List of shipwrecks in 1778

The List of shipwrecks in 1778 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1778.

January

=1 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Nesbitt"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brig was captured by {{HMS|Perseus|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) 8 leagues west north west of Port Royal. Burned later that day.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=5 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The sloop was stripped and sunk by Patriots in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/battles.pdf |title= Battles and skirmishes in New Jersey of the American Revolution |publisher=state.nj.us |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

=3 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Alexandrine"

|flag={{flag|France|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brig ran aground in the Rappahannock River and was captured by {{HMS|Richmond|1757|6}} and HMS Emerald ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Cape Henry. Destroyed later that day.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=6 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Betsy"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant schooner was captured by {{HMS|Phoenix|1759|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Cape Henry. Destroyed later that day.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=6 September 2023}}

}}

=4 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Dragon"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant schooner ran aground and was captured by {{HMS|Emerald|1762|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) in the Rappahannock River. Refloated on the 5th.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=9 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Elegante"

|flag={{flag|France|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant snow ran aground and was captured by {{HMS|Emerald|1762|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) in the Rappahannock River. Refloated on the 6th.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=9 September 2023}}

}}

=6 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Speedwell"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant sloop (30 GRT) was captured by {{HMS|Galatea|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Charles Town, South Carolina, at ({{coord|33|18|N|76|28|W}}). Prise was destroyed.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=11 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

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

|desc=The large merchant schooner was driven aground at the "Pea Patch" in the Delaware River as a result of ice breaching the hull.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=18 September 2023}}

}}

=10 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Friends"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brig was captured by Royal Navy ships off Nantucket Shoals. She was stripped and burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Polly"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brig was captured by {{HMS|Phoenix|1759|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Cape Henry. She was stripped of her sails and destroyed.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant schooner ran aground and was captured by {{HMS|Ariadne|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Englishmans Head.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

=11 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Britania"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brigantine (40 GRT) was chased ashore by {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) under a fort on Point Judith, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Hawke"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant sloop (30 GRT) was chased ashore by {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Stoney Town, Connecticut.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Industry"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant brigantine (30 GRT) was chased ashore by {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) under a fort on Point Judith, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Sally"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant sloop (20 GRT) was chased ashore by {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) under a fort on Point Judith, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Sally"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant schooner, probably Sally (20 GRT), was chased ashore by {{HMS|Lark|1762|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) in or near the Providence River and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=14 September 2023}}

}}

=12 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant vessel, probably brig Ann, was chased ashore by {{HMS|Lark|1762|6}}, {{HMS|Perseus|1776|6}} and {{HMS|Carysfort|1766|6}} all ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) near Edesto Island.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=18 September 2023}}

}}

=16 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Rachael"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant schooner (25 GRT) was captured by {{HMS|Carysfort|1766|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Charles Town, South Carolina, and was scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=25 September 2023}}

}}

=17 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Friendship"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant sloop was captured by HMS Apollo ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) on the southern end of the Georges Bank and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=25 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Sphynx"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The merchant sloop went ashore on Brenton's Neck, near Newport, Rhode Island, and was captured by British infantry.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=26 September 2023}}

}}

=22 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Linkhorn"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The merchant sloop was captured by HMS Apollo ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) off Cape Sable and was burned due to poor condition.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=12 October 2023}}

}}

=28 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag=unknown

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The schooner was chased ashore by {{HMS|Solebay|1763|6}} near Cape Henry, schooner destroyed later that day.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=23 October 2023}}

}}

=29 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag=unknown

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The unidentified schooner was captured off Charles Town by {{HMS|Carysfort|1766|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was destroyed.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=27 October 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown and unknown

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The vessels, American vessels captured by privateer sloop Gayton (Jamaica), were captured during a Raid on Nassau, Bahamas by USS Providence ({{navy|United States|1777}}) and were burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=7 November 2023}}

}}

=31 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The unidentified schooner was captured in Chesapeake Bay by two boats from {{HMS|St. Albans|1764|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=28 October 2023}}

}}

=unknown January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Active

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

|desc=The captured Massachusetts privateer brigantine was wrecked on the New Jersey coast on or before 12 January. Crew of 20 captured.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=15 September 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Hope"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The schooner was forced ashore by ice in the Delaware River near Chester, Pennsylvania, after 6 Jan. and before 29 Jan. and was captured.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=24 October 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Industry"

