List of shipwrecks in 1781
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The List of shipwrecks in 1781 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1781.
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January
=8 January=
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|ship=Douglass
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=22 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1233 |date=16 January 1781 }} }}
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=11 January=
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was run down and sunk by Sykes ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}) with the loss of more than twenty lives. She was on a voyage from The Downs to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=19 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1232 |date=12 January 1781 }} }}
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=22 January=
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|ship=Supply
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in Start Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. }}
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=23 January=
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|ship=Childers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was driven ashore at Paignton, Devon.
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|ship={{HMS|Culloden|1776|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The third rate ship of the line ran aground {{convert|50|yd|0}} off Will′s Point at Montauk, New York, United States, during a gale and snowstorm. After attempts to refloat her failed, she was stripped and in March 1781 she was set on fire to prevent capture. She burned to the waterline, and the remains of her wreck settled in {{convert|20|ft}} of water. When her wreck was rediscovered in the 1970s, Will's Point was renamed Culloden Point.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/culloden-dat.htm |title=HMS Culloden | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship, a cartel, was driven ashore and damaged at Paignton. She was later refloated.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=32 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1238 |date=2 February 1781 }} }}
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=28 January=
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|ship=Favourite
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was refloated on 8 February.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=38 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1241 |date=13 February 1781 }}
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|ship=Nossa Senhora do Pilar e São João Baptista
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Ceulagh, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Dublin, Ireland. }}
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=30 January=
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|ship=Theresa
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at West Bexington, Dorset, Great Britain.{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |accessdate=26 December 2014}} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Johanna Charlotta
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Ostend to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=23 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1234 |date=19 January 1781 }}
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|ship=John
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain.
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|ship=L'Immaculée Conception
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Ayamonte with the loss of five of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Andero to Cádiz.
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|ship=Lucente Aurora
|flag=22px Republic of Venice
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Woolpack, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Venice and Trieste to London, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=20 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1232 |date=12 January 1781 }}
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|ship=Madonna Del Lauro & St. Anime Del Purgatorio
|flag=22px Papal States
|desc=The ship was lost at "Sassaie", Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, Great Britain to Civita Vechia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=27 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1236 |date=26 January 1781 }}
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|ship=Newtown
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=18 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1231 |date=9 January 1781 }}
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|ship=Pink
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Abrolho Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=159 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1302 |date=14 September 1781 }}
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|ship=Racehorse
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head.
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|ship=Southampton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head.
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|ship=Spitfire
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=30 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1237 |date=29 January 1781 }}
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|ship={{HMS|Syren|1779|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The {{sclass|Porcupine|post ship}} was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head. }}
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February
=2 February=
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|ship=Samuel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank and capsized in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=31 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1238 |date=2 February 1781 }} }}
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=7 February=
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|ship=Maria Margaretha
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was crushed by ice off Elsinore. She later came ashore near Halmstad, Sweden. Maria Margaretha was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=48 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1246 |date=2 March 1781 }}
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|ship=Princess Louisa
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. Princess Louisa was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen for repairs.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=45 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1245 |date=26 February 1781 }}
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|ship=São Boaventura
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Masamaede Island", off Madagascar. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to the Malabar Coast. }}
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=11 February=
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|ship=Echo
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Deadman's Bay. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Nimble
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The cutter was wrecked in Mount's Bay with the loss of 28 of her 59 crew.
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|ship=Thames
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The victualling ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. }}
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=12 February=
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|ship=Esther
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The stores ship was in collision with {{ship|HM hired armed ship|Raike}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) and foundered in The Downs with the loss of two or three of her crew. }}
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=13 February=
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|ship=Amsterdam
|flag={{flag|Sweden|naval}}
|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at West Bexington, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of five of her crew and a passenger. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to London, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=41 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1243 |date=20 February 1781 }} }}
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=16 February=
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|ship=General Barker
|flag=22px British East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was lost off Scheveningen, on the Dutch coast.{{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}} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the East Indies to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=44 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1244 |date=23 February 1781 }} }}
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=22 February=
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|ship=Fame
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The privateer foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Peck's Beach, New Jersey.{{cite web |url=http://aquaexplorers.com/shipwreckfame.htm#.VJ1X8F4gMs |title=The Fame Treasure Shipwreck |publisher=Aqua Explorers |accessdate=26 December 2014}} }}
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=26 February=
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to London.
