List of shipwrecks in 1772
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The List of shipwrecks in 1772 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1772.
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January
=1 January=
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|ship=Antwerp
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The packet boat was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=16 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3741 |date=7 January 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=2 January=
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|ship=Intelligence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade: The ship was lost at Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue with the loss of 21 slaves. }}
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=9 January=
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|ship=Scholtenburg
|flag=22px Dutch East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman, a frigate, was lost off "Infiegoene" whilst bound for Ceylon.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?183732 |title=Scholtenburg (+1772) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=12 January 2015}} }}
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=20 January=
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|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at Beaumaris, Anglesey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. }}
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=31 January=
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|ship=Friends-goodwill
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a French fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=28 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3750 |date=7 February 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship could have been lost near La Rochelle, France. She was on a voyage from Cork to Nantes, France.
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|ship=Aquitaine
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The East Indiaman sank in the Garonne.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=20 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3743 |date=20 January 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Britannia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Aldborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Porto, Portugal.
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|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship could have been lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Belfast.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=22 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3744 |date=17 January 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Haywood
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was blown out to sea from São Miguel Island, Azores in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
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|ship=Joseph
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship's location was lost near Cádiz, Spain.
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|ship=Lady Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Cork.
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|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to London.
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|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Tinmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London.
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|ship=Swallow
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Jersey
|desc=The ship foundered with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Jersey to St. Ubes, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=30 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3751 |date=11 February 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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February
=11 February=
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|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Belfast.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=40 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3755 |date=28 February 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Francis & Maria
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Guernsey
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rochfort, France to Guernsey. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Mogdort
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Cowell", Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John Island to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=38 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3754 |date=25 February 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=St. Michael
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Norway
|desc=The ship ran aground in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Arundale to Waterford, Ireland. }}
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March
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Carolina
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=50 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3759 |date=17 March 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=James
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Cales Bay near "Batty". She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cales.
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|ship=Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was run down in the River Thames by a British ship and was beached. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=52 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3761 |date=24 March 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Mercury
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Cales Bay. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Havre de Grâce.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=44 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3757 |date=6 March 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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April
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Active
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Royan, France.
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|ship=Apollo
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic Sea.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=70 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3770 |date=24 April 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Collin
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Hamburg.
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|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hull, Yorkshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=64 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3767 |date=14 April 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Medway
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Zierikzee, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Hull to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=62 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3766 |date=10 April 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=72 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3771 |date=28 April 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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May
=4 May=
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|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Cape Lookout Shoals, 10 leagues ({{convert|30|nmi|km}} off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of seven of the 22 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Charles Town, South Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=New York, June 8. |newspaper=Pennsylvania Gazette |date=11 June 1772 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Empress of Russia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Danzig.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=84 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3776 |date=19 May 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Generous Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the Whiting sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=94 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3781 |date=5 June 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Generous-planter
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The collier was wrecked on the Barr sandbank, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=78 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3773 |date=8 May 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Lucretia
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=96 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3782 |date=9 June 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Old Batchelor
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Moggadore, Morocco.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=82 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3775 |date=15 May 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Rose
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
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|ship=York
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost between Gibraltar and Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg. }}
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June
=9 June=
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|ship={{HMS|Gaspée|1763|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=File:Gaspee Affair.jpg
Gaspée Affair: The schooner ran aground in the Providence River, Rhode Island, British America whilst chasing Hannah ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America). She was captured by the Sons of Liberty, burnt and sunk. }}
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|ship=Charlotte
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Texell. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to Amsterdam.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=100 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3783 |date=16 June 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Hambleton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Sint Eustatius to Amsterdam. }}
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July
=26 July=
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|ship=Dule of Albany
|flag=22px British East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the Bengal River.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceantreasures.org/pages/content/world-of-shipwrecks/a-short-list-of-english-east-indiamen-losses.html |title=Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815) |publisher=Ocean Treasures |accessdate=17 January 2015}} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Generous Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Thames and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London.
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|ship=Goodintent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex and capsized. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=124 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3795 |date=31 July 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Maria Beckford
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=146 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3806 |date=8 September 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Molly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Skaggerak off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=126 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3796 |date=4 August 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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August
=5 August=
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|ship=Eagle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=128 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3797 |date=7 August 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=9 August=
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|ship=Swan
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run onto by a collier at the Kentish Knock and foundered with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a third vessel.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=136 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3801 |date=21 August 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=16 August=
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|ship=Meredith
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Watlant Island, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued by Royal Charlotte ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}). Meredith was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=158 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3812 |date=29 September 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=28 August=
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Nevis
|desc=The sloop was wrecked at the Salt Ponds, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=John
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Virgin Islands
|desc=The sloop was wrecked at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Juno
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Saint Kitts
|desc=The sloop was lost at the Salt Ponds, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Mary and Elizabeth
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Pompey
|flag={{flagicon|Dutch Republic}} Saint Martin
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=NEW-YORK, October 5. |newspaper=Pennsylvania Gazette |date=7 October 1772 }}
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|ship=Watson
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Basseterre, Saint Kitts. }}
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=31 August=
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|ship=Apollo
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=182 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3823 |date=10 November 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Blake
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Antigua
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Chatham
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Saint Kitts
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Experiment
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Saint Kitts
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Farley
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Bloody Point, Saint Kitts. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Saint Kitts
|desc=The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis.
