke of Cumberland

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=360 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2055 |date=19 September 1755 }}

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|ship=Hopewell

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=350 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2050 |date=2 September 1755 }}

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|ship=James and Christopher

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jehoakim

|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=402 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2078 |date=9 December 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Jersey

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} Jersey

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=358 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2054 |date=16 September 1755 }}

}}

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|ship=Martin

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered before 3 February whilst on a voyage from Campeche, New Spain, to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1755 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=3 February 1755}}

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|ship=Marmaduke

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=392 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2073 |date=21 November 1755 }}

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|ship=Montfort

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=Nazareth

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Wales to Marseille, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=316 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2033 |date=4 July 1755 }}

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|ship=Notre Dame de Deliverance

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140143 |title=Notre Dame De Deliverance (+1755) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=19 January 2015}}

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|ship=Prince William

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino".

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|ship=Salisbury

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the "Colorados" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.

}}

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|ship=Sally & Lucy

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela".{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=406 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2080 |date=16 December 1755 }}

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|ship=St. Peter

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Vorovskaya. She was on a voyage from Yamsk to Okhotsk.{{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=Susannah

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=310 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2030 |date=24 June 1755 }}

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|ship=Union

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=410 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2082 |date=23 December 1755 }}

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|ship=Venus

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Porto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=370 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2060 |date=7 October 1755 }}

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References

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