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|ship=Blandford
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=47 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1246 |date=2 March 1781 }}
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|ship=Carpenter
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=43 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1244 |date=23 February 1781 }}
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|ship={{not a typo|Dutchess}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was in collision with Houghton ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}) and foundered in The Downs with some loss of life.
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|ship=Experiment
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was in collision with another vessel in The Downs and foundered. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Fernought
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer struck a rock and foundered in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued
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|ship=Free Trade
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Newry.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=34 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1239 |date=6 February 1781 }}
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|ship=Henry & Maria
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship, a prize, was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=35 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1240 |date=9 February 1781 }}
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=33 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1239 |date=6 February 1781 }}
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|ship=L'Aimea
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778-1783): The ship, a prize, was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain to Jersey, Channel Islands.
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|ship=Mary Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Bristol.
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|ship=London
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.
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|ship=New Judith
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry to Cork and the West Indies.
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|ship=New Newry Paquet
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newry. She was on a voyage from Newry to London.
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|ship=Prince of Wales
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pegwell Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=40 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1242 |date=16 February 1781 }}
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|ship=Rodney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Southampton, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=39 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1242 |date=16 February 1781 }}
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|ship=St. Antonio de Lisboa
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Castle Town, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Dublin.
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|ship=Thetis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.
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|ship=William & Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Beerhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Great Britain to Cork.
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|ship=Zee Fortune
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=Fourth Anglo-Dutch War The ship, a prize, was lost off Wexford with the loss of all hands. }}
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March
=18 March=
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|ship= USS Saratoga
|flag={{navy|United States|1777}}
|desc=The sloop sank in a storm with all hands.{{Cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/ships-of-sail/sloop-saratoga.html |title=Saratoga |publisher=history.navy.mil |date=2 May 2025}}
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=30 March=
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|ship=Black Prince
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship, a prize of {{HMS|Cruizer|1780|6}} and {{HMS|Lively|1756|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy), was driven ashore and wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship={{not a typo|Dutchess de Chartres}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of France|civil}} French East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman, a prize of the privateer Phœnix ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}) was driven ashore and wrecked at Falmouth with the loss of a crew member.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=67 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1256 |date=6 April 1781 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Charlotte
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from London to Naples and Messina, Kingdom of Sicily.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=54 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1249 |date=13 March 1781 }}
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|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=51 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1248 |date=9 March 1781 }}
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast, Ireland.
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|ship=Immaenlata Concezione
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain to a Mediterranean port.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=62 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1253 |date=27 March 1781 }}
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|ship="La Guepe"
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War:The 14 gun cutter ran aground on mud flats and was wrecked near Cape Charles while pursuing a British privateer. Her crew was rescued.{{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=19 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_hl5NVWljwC&dq=french+Ship%3A+La+Guepe%2C+1781&pg=PA33 |title=The Order of the Cincinnati in France |year=1905 |publisher=Rhode Island State Society of the Cincinnati |via=Googlebooks |access-date=19 September 2021}}
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|ship=L'Amiene del Purgatorio
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from St. Ives, Cornwall to a Mediterranean port.
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|ship=Le Lenier
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Ratt, off Brest. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to the West Indies.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=65 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1255 |date=3 April 1781 }}
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|ship=Minte au Ciel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Ratt. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to the West Indies.