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="John"

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The transport brig was forced ashore by ice in the Delaware River near Chester, Pennsylvania, after 6 Jan. and before 29 Jan. and was captured.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=24 October 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Lord Howe"

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Rawleigh"

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

|desc=The armed brigantine foundered in a storm in the western Atlantic in January or February. Crew was rescued by HMS Experiment ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}) as the ship sank.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=7 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Symmetry

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

|desc=The transport brig ran aground near Wilmington, Delaware, after 6 Jan. and before 29 Jan. and was captured.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=15 February 2024}}

}}

February

=2 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Hero"

|flag={{flag|Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship (350 GRT 1766) blew up and sank near Antigua during a battle with an American schooner. Only the Mate and 10 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=28 August 2023}}

}}

=3 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Sea Flower"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The schooner was captured 21 Leagues off Nantucket by HMS Unicorn ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=4 November 2023}}

}}

=4 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The schooner was captured in the James River by boats from HMS St. Albans ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=6 November 2023}}

}}

=5 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The sloop ran aground off Cherry Point while being pursued by HMS Richmond and HMS Solebay both ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=6 November 2023}}

}}

=7 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Petit Camarade"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The vessel had run aground, breaking her rudder and main mast, and was captured by {{HMS|St Albans|1764|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and burned in Lynnhaven Bay.{{cite web|url=https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/planning/boards-commissions-committees/Documents/VA%20Historical%20Preservation/Research%20Grant/The%20Maritime%20War%20-%20The%20Revolutionary%20War%20in%20Princess%20Anne%20County.pdf |title=The Maritime War: The Revolutionary War in Princess Anne County |publisher=vbgov.com |access-date=20 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=20 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag=Unknown

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured by {{HMS|Richmond|1757|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and burned off Cape Charles.

}}

=11 February=

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Coventry|frigate}} was wrecked in Jamaica Bay, off Long Island, New York, United States.

}}

=14 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Defiance

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The sloop was captured off Hampton Creek, Virginia by boats from HMS St. Albans ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=10 November 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shore

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The Virginia State Govt. owned trading sloop was captured off Hampton Creek, Virginia by boats from HMS St. Albans ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=10 November 2023}}

}}

=25 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The brig was burned at Long Island, NY by troops of the 6th Connecticut Regiment.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=9 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The schooner was burned at Long Island, NY by troops of the 6th Connecticut Regiment.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=9 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Great Britain|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The armed sloop was burned at Long Island, NY by troops of the 6th Connecticut Regiment.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=9 December 2023}}

}}

=28 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hampden

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The Massachusetts privateer brigantine (120 tons, 10 guns) ran aground on Martinico while under pursuit by HMS Seaford ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}). She was captured, refloated, and sent to Dominica.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=7 December 2023}}

}}

=unknown February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Rawleigh"

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

}}

March

=7 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Randolph|1776|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=The frigate was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in an engagement with Ship-of-the-Line {{HMS|Yarmouth|1748|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) when her magazine exploded with the loss of 311 of her 315 crew. The 4 survivors were rescued off of wreckage by Yarmouth on 12 March.{{cite web |url=https://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/1775-1783-naval/ |title=Revolutionary War Naval Minor Engagements 1775-1783 |publisher=myrevolutionarywar.com |access-date=17 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=29 December 2023}}

}}

=9 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alert

|flag={{army|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The armed schooner, belonging to the British Army Dept. of Engineers, was captured on 7 March by Continental & Pennsylvania State Navy vessels. She was run aground, set on fire and partially flooded in the Delaware River off New Castle, Delaware, to prevent being recaptured. Refloated by the British the next day.{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=15 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Kitty"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The transport was burned in the Delaware River off New Castle, Delaware, after being captured by Continental & Pennsylvania State Navy vessels on the 7th.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/battles.pdf |title= Battles and skirmishes in New Jersey of the American Revolution |publisher=state.nj.us |access-date=28 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=15 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Mermaid"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The transport was burned in the Delaware River off New Castle, Delaware, after being captured by Continental & Pennsylvania State Navy vessels on the 7th.{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=15 December 2023}}