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|ship=Hazard
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Saint Kitts
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Hart's Bay, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Irish Gimblet
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis with the loss of all hands.
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|}} Nevis
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Nevis with the loss of all hands.
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|ship=John and Elizabeth
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Sandy Point, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Isidure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Deep Bay, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Margaretti
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Mercury
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Mercury
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} saint Kitts
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=New York
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Basseterre, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Relief
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Virgin Islands
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at saint Kitts.
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|ship=Thistle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The snow was wrecked in a hurricane at Limeh Bay, Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Tryon
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The brig foundered in a hurricane off Saint Kitts with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=NEW YORK, October 25. |newspaper=Virginia Gazette |date=25 October 1772 }}
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|ship=Two Williams
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|desc=The sloop was wrecked in a hurricane at Antigua with the loss of all hands. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Norra Fizland
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia to Stockholm.
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|ship=St. Peter
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cádiz, Spain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=140 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3803 |date=28 August 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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September
=1 September=
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|ship=Charles
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Jamaica
|desc=The brig foundered whilst on a voyage from Georgia to New York, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=190 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3827 |date=24 November 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=5 September=
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=214 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=395 |date=5 January 1773 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America. }}
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=24 September=
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|ship=Chanteloupe
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Thurlestone Rock. She was bound for London from Grenada, laden with sugar, coffee and rum. Of the crew of 13 and seven passengers, only the second mate was rescued.{{cite web | url=http://www.marinearchaeology.org/chanteloupe/ | title=Chanteloupe – Marine Archaeology & Shipwreck Research }} }}
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|ship=Phœnix
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Martinique. }}
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=25 September=
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|ship=Catharine
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Norway
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of four of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Quebeck ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Catharine was bound for Dublin, Ireland.
}}
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|ship=Princess of Wales
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=162 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3814 |date=6 October 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Chantelope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsgate, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grenades to London.
}}
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|ship=Charlottee
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent. She was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames, where she capsized. Charlottee was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Chester, Cheshire.
}}
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|ship=Chernomorsky Flot
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship departed from Kafa for Kertch. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{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=Helena
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=154 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3810 |date=22 September 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Mary & Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=160 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3813 |date=2 October 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Rose
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Bordeaux, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=156 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3811 |date=25 September 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=True Briton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norway. }}
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October
=2 October=
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|ship=Pretty Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Sand, in Liverpool Bay. All on board were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=164 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3815 |date=9 October 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=29 October=
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|ship=Good-intent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Havre de Grâce, France. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Good-intent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hunstanton, Norfolk.
}}
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|ship=Hopewell
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Welsh Hook, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Kingdom of Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=170 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3818 |date=20 October 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Le Liberti
|desc=The ship capsized in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dundalk, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=152 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3816 |date=13 October 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Mary & Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.
}}
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|ship=Nancy & Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=176 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3821 |date=30 October 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Shuldrum
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Newfoundland in late October for Pool. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=234 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=405 |date=9 February 1773 |pages=78 v }} }}
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November
=1 November=
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|ship=Francis & Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Clognakitty-bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=184 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3824 |date=13 November 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=10 November=
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|ship=Carolina
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Mount's Bay. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.
}}
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|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Figueira da Foz, Portugal to Pool, Dorset.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=186 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3825 |date=17 November 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=17 November=
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|ship={{not a typo|Dispatch}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.
}}
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|ship=Trotman
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brunt Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=188 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3826 |date=20 November 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=18 November=
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|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida, British America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=240 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=408 |date=19 February 1773 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=21 November=
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|ship=Fenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Bude Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
}}
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|ship=Goodintent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.
}}
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|ship=May
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford, Suffolk with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=196 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3830 |date=4 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Papp-castle
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Liverpool with the loss of all hands. }}
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=26 November=
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|ship=Grenada
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The gally was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland and was severely damaged.
}}
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|ship=Le Vigilent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brittany. }}
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=29 November=
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|ship=Harriot
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nice, France to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=212 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=394 |date=1 January 1773 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Antigua Frigate
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Catania, Sicily. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=196 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3830 |date=4 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Betty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Swansey Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Swansey, Glamorgan.
}}
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|ship=Brotherly Love
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel 2 leagues ({{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic.