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|ship=Penelope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=53 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1249 |date=13 March 1781 }}
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|ship=Success
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=49 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1247 |date=6 March 1781 }}
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April
=10 April=
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|ship=Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The sloop was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=83 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1264 |date=4 May 1781 }} }}
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=11 April=
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|ship=Nossa Senhora do Carmo a Dolphin
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship capsized at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She had been on a voyage from Lisbon to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic but had put into Tenby. }}
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=13 April=
=14 April=
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|ship=Hawke
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck rocks at Bermuda and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bermuda.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=107 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1276 |date=15 June 1781 }} }}
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=21 April=
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|ship=Bee
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk by two French privateers and was captured. She was taken to a French port. Bee had been on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. }}
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=28 April=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hopkins
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The stores ship capsized at Gosport, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=82 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1263 |date=1 May 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from New York to the Western Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=81 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1263 |date=1 May 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Count Schimmerman
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Danish Asiatic Company
|desc=The East Indiaman foundered in the North Sea off the Isle of May, Scotland. Her crew were rescued. She was bound to India.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=77 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1261 |date=24 April 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Draper
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=73 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1259 |date=17 April 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=John & Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Lübeck.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=85 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1265 |date=8 May 1781 }}
}}
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|ship={{ship|French ship|Couronne|1768|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Saint-Esprit|ship of the line}} was destroyed by fire at Brest.
}}
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|ship=Lady Betty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Madeira.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=72 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1258 |date=13 April 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London or Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=76 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1260 |date=20 April 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Zeebergh
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was captured by a French privateer but was subsequently wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=79 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1262 |date=27 April 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
May
=2 May=
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|ship=Enterprize
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by the privateer Victory ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}). she was stripped of her guns and sunk. Enterprize was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=105 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1275 |date=12 June 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=7 May=
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|ship=Duke of Athol
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=104 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1274 |date=8 June 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Jenny and Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Riga Bay.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nelly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=17 May=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Olive Branch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer was wrecked on the coast of Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=113 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1279 |date=26 June 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=28 May=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Rose in June
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck rocks off Land's End, Cornwall and foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=America
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank near Topsham, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exon, Devon to Ostend, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=88 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1266 |date=11 May 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Espírito Santa Rainha de Aug
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=89 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1267 |date=15 May 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at Fyall, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Fyall and Quebec, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=96 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1270 |date=25 May 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
June
=7 June=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 June 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|HM hired armed ship|Molly}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The hired armed ship caught fire, exploded, and sank off Point Lynas, Anglesey. There were about 40 survivors.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=108 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1276 |date=15 June 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=10 June=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Fischer Rocks, 10 leagues ({{convert|30|nmi|km}}) west of "Wyburgh". She was on a voyage from "Wyburgh" to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=121 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1283 |date=10 July 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Greyhound|1773|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The {{sclass|Mermaid|frigate}} ran aground at the South Foreland, Kent and was wrecked.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=HMS General Arnold
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolution: The Row galley ran aground in the Chowan River at Edenton, North Carolina. She was then captured by local Militia troops.{{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}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured off Milford, Pembrokeshire by the privateer Franklin ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) and was sunk by her. Her crew were taken on board the privateer. Nancy was on a voyage from Tinmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=114 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1279 |date=26 June 1781 }}
}}
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July
=3 July=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Brilliant
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock off the Mew Stone and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Wales to Topsham, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=122 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1283 |date=10 July 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=21 July=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Honkoop
|flag=22px Dutch East India Company
|desc= Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, Battle of Saldanha Bay: The East Indiaman was captured by the Royal Navy. Hencoop was on a voyage from China to Amsterdam.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=177 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1311 |date=16 October 1781 }} She foundered in January 1782 on her voyage to England.{{London Gazette|issue=13902|page=583|date=18 June 1796}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Middelburg
|flag=22px Dutch East India Company
|desc=Battle of Saldanha Bay. The East Indiaman was burnt by the Dutch of avoid capture. She was on a voyage from China to Amsterdam.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=23 July=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship="Dasher"
|flag={{flag|Virginia}} Virginia State Navy
|desc=The galley was wrecked in a gale in Lynnhaven Bay. Crew were captured after reaching shore.{{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=19 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.americanwars.org/american-prisoners-revolution/chapter-XX.htm |title=Some Southern Naval Prisoners |publisher=americanwars.org |access-date=19 September 2021}}
}}
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=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Good Hope
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Harwich, Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=123 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1284 |date=13 July 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Serapis|1779|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The privateer caught fire, exploded and sank off the coast of Madagascar with the loss of eight of the 223 people on board.