}}

=12 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tonnere

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The ship (350 tons) was destroyed by the British after running aground off Smith's Island. Prize credit to {{HMS|Senegal|1777|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}).{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=29 December 2023}}

}}

=18 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The sloop was captured aground in Seaconnett Passage, Rhode Island by {{HMS|Kingfisher|1770|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}). Unable to be refloated, she was burned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=27 January 2024}}

}}

=22 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Hammon"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The privateer schooner ran aground near LaHave, Nova Scotia, when attacked by schooner/tender {{HMS|Arbuthnot}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}) and was captured, pulled off and taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 19 of 25 crew escaped from being captured.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=27 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=A Tender of frigate {{HMS|Roebuck|1774|6}} ran ashore in the early hours, at Cape Henlopen and was burned to prevent capture in the morning, her 21 crew were captured. 8 carriage and 4 swivel guns were salvaged by the Americans.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:A Tender of {{HMS|Enterprize|1774|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}), captured on 20 March by {{USS|Revenge|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}), was burned off Spain.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=2 September 2023}}

}}

=23 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reed

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

|desc=The schooner ran ashore at Cape Henlopen and was wrecked, her crew surrendered. Her sails, rigging, part of her cargo (sugar), and 8 carriage and 4 swivel guns were salvaged by the Americans.

}}

=24 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The galley was burned in the harbor at Stamford, Connecticut, by a British landing party.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=29 January 2024}}

}}

=27 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Columbus|1774|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The frigate ran aground at Point Judith, Rhode Island, whilst under pursuit and was abandoned. She was subsequently burnt by the British.

}}

=28 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Heart of Oak"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc= The sloop was wrecked and broke up at Figueroa, Portugal. part of her cargo was saved.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=8 November 2021}}

}}

=29 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Active"

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The ship, a Letter of Marque, was lost near "The Start". Three crewmen drowned.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=2 September 2023}}

}}

=30 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brilliant

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The transport sloop was sunk when forced into marine Chevaux-de-Frise by another ship while going up the Delaware River just below Fort Mifflin, 6 miles south of Philadelphia. Her crew and all the Hessian Mercenaries on board were rescued.{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/7968/a_mystery_solved_the_revolution_revisited |title=A Mystery Solved, the Revolution Revisited |publisher=US Army |access-date=18 September 2021}}

}}

=31 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Virginia|1776|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The 32 gun frigate ran aground on Middle Ground, Chesapeake Bay and was captured. Refloated, repaired and put in service as HMS Virginia ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/planning/boards-commissions-committees/Documents/VA%20Historical%20Preservation/Research%20Grant/The%20Maritime%20War%20-%20The%20Revolutionary%20War%20in%20Princess%20Anne%20County.pdf |title=The Maritime War: The Revolutionary War in Princess Anne County |publisher=vbgov.com |access-date=18 September 2021}}

}}

=Unknown March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The sloop, captured 218 miles off Sandy Hook by HMS Experiment ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}), was wrecked on Long Island in a snowstorm between 1 and 7 March. Prize crew was saved.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=7 November 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Royal George

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc= The transport foundered near Sao Miguel Island, The Azores about the beginning of the month. crew rescued.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=14 November 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=A Tender of {{HMS|Enterprize|1774|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}), captured on 20 March by {{USS|Revenge|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}), was burned off Spain.{{cite web |url=http://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p04.pdf |title=Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=2 September 2023}}

}}

April

=5 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolution:The sloop was burned by a landing party on the Shark River.

}}

=6 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolution:The stripped sloop was burned by boats from galley {{USS|Spitfire|1776|2}} ({{navy|Rhode Island}}) at Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island.

}}

=9 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two Friends

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=The French sloop, captured by frigate {{HMS|Glasgow|1757|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}) on the 8th, sprang a leak just after Midnight and sank off Cuba. The Prize Crew was rescued.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=21 September 2021}}

}}

=12 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolution:The schooner was captured on the 11th by frigate {{HMS|Apollo|1763|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}). She was stripped and burned on the 12th 30 Leagues north east of Nantucket.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=25 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

}}

=13 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=

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

|desc=American Revolution:The French polacca ran aground on Willoby's Shoal while being pursued by frigate {{HMS|St. Albans|1764|6}} ({{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}) and was captured, apparently pulled off.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=26 September 2021}}

}}

=14 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Dolphin"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The brigantine was captured by {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}) between the Scilly Isles and Cape Clear Island and was scuttled.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=11 November 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Scotland}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured by {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}) and was scuttled.

