List of shipwrecks in 1761

The List of shipwrecks in 1761 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1761.

January

=1 January=

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|ship={{HMS|Duc D'Aquitaine|1757|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The third rate ship of the line foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry, India, with the loss of all but nineteen of her 590 crew.

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|ship={{HMS|Newcastle|1750|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The fourth rate ship of the line was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Pondicherry.

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|ship={{HMS|Proctor}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The fireship foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=332 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2663 |date=21 July 1761 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Queenborough|1747|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The sixth rate frigate foundered in a cyclone at Pondicherry. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{HMS|Sunderland|1724|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The fourth rate ship of the line foundered in a cyclone off Pondicherry with the loss of 376 of her 393 crew. }}

=15 January=

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|ship=Susanna

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

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Minerva|1759|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to the Isle of Man.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=228 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2611 |date=20 January 1761 }} She was later refloated.

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|ship=Barrington

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

|desc=The ship was holed and subsequently came ashore at New York, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=248 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2621 |date=24 February 1761 }}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=220 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2607 |date=6 January 1761 }}

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|ship=Diadem

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

|desc=The ship was captured by a privateer and was subsequently wrecked. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Elizabeth & Mary

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull.

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|ship={{ship|French ship|Félicité|1756|2}}

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

|desc=The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by {{HMS|Richmond|1757|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) with the loss of 100 of her 262 crew. She was then burnt.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=234 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2614 |date=30 January 1761 }}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=236 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2615 |date=3 February 1761 }}{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11121 |title=French fifth rate frigate 'Felicite' (1756) |publisher=Three decks |accessdate=5 November 2015}}

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|ship=Fly

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

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore east of Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=230 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2612 |date=23 January 1761 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Dover.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=232 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2613 |date=27 January 1761 }}

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|ship=Goodhope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Dysart, Fife.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=222 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2608 |date=9 January 1761 }}

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|ship=Griffin

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Straits of Java. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from China to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=356 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2675 |date=1 September 1761 }}

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Dutch coast.

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|ship=Katherine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Lisbon.

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|ship=King of Prussia

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Feathard, County Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St Sebastians to the Isle of Man and Dublin.

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|ship=Resolution

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, France, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was taken prisoner by the French. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Ancona, Papal States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=238 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2616 |date=6 February 1761 }}

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|ship=Three Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked whilst on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Barbados. }}

February

=12 February=

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|ship=Nathaniel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=244 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2619 |date=17 February 1761 }} }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Coleby

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore.

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|ship=Elgin Packet

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=250 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2622 |date=27 February 1761 }}

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|ship=Santa Joseph

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=252 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2623 |date=3 March 1761 }}

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|ship=Susanna & Cornelia

|flag={{flagcountry|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=240 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2617 |date=10 February 1761 }}

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|ship=Zee Post

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bayonne, France. }}

March

=1 March=

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=256 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2625 |date=10 March 1761 }}

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris.

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|ship=St Peter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Betty

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=258 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2626 |date=13 March 1761 }}

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|ship=Northern Lass

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

|desc=The ship sank at Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=260 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2627 |date=17 March 1761 }}

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|ship=Tates

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Yucatán Channeloff Casumal Island. Her crew were rescued. }}

April

=11 April=

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|ship=Betty

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Cherbourg, Kingdom of France. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=280 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2637 |date=21 April 1761 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Newfoundland, French America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=284 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2639 |date=28 April 1761 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock in Plymouth Sound and was wrecked. 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.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=286 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2640 |date=1 May 1761 }}

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|ship=Prince Frederick

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Vigo, Spain evading a French Man-of-War. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Lisbon, Portugal.

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|ship=Two Friends

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

|desc=The polacca sank at Newry, County Antrim, after arriving from New York, British America.

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|ship=Young Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was captured by a Royal Navy ship but was lost at Tariffa, Spain, with the loss of most of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=292 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2643 |date=12 May 1761 }} }}

May

=4 May=

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston, South Carolina, British America.