}}
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August
=1 August=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Black River, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=2 August=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 August 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Arundal
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Carnatic|1770|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Chambers|1776 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Charming Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=190 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1317 |date=6 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Clarendon
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Charles Town, South Carolina, United States.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=George and John
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Golden Rule
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship (a.k.a. Equity) was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Green-island
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=187 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1316 |date=2 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hercules
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Annatta Bay, Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jamaica
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=John
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Kingston
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Kitty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Lark
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=London
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mentor
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Montague
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Jamaica. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Orange Bay
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Pelican|1777|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The {{sclass|Porcupine|post ship}} was driven ashore and wrecked on the Morant Keys, off Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=188 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1316 |date=2 November 1781 }}{{Cite news |title=Men of the North |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 February 1879 |issue=19650 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ransom
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Thetis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=True Britton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=5 August=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Dutch battlehship|Hollandia|1761|2}}
|flag={{navy|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, Battle of Dogger Bank: The third rate ship of the line foundered following the battle.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French frigate|Vénus|1780|2}}
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}
|desc=The frigate was wrecked off the Glénan Islands, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=15 August=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 August 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Roberts
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The sloop sprang a leak in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She came ashore in Scatshall Bay and was wrecked. Roberts was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Bucklers Hard, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=146 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1295 |date=21 August 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=17 August=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 August 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=James and John
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=161 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1303 |date=18 September 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=21 August=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 August 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=St. Joaquim e Santa Anna
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Rottam Island, Dutch Republic with the loss of fourteen of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Porto to Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=158 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1301 |date=11 September 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=24 August=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 August 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=151 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1298 |date=31 August 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Holland's Melvaart
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Kenmare River by Cicero ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}) and another vessel. She was burnt by her captors.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=150 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1297 |date=28 August 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer La Victoire ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Youghall, County Cork, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=152 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1298 |date=31 August 1781 }} }}
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September
=4 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Valiant
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship, a prize of Enterprize ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}), was recaptured and set afire by two American privateers off Waterford, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=164 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1304 |date=21 September 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=5 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Terrible|1762|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Battle of the Chesapeake: The {{sclass|Ramillies|ship of the line}} was set afire and scuttled following damage sustained in battle.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Vrow Margaretta
|flag=22px Duchy of Holstein
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=157 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1301 |date=11 September 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=9 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Rodney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford, Ireland by three privateers. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Ireland and the Leeward Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=166 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1305 |date=25 September 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=17 September=
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Venus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Lisbon, Portugal. 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.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=226 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1325 |date=8 January 1782 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=22 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Duchess of Cumberland|1781|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The sloop was wrecked at Cape St. Mary in heavy fog.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258295 |title=HMS Duchess of Cumberland (1781+) |publisher=Wrecksite |date=19 April 2024 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=27 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Demoiselle Regina
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain to Hamburg{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=174 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1309 |date=9 October 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Freeden
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sweden to London, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=185 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1315 |date=30 October 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=28 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Lübeck
|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain to Hamburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=175 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1310 |date=13 October 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Maria Cornelia
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=171 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1308 |date=5 October 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=29 September=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 September 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Dutch battleship|Admiraal Generaal|1764|2}}
|flag={{navy|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The third rate ship of the line was driven ashore on Texel.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=169 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1307 |date=2 October 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship was sunk in the York River, Virginia, United States,{{cite web |url=http://rememberyorktown.org/?page_id=493 |title=Cornwallis's Ships |publisher=Remember Yorktown |accessdate=26 December 2014}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Møn, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Danzig.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hinchinbrook
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Saint Petersburg for Hull. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=250 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1337 |date=19 February 1782 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nossa Senhora do Carmo St. Domingo
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north of Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=163 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1304 |date=21 September 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Sarah
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to South Shields, County Durham.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=York
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
October
=10 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Charon|1778|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown: The fifth rate was set of fire and sank in the York River, Virginia, United States.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Fowey|1749|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown: The sixth rate fire ship was scuttled in the York River.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Guadeloupe|1763|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown: The {{sclass|Coventry|frigate}} was scuttled in the York River. Subsequently salvaged by the French and entered service with the French Navy.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Port Morant
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Martin's Industry Sand, off Port Royal, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=2 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=13 |date= January 1782 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Shipwright