}}

=19 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Hinchenbrook}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolution:Frederica naval action:The armed brig or brigantine ran aground in the Frederica River during a battle with Washington, Lee, and Bullock all ({{flagicon|United States|1777}} Georgia State Navy) and was captured.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=28 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Rebecca}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolution:Frederica naval action:The armed sloop ran aground in the Frederica River during a battle with Washington, Lee, and Bullock all ({{flagicon|United States|1777}} Georgia State Navy) and was captured.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=American Revolution:Frederica naval action:The watering brig ran aground in the Frederica River during a battle with Washington, Lee, and Bullock all ({{flagicon|United States|1777}} Georgia State Navy) and was captured.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Scotland}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The coastal schooner was sunk by {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}) in the Mull of Galloway.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=22 November 2021}}

}}

=20 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag=Unknown

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured by {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}} ({{navy|United States|1777}}) and was scuttled.

}}

=24 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Duc de Choiseul

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of France|1748}}

|desc=American Revolution: The ship ran aground and was wrecked in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia, during a battle with frigate {{HMS|Blonde|1760|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). The wreck was stripped by the British. During the operation she rolled on her side killing 3 Royal Navy sailors. Probably broke up in the winter of 1778–1779.{{cite web |url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2321&context=dissertations_1 |title= Privateering and piracy: the effects of New England raiding upon Nova Scotia during the American Revolution, 1775-1783. |publisher=U. Mass. Amherst |access-date=4 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.merseyheritage.ca/choiseul.html |title= Wreck of the Duc de Choiseul |publisher=merseyheritage |access-date=4 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=30 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Independence|1776 sloop|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=The sloop was wrecked in the Oracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Wreck extensivly salvaged including her guns, cargo and ship's bell.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=17 October 2021}}

}}

=27 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unknown vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=American Revolution: Three ships were burned by a boarding party from {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}} at Whitehaven, England.

}}

=30 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=The tender was fired upon by {{USS|Providence|1776 frigate|6}} during Providence's escape from Providence, Rhode Island, and heavily damaged. She was sent to Newport, Rhode Island, where she sank at dock.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=20 October 2021}}

}}

=Unknown April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|desc=The captured American vessel was wrecked 7 miles from Wilmington, North Carolina, before 20 April.

}}

May

=1 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag=unknown

|desc= The sloop stranded on Cape Henlopen.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=3 October 2021}}

}}

=5 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc= The schooner was stranded on shore in Buzzard's Bay while being chased by a tender of {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} and was burned by the British.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=14 October 2021}}

}}

=6 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc= The ship was captured and was burned by the British near Falmouth, Massachusetts.

}}

=8 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Effingham|1777|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: The incomplete frigate, refloated, or partly above water, was burned by a British raiding party. She had been scuttled at White Hill near Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1777 to prevent capture by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Washington|1776 frigate|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid:The incomplete frigate, refloated, or partly above water, was burned by a British raiding party. She had been scuttled at White Hill near Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1777 to prevent capture by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sturdy Beggar

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: The privateer was burned in Crosswicks Creek, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: Two new large ships, one pierced for 18 guns, was burned at Bordentown, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flagicon|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: The privateer sloop, 10 guns, was burned at Bordentown, New Jersey, by the British.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=22 October 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: The brig was burned at White Hill near Bordentown, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: The sloop was burned at White Hill near Bordentown, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid:Ten ships (brigs, sloops and schooners) were burned at Bordentown, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid:Eight ships (brigs, sloops and schooners) were burned in Crosswicks Creek, New Jersey, by the British.

}}

=9 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Kitty"

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The transport was captured in the Delaware River by Continental Navy armed boats and burned.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=19 November 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Mermaid"

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolution:The transport was captured in the Delaware River by Continental Navy armed boats and burned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: Six ships, a new schooner, an old schooner, a new sloop, a large old sloop, and 2 new ships were burned in Biles Island Creek, New Jersey by the British.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}} Continental Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: An unknown number of Gallies were found by the British scuttled in Watson Creek in deep water.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: Two sloops, a ship, a brig, 4 new ships, one new brig and one old schooner were burned at Bristol, Pennsylvania.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Delaware River Raid: Two sloops were burned at Bristol Ferry, Pennsylvania.