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|ship=Daniel

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

|desc=The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship={{HMS|Dolphin|1751|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The sixth rate frigate was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship=Eglinton

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship=Manchester

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

|desc=The ship capsized in a hurricane near Charleston. She was later righted.

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|ship=Polly & Betsey

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

|desc=The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=326 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2660 |date=10 July 1761 }}

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|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship sank in a hurricane near Charleston.

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|ship=Thomas and Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in a hurricane near Charleston. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Bacchus

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by {{not a typo|Harriott}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=302 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2648 |date=29 May 1761 }}

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|ship=Duke of Tuscany

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

|desc=The ship was attacked by the privateer Duc de Biron ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 leagues ({{convert|300|nmi|km}} west of Cape Clear Island, County Clare, Ireland. She was sunk by grenades with the loss of 216 of the 221 people on board. Duke of Tuscany was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, French America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=304 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2649 |date=2 June 1761 }}

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|ship=Good Hope

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=296 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2645 |date=19 May 1761 }}

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|ship=La Nostra Señora Finida & Santa Putro dal Cantara-Cafferia

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal' She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to London, Great Britain.

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|ship=Mary-Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Peggy

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.

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|ship=Ross

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Lisbon.

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|ship=St Antonio de Lisboa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=298 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2646 |date=22 May 1761 }}

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|ship=Ulrick Augusta

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. }}

June

=15 June=

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|ship=Thresher

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

|desc=The ship was captured by the privateer Bien Amie ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, and the Isle of May to Maryland, British America. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Jenter

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Antigua.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=320 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2657 |date=30 June 1761 }} She was subsequently taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. }}

July

=1 July=

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|ship=Baltimore

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Foudroyant|1758|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=334 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2664 |date=24 July 1761 }} }}

=29 July=

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was captured by {{ship|French ship|Courageux|1753|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of France}}) whilst on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire, to Jamaica. She was plundered and burnt. }}

=31 July=

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|ship=Utile

|flag=22px French East India Company

|desc=With a crew of 142 at the time she departed Bayonne, France, the frigate was wrecked on the fringing reef of Tromelin Island in the Indian Ocean during a voyage from Madagascar to Mauritius with a cargo of approximately 160 Malagasy slaves. About 100 of the slaves drowned, but the crew and about 60 of the slaves reached shore. The ship Providence (flag unknown) rescued the 122 surviving French sailors on 27 September 1761, leaving the slaves behind. Only eight slaves remained alive when the corvette {{ship|French corvette|Dauphine|1773|2}} ({{navy|Kingdom of France}}) rescued them on 29 November 1776.{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21683979-what-happened-when-slaves-and-free-men-were-shipwrecked-together-lu00e8se |title=Lèse humanité |newspaper=The Economist |date=16 December 2015 |access-date=26 August 2017}}{{cite book |last1=Guérout |first1=Max |author-link1=Max Guérout |title=Tromelin, Mémoire d'une Ile |year=2015 |publisher=CNRS Éditions |location=Paris |pages=278 |url=https://books.openedition.org/editionscnrs/27814 |via=openedition.org |doi=10.4000/books.editionscnrs.27814|isbn=9782271086662 }}{{cite journal |last1=Marriner |first1=Nick |last2=Guérout |first2=Max |last3=Romon |first3=Thomas |year=2010 |title=The forgotten slaves of Tromelin (Indian Ocean): New geoarchaeological data |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |volume=37 |issue=6 |pages=1293–1304 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.032}}}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Edward & James

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 leagues west of Lands End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to North Carolina, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=338 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2666 |date=31 July 1761 }}

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster, Lancashire. }}

August

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Concord

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=346 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2670 |date=14 August 1761 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset, to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Peter & Stephen

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=344|title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2669 |date=11 August 1761 }}

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|ship=Sybilla

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

|desc=The hired armed schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Estepona, Spain, with the loss of five of her crew. }}

September

=3 September=

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|ship=Prins Friedrich Adolph

|flag={{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was lost on the Shoals of Prata, in the South China Sea.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=126 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2766 |date=16 July 1762 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gotheborg.com/project/ships/skepp18.shtml |title=Prins Friedric Adolph |publisher=Gotheborg |language=Swedish |accessdate=8 November 2015}}