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown:The transport burned and sank, along with another transport, in the York River, Virginia, United States, when the anchor line of the burning {{HMS|Charon|1778|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) parted and she drifted into them.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-virginia-revolutionary-war-1449382 |title=Ship Sunk During Revolutionary War Discovered in Virginia: 'We Kind of Stumbled Into it' |publisher=newsweek.com |access-date=17 September 2021}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown:The transport burned and sank, along with "Shipwright", in the York River, Virginia, United States, when the anchor line of the burning {{HMS|Charon|1778|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) parted and she drifted into them.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-virginia-revolutionary-war-1449382 |title=Ship Sunk During Revolutionary War Discovered in Virginia: 'We Kind of Stumbled Into it' |publisher=newsweek.com |access-date=17 September 2021}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Vulcan|1777|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown: The fireship was scuttled in the York River.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=11 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Firebrand|1777|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The fireship caught fire, exploded and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=178 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1311 |date=17 October 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Rattlesnake|1777|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The cutter was wrecked at Trindade, Brazil, with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=241 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1333 |date=5 February 1782 }}{{cite web |url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6102 |title=British unrated cutter 'Rattlesnake' (1777) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=18 December 2015}} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=15 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Pearl
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=179 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1312 |date=19 October 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=17 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Lord Howe
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The storeship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|26|N|41|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=195 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1310 |date=16 November 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=18 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Wingo", Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mermaid
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=24 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Boog
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Susanna ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Boog was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=29 October=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 October 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Peace and Plenty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork to the West Indies. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Cruyso Island". She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=189 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1317 |date=6 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=353 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1389 |date=20 August 1782 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Henrietta
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost neat Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was in collision with Gibside' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Kent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=172 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1308 |date=5 October 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Lamedo
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Nossa Senhora das Neves ({{flag|Portugal|1750}}). Lamedo was on a voyage from Dover, Kent, Great Britain to Lisbon.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=São João Baptista
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Ostend, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=181 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1313 |date=23 October 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
November
=5 November=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 November 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Richard
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Mount's Bay. She was on a voyage from Tinmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Santissimo Trinidade
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was lost near St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aveiro to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=6 November=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 November 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jamaica
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Charles Town, South Carolina, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=203 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1314 |date=30 November 1781 }} }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=14 November=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 November 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=John & Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her cre were rescued by a fishing vessel.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=207 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1316 |date=7 December 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Rodney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=21 November=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 November 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Prince of Orange
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Shark|1780|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy). Prince of Orange was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=28 November=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 November 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=May
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Island of Condre, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Brazil.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=337 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1381 |date=23 July 1782 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Paisley
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The storeship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. All on board were rescued. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on rocks at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=204 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1314 |date=30 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ann and Frances
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to a Baltic port.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=206 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1315 |date=4 December 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Antigallician
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charles Town, South Carolina, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=194 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1319 |date=13 November 1781 }}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=196 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1310 |date=16 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Blushing Aurora
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Colvil
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Baltic to Scotland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Count Schimmelman
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London, Great Britain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Emanuel
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea and was severely damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex, Great Britain for repairs. Emanuel was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Felicity
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} Jersey
|desc=The ship was lost near Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Jersey.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag=File:Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen
|desc=The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Bremen.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=191 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1318 |date=9 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Baltic to Scotland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Good Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Ostend, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=201 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1313 |date=27 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Inga Magdalena
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Magdalena
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=205 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1315 |date=4 December 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Maria
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured off Fairlee, Isle of Wight by the privateer Jenne Dunkirquoise ({{flag|Kingdom of France|civil}}). She was sent in to Dunkirk, France but was lost going into that port. Her crew were rescued.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Marwood
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The brig foundered off the coast on Norway with the loss of all but one of her crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=198 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1311 |date=20 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Norfolk
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=193 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1319 |date=13 November 1781 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Officeuse|1776 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The storeship was wrecked at Casamance, Portuguese Guinea. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Senegal.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Ranger
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Spitfire
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The cutter was lost in Irvine Bay. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Scotland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Two Brothers
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Ilfracombe, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Ostend. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
December
=1 December=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 December 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Cyrus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=3 December=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 December 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=240 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1332 |date=1 February 1782 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Seaflower
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. Seaflower was later discovered at sea derelict and taken in to "Fredericks Warn". }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=7 December=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 December 1781 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sandown Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Plymouth, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=210 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1317 |date=11 December 1781 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.