}}

=10 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The British burn several ships in the Delaware River(May be wrong date, may be about those burned on the 8-9th).

}}

=11 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The privateer sloop was driven ashore by British privateer "Tryon" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) near Cape Hatteras.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=30 October 2021}}

}}

=12 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Le Gaston

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The polaque was run aground, scuttled, and abandoned near Cape Hatteras during a pursuit by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Ariel salvaged part of her cargo and burned the ship.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=24 October 2021}}

}}

=13 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trader's Increase

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was run aground near Cape Hatteras during a pursuit by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Ariel burned the ship on the 14th.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was run aground near Cape Hatteras during a pursuit by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Ariel burned the ship.

}}

=14 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two Friends

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was run aground near Cape Hatteras during a pursuit by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and captured. The ship was refloated on the 15th.

}}

=18 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=General Montgomery

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The privateer sloop was run aground in the harbor at Owl's Head, Nova Scotia during a pursuit by HMS Cabot ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and captured. The ship was refloated on the 19th.

}}

=19 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Jean

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The anchored snow was scuttled near Cape Hatteras 4 or 5 miles from Roanoke Inlet when approached by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Ariel burned the ship.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=25 October 2021}}

}}

=24 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Fly"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured off Cape Cod by {{HMS|Raisonnable|1768|6}} and {{HMS|Diamond|1774|6}}, both ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and was burned.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=28 October 2021}}

}}

=25 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Mount Hope Bay raids: 125 batteaux were captured and burned by British troops.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Mount Hope Bay raids: An armed galley was captured and burned by British troops.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Mount Hope Bay raids: A sloop was captured and burned by British troops.

}}

=26 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The brig was captured and burned by {{HMS|Cabot}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) in the Gut of Canso, Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=4 November 2021}}

}}

=29 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Norfolk Revenge}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1777}} Virginia Navy

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The galley was sunk in the Nansemond River.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://monongahelabooks.com/virgnavy.html |title=vessels of the Virginia Navy in the American Revolution |publisher=monongahelabooks |access-date=5 November 2021}}

}}

=30 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Angelica"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The brig, a privateer, was captured by frigate {{HMS|Andromeda|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and burned at sea.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=5 October 2021}}

}}

=31 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Pigot}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Mount Hope Bay raids: The galley ran aground at Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island. She was kedged off some hours later despite being shelled by a battery nearby.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=7 November 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag=unknown

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was run aground near Currituck, North Carolina, during a pursuit by {{HMS|Ariel|1777|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Left on the beach unboarded because of bad weather.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolution: The unmanned, stripped, demasted, and holed brig came ashore between two rocks at Abbotsham Cliffs near Biddeford, Devonshire, England, sometime in May. It is believed to have been captured by American privateers who intended to scuttle her. She was refloated and taken to Biddeford on the 21st.

}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Esther

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fish-Hawk

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jenny

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The brig was captured and burned at "Carolina" by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jenny

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lilly

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nelly

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polly

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sally

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The brig, a prize ship, was recaptured by a British privateer at Topsail Inlet before 15 May and burned when she couldn't be taken out. Her cargo of salt was salvaged by the Americans, but the ship was "ruined".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spit-Fire

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The boat was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The sloop was captured and destroyed by British privateer "Hammond" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) prior to 25 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=True Blue

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The slave ship was lost off Cameroon before 15 May. crew and 60 slaves were saved by "Ann" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown, Unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=Two coal ships out of a convoy of 5 burned and sank from spontaneous combustion before 15 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc= The schooner was captured by privateers at LaHave, Nova Scotia, she was stripped and burned. Probably on the 27th, but possibly on the 20th.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hawke

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc= The sloop was stranded on Cape Henlopen on 1 or 2 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

|flag=unknown

|desc= The schooner was stranded on Cape Henlopen on or before 7–8 May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: Six ships were driven ashore by British privateer "George and Elizabeth" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) during a cruise, apparently on various dates before 12 May.