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|ship=Ufrow Margaritta

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bantham, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Copenhagen. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Maria Dorothea

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Selsey, Sussex, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=362 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2678 |date=11 September 1761 }}

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|ship=Nelly

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=370 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2682 |date=25 September 1761 }}

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|ship=Wolf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=366 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2680 |date=18 September 1761 }} }}

October

=2 October=

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|ship=Coffee & Pike

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. }}

=9 October=

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|ship=Four Sisters

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Henrietta ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. }}

=10 October=

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|ship=Astrakhan

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The battleship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hiiumaa. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kolberg to Kronstadt.{{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={{HMS|Pheasant|1761|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The ship sloop foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=380 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2687 |date=13 October 1761 }}{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5777 |title=British unrated ship-sloop 'Pheasant' (1761) |publisher=Three decks |accessdate=6 November 2015}} }}

=27 October=

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|ship={{HMS|Griffin|1758|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=The sixth rate frigate was wrecked off Barbuda with the loss of 50 of her crew. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire, to the West Indies.

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|ship=August

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.

}}

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|ship=Canada

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean within a league ({{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to Cádiz.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=382 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2688 |date=16 October 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Garland

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=376 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2685 |date=6 October 1761 }}

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|ship=Habil

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.

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|ship=Hudson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=378 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2686 |date=9 October 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.

}}

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|ship=Lady Louisa

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to London.

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|ship=Leith Packet

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from London to Leith.

}}

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|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dublin.

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|ship=Noble Betty

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lindisfarne. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to the Firth of Forth.

}}

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|ship=Romaine

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

|desc=The privateer struck a rock in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of Dunkerque and was wrecked.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=390 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2692 |date=30 October 1761 }}

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|ship=St Thomas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Trieste, Republic of Venice, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=384 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2689 |date=20 October 1761 }}

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|ship=Two Brothers

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

|desc=The ship sank at Dublin. }}

November

=4 November=

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|30|N|51|38|W}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. }}

=14 November=

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|ship=Olive Branch

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

|desc=The snow was wrecked on the Egg Rock, off Boston, Massachusetts. Her thirteen crew were rescued. }}

=15 November=

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|ship={{ship||Auguste|1758 ship|2}}

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, British America, with the loss of 114 of the 121 people on board. She was on a voyage from Montreal to a French port.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ma07/feature_shipwrecks.asp |title=Finder's Keepers |publisher=Canadian Geographic |first=Heather |last=Pringle |accessdate=17 January 2015}}

}}

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|ship=Mary

|flag=flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Courland, Russian Empire. }}

=16 November=

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|ship=Halton

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

|desc=The galley foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland, French America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=40 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2726 |date=26 February 1762 }} }}

=26 November=

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|ship=Anna Naria

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=20 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2715 |date=19 January 1762 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French frigate|Hermione|1754|2}}

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

|desc=The frigate foundered off Vigo, Spain. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Bance Island

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

|desc=The ship was captured by the privateer Diana ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) and was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to London.

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|ship=Emanuel

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship sank at Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to the Isle of Man.

}}

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|ship=Grave van Booren

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to a Dutch port. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=406 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2701 |date=1 December 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Hawke

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Welch Hook. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=396 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2695 |date=10 October 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Hopewell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Dunstonborough Castle. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

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|ship=Quebec

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. She was on a voyage from "Dronton" to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=394 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2694 |date=6 November 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Squirrel

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

|desc=The ship was lost near "Kinlaugh", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=398 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2696 |date=13 November 1761 }} }}

December

=16 December=

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=418 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2706 |date=18 December 1761 }} }}

=17 December=

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|ship=Gambia

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Windward Passage. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=104 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2757 |date=15 June 1762 }} }}

=28 December=

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Neptune ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to North Carolina, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=46 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2728 |date=5 March 1762 }} }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Cape St Vincent, Spain, after 111 December. her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Hanover

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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|ship=King of Prussia

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Wexford with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Cadiz, Spain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=18 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2714 |date=15 January 1762 }}

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|ship=North Star

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The ship was lost near "Masterland". She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Stockholm.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=416 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2705 |date=15 December 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Peggy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=14 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2712 |date=8 January 1762 }}

}}

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|ship=True Briton

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=424 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2709 |date=29 December 1761 }}

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|ship=Victory

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The ship was lost on a voyage from London to Stockholm.