}}
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|ship=Campo Bello
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Campobello to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=194 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3829 |date=1 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Cruiser
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in Padstow Bay, Cornwall before 28 November. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=23 November 1772 }}
}}
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|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool.
}}
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|ship=Eendraught Sitse
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam to Alicante, Spain.
}}
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|ship=Fly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from the Clyde for Dunkirk, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=256 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=415 |date=16 March 1773 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued.
}}
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|ship=Hawke
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Riga to Liverpool.
}}
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|ship=Helena La Clare Tax Kirk
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brighthelmstone, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.
}}
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|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.
}}
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|ship=Jolly Bacchus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=192 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3828 |date=27 November 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Leopard
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitlock, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Liberatas
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin.
}}
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|ship=Newnham
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Thomas & Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=180 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3822 |date=6 November 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Venus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Padstow, Cornwall. She was later refloated.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=William & Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck the Ionion and was consequently beached at Dungeness. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Chatham, Kent.
}}
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|ship=Willing-mind
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Barmouth, Merionethshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire. }}
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December
=2 December=
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|ship=Lady Margaret
|flag=File:Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Bordeaux, France. }}
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=3 December=
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|ship=Sea Nymph
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Calais, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=210 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3837 |date=29 December 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=8 December=
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|ship=Carlisle
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Malamocco, Republic of Venice. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain to Venice.{{London Gazette |issue=11317 |date=9 January 1773 |page=1}} }}
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=12 December=
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|ship=Bacchus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lime, Dorset to Harwich, Essex. }}
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=15 December=
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Pool, Dorset. }}
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=19 December=
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|ship=Phenix
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Matchapungo Shoals, off the coast of Virginia, British America. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=WILLIAMSBURG, December 31. |newspaper=Virginia Gazette |date=31 December 1772 }} }}
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=25 December=
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|ship=Acteon
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Londonderry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to British Honduras.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=232 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=404 |date=5 February 1773 |pages=78 v }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Assumption
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=202 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3833 |date=15 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Bacchus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux, France.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Dingley
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was reported to have been lost at a Norwegian port. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was later taken in to Christiansand.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=216 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=396 |date=8 January 1773 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Elizabeth & Mary
|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 Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=206 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3835 |date=22 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hero
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=200 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3832 |date=11 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Integrity
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Avon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=204 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3834 |date=18 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=John & Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hamburg.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Molly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The packet boat foundered off the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Philadelphia
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} British America
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Youghall, County Cork, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Ferrol, Spain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=208 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3836 |date=25 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
}}
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|ship=Venice Paquet
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Norway
|desc=The ship was lost at Venice. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Venice.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=226 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=401 |date=26 January 1773 |pages=78 v }} }}
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|ship={{not a typo|Barbadoes}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Barbados.
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|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Otterock River, North Carolina, British America before 29 July.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=29 July 1772 }}
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|ship=Beum Consego
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anguilla.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=1144 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3805 |date=4 September 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Britannia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire and was severely damaged, She was later refloated and taken in to Constantinople.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=66 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3768 |date=17 April 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Bretagne
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of May in the West Indies. Twelve of her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=198 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3831 |date=8 December 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Charlotte
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa.
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|ship=Charming Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Georgia, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=228 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=402 |date=29 January 1773 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Cunriff
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbados. She was on a voyage from London and Cork, Ireland to Antigua and Jamaica{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=116 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3791 |date=17 July 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship={{HMS|Dispatch|1772|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The Sloop-of-War foundered in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued by another Royal Navy vessel.
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|ship=Duke of Albany
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Bengal River.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=276 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=423 |date=13 April 1773 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Ebenezar
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen to St. Croix.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=34 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3753 |date=18 February 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 June. Her crew were rescued by Mary ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Dublin to North Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1772 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=13 June 1772 }}
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Condea Island. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Alexandria, Egypt.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=60 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3765 |date=7 April 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Emanuel
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Copenhagen to St. Croix.
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|ship=London
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island, British America. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=46 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3758 |date=10 March 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Hazard
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler foundered off the coast of Greenland.
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|ship=Liberty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the West Indies. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Barbados.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=230 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=403 |date=2 February 1773 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Lydia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Boston, Massachusetts, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=88 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3778 |date=26 May 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Nimrod
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newfoundland, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=112 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3790 |date=10 July 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Pitt
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Dominica.
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|ship=Porpoise
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was sunk by an iceberg off the coast of Greenland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=110 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3788 |date=3 July 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Prussian
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Anguilla.
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|ship=Rebello
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bahia, Brazil. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Bahia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=92 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3780 |date=2 June 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=St Augustine
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Africa.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=132 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3799 |date=14 August 1772 |pages=78 v }}
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|ship=Young
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010961665;view=1up;seq=42 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3756 |date=3 March 1772 |pages=78 v }} }}
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