}}

June

=13 June=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Fox"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc= The privateer was driven ashore at Port Medway, Nova Scotia, trying to escape from the Sloops "General Gage", and "General Howe", and another Large Armed Sloop. captured and refloated.

}}

July

=6 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Albion

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship sank after striking marine Cheval de frise in the Delaware River.

}}

=8 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Mermaid|1761|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Mermaid|frigate}} was driven ashore to prevent her being captured by French frigates. surrendered to a US vessel.{{cite web |url=https://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/users/rsmith/The%20Birth%20of%20a%20Navy%20(2).pdf |title=The birth of a Navy |publisher=usni.org |access-date=1 August 2021}}

}}

=31 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The ship ran aground at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Stripped by Militia despite shelling by a Royal Navy frigate.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/battles.pdf |title= Battles and skirmishes in New Jersey of the American Revolution |publisher=state.nj.us |access-date=29 July 2021}}

}}

August

=1 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The Row galley was run aground at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, by American vessels.

}}

=5 August=

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The 28 gun {{sclass|Coventry|frigate|0}} sixth rate frigate was run aground, set afire and was destroyed in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by French ships of the line.{{cite web|url=https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/history/history.html |title=The History of the HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark |publisher=noaa.gov |access-date=17 September 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Juno|1757|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The 32 gun {{sclass|Richmond|frigate}} was run aground, set afire and was destroyed in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by French ships of the line.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Lark|1762|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The 32 gun {{sclass|Richmond|frigate}} was run aground, set afire and was destroyed when her powder magazine exploded in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by French ships of the line.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Orpheus|1773|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The 32 gun {{sclass|Lowestoffe|frigate|0}} fifth-rate frigate was run aground, set afire and was destroyed in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by French ships of the line.

}}

=6 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The schooner ran aground in Bull Island Bay, South Carolina, whilst being chased by the privateer Revenge ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was consequently captured by the British.{{cite web |url=http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/1775-1783-naval/ |title=Revolutionary War, Naval Minor Engagements 1775-1783 |publisher=My Revolutionary War |accessdate=1 January 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Love and Unity"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The ship ran aground off Tom's River, New Jersey.

}}

=20 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Glory of America"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The ship was sunk off Egg Harbor, New Jersey, by Tryon.

}}

=21 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The cruizer went ashore at Cape May while trying to avoid capture by the French.

}}

=24 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Colebrooke

|flag=22px British East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman struck Anvil Rock, in Kogel Bay and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Bombay, India.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwreck.co.za/colebrooke.html |title=The Colebrooke 1778 |publisher=South African Historical Wreck Society |accessdate=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101134034/http://www.shipwreck.co.za/colebrooke.html |archive-date=1 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}

}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in August 1778 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Sandwich

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The prison ship, a barque, was scuttled at Newport, Rhode Island, United States between 3 and 6 August.

}}

September

=5 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The ship was captured and destroyed.

}}

=25 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Raleigh|1776|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1777}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Hancock|frigate}} ran aground on Wooden Ball Island, Maine, whilst in an engagement with {{HMS|Experiment|1774|6}} and {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) and was abandoned. She was captured by the British, refloated on 28 September and taken into service as HMS Raleigh.

}}

October

=3 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Mary|1702|6}}

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

|desc=The 4-gun smack was lost in Plymouth Sound.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17135 |title=HMS Mary (+1778) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=1 January 2015}}

}}

=6 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Greenwich|1778|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The Egg Harbor Expedition: The {{sclass|Swan|ship sloop}} became grounded near Osborne Island, or on Mincock Island, near Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. Refloated on the 8th, and regrounded, then refloated.{{cite web |url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nj/county/atlantic/Pinelands/ChestnutNeck.htm |title=The Battle of Chestnut Neck |publisher=usgennet.org |access-date=27 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/11931/page/3 |title=London Gazette 28 November, 1778 |publisher=thegazette.co.uk |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Granby}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The Egg Harbor Expedition: The armed sloop became grounded near Osborne Island, or on Mincock Island near Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. Refloated on the 8th.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolution: The Egg Harbor Expedition: Nine ships that had been captured by American privateers and scuttled/dismantled in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States to prevent recapture, were recaptured and burned. Some ships burned until Noon on the 7th.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venus

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolution: The Egg Harbor Expedition: The ship had been captured by American privateers and scuttled/dismantled in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States to prevent recapture, was recaptured and burned.