}}

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|ship=Virgin

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

|desc=The ship was lost at St Sabastian's.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=22 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2716 |date=22 January 1762 }}

}}

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|ship=Vry

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=412 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2703 |date=8 December 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Wandering Man

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} Isle of Man

|desc=The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Douglas.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=422 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2708 |date=25 December 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Young Eagle

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

|desc=The ship was captured by the privateer Duc de Noailles ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) and was sunk by her.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=26 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2718 |date=29 January 1762 }}

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|ship=Young John

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was lost off the Dutch coast.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=414 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2704 |date=11 December 1761 }} }}

Unknown date

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|ship=Bella

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Black Prince

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

|desc=The ship was captured in the Black River, Jamaica, by a French privateer and burnt.

}}

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|ship=Blakeney

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbados by a French privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Barbados.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=316 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2655 |date=23 June 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Boscawen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Barbados.

}}

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The Whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, French America.

}}

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|ship=City of Derry

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Hudson River at New York, British America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to New York.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=328 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2661 |date=14 July 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Crawford

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

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Belle Isle, French America to the Basque Roads.

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The galley was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=262 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2628 |date=20 March 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.

}}

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|ship=Earl of Bute

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth & Ann

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

|desc=The ship sank at Charleston, South Carolina, British America, after running aground when leaving that port for Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=340 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2667 |date=4 August 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The ship was captured and sunk off the coast of Africa by a French Man-of-War.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=364 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2679 |date=15 September 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=General Gage

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

|desc=The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=406 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2700 |date=27 November 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.

}}

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|ship=Isaac & William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île d'Orléans, New France. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=420 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2707 |date=22 December 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Jamaica Packet

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

|desc=The ship was lost leaving Jamaica. She was bound for London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=294 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2644 |date=15 May 1761 }}

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|ship=Lemmon

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

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=386 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2690 |date=23 October 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin.

}}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to Quebec, New France.

}}

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship strick an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Leopard ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Virginia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=354 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2674 |date=28 August 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Pallas

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

|desc=African slave trade: The ship was captured off the coast of Africa by a French Navy frigate and was blown up with the loss of over 600 lives.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=12 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2711 |date=5 January 1762 }}

}}

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|ship=Polly

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

|desc=The snow was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1761 |title=Shipwrecks, 1761 |publisher=The Colonial Records Project |accessdate=16 January 2015}}

}}

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|ship=Princess Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Green Point, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Barbados to an Irish port.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=336 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2665 |date=28 July 1761 }}

}}

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|ship=Rapahanock

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince William ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.

}}

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|ship=Recovery

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

|desc=African slave trade: The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Her crew and 110 slaves were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=388 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2691 |date=27 October 1761 }}

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|ship=Richard and William

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

|desc=The transport ship was sunk in an engagement with a privateer. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=322 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=26 |date=3 July 1761 }}

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|ship=Russell

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

|desc=The ship sank off Virginia whilst leaving port for Barbados. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=342 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2668 |date=7 August 1761 }}

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050683648;view=1up;seq=10 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2710 |date=1 January 1762 }}

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|ship=Scorpion

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

|desc=The ship was lost on The Jardines, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.

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|ship=Seaford

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Ligurian Sea off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Shark

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

|desc=African slave trade: The ship was lost at Bonny. Most of the slave were rescued. She was on a bound for British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=282 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2638 |date=24 April 1761 }}

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|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Quebec. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=290 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2642 |date=8 May 1761 }}

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|ship=Young Bever

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland, French America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz, Spain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=330 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2662 |date=17 July 1761 }} }}

References

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