}}

=9 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=50 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1041 |date=12 March 1779 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Pensacola.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=48 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1040 |date=9 March 1779 }}

}}

=22 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Zebra|1777|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The Egg Harbor Expedition: The {{sclass|Swan|ship sloop}} ran aground in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. She was blown up to avoid her being captured.

}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in October 1778 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dispatch

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=130 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1081 |date=3 August 1779 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Solovey

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked by ice at the mouth of the Volga between 15 and 20 October. Her crew were rescued.{{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 }}

}}

November

=2 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Somerset|1748|6}}

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

|desc=The 64-gun third rate ship of the line was wrecked on Peaked Hill Bar, a sandbar off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of between 21 and 70 of her crew, according to different sources. Her wreckage was buried on the beach at Dead Man's Hollow, near Provincetown, Massachusetts.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/somerset-dat.htm |title=Somerset | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=25 February 2021 }}

}}

=22 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Rattlesnake"

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The 18 gun Privateer ran aground and was wrecked on Middle Ground, Chesapeake Bay while being pursued by {{HMS|Swift|1777|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|Swift|1777|6}}

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The 14 gun sloop ran aground on Middle Ground, Chesapeake Bay while pursuing Privateer "Rattlesnake" ({{flag|United States|1777}}). Burned to prevent captrure.

}}

December

=1 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 leagues ({{convert|45|nmi|km}} north of Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to New York, United States{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=24 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1028 |date=29 January 1779 }}

}}

=9 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=unknown

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War:The armed vessel ran aground near Barnegat, New Jersey. Crew captured by Militia.

}}

=26 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=General Arnold

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The privateer, a brig, was wrecked at Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, with the loss of 70 of her 105 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/pdf/Plymouth_Homefront.pdf |title=PLYMOUTH IN THE REVOLUTION |publisher=Plymouth Hall Museum |accessdate=1 January 2015}}

}}

=28 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=London

|flag=22px British East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was run down and sunk off Berry Head, Devon by {{HMS|Russell|1764|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy).{{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}}

}}

=29 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Cupid}}

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

|desc=The Sloop-of-War foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of nine of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=22 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1027 |date=26 January 1779 }}

}}

=31 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The transport ship foundered in the Nore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marianna Charlotta

|flag=File:Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg Kingdom of Sicily

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Naples.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=16 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1024 |date=15 January 1779 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands.

}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in December 1778 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fame

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=142 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1087 |date=24 August 1779 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jenny

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Staten Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York City to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=36 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1034 |date=19 February 1779 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Catharina

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey, Great Britain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the West Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship was lost off Cape Florida, British America whilst evading two American privateers.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=118 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1075 |date=13 July 1779 }}

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|ship=Nouvelle Abondance

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

|desc=The ship, a prize, foundered in the English Channel off Calais. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=14 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1020 |date=1 January 1779 }}

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|ship=Rose

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Staten Island in late December.

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|ship=Harland

|flag=22px India

|desc=The schooner was wrecked.{{cite book|last=Wadia |first=R. A. |orig-year=1957 |year=1986 |title=The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders |location=Bombay |pages=332 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57463/page/n447/mode/2up }}

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|ship="Le Tonnerre"

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

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The vessel was captured by HMS Senegal ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and destroyed between December, 1777 and March, 1778.

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|ship=Minerva

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=The ship was lost near "Westerley". She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to New York.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=30 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1031 |date=9 February 1779 }}

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was lost at Tortola.{{cite web |url=http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |title=Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825 |first1=Edward L. |last1=Towle |first2=Robert F. |last2=Marx |first3=Alan B. |last3=Albright |publisher=Island Resources Foundation |location=Virgin Islands |date=December 1976 |accessdate=2 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102223912/http://www.irf.org/documents/Shipwrecks%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands.pdf |archivedate=2 January 2015 }}

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|ship=Rockingham

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

|desc=The transport ship was lost.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010099042;view=1up;seq=32 |title=(untitled) |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1032 |date=12 February 1779 }}

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|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}

|desc=American Revolutionary War: The privateer was sunk with all hands by "Sally" ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) sometime before 4 May.{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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References

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