}}
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|ship=King George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman with the loss of a crew member and 108 of the 429 slaves on board. She was on a voyage from Africa to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=265 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1345 |date=19 March 1782 }} }}
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=17 December=
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|ship=Æolus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Louisa ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=217 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1321 |date=25 December 1781 }} }}
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=18 December=
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|ship=Maria
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Alicant, Spain to Stockholm.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=220 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1322 |date=28 December 1781 }} }}
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=21 December=
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|ship={{HMS|Bellona|1760|6}}
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy
|desc=The {{sclass|Bellona|ship of the line}} ran aground off St Helens, Isle of Wight and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 25 December.
}}
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|ship=Samuel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Olive Branch.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=239 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1332 |date=1 February 1782 }} }}
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=22 December=
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|ship=Monkey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The cutter was driven ashore at Dunkirk, France. She was captured by the local inhabitants.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=221 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1323 |date=1 January 1782 }} }}
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=25 December=
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|ship=Casio Jose
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Sniem", County Kerry, Ireland Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=231 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1328 |date=18 January 1782 }}
}}
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|ship=Phœnix
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The lugger was holed in an engagement with the privateer Fearnought ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) and consequently foundered 3 leagues ({{convert|9|nmi|km}} off St Ives, Cornwall with the loss of fourteen of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=230 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1327 |date=15 January 1782 }} }}
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=28 December=
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|ship=Caterina
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sker Point, Glamorgan. The wreck was looted by local inhabitants, several off whom were arrested and imprisoned. One was later hanged.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=BRISTOL CHANNEL SHIPWRECKS |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=26 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}
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|ship=Ellen
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=222 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1323 |date=1 January 1782 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. Ellen was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=224 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1324 |date=4 January 1782 }}
}}
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|ship=Good-Intent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridport, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=223 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1324 |date=4 January 1782 }}
}}
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|ship=Solidade
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, to Waterford, Ireland. }}
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=30 December=
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|ship=Lancaster
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Anna Maria
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pakefield, Suffolk, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Marseille, France.
}}
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|ship=Balfour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the "Island of Flora" with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Augustine to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=293 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1359 |date=7 May 1782 }}
}}
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|ship=British Queen
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Dick ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).
}}
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|ship=Coron
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank at Taganrog. She was refloated in 1782, repaired and returned to service.{{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=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was subsequently driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Tortola to London.
}}
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=211 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1318 |date=14 December 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Friends Goodwill
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Weymouth, Dorset.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=218 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1321 |date=25 December 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Isabella
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at the "Lambaska Islands", in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Kirkcudbright.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=229 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1327 |date=15 January 1782 }}
}}
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|ship=Jong Schettelaen
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Wyburgh". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ostend.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=209 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1317 |date=11 December 1781 }}
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|ship=Josepha
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Cork.
}}
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|ship=Laurel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=214 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1319 |date=18 December 1781 }}
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|ship=London
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Bray. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=216 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1320 |date=21 December 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Tinmouth, Devon. She was later refloated.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=208 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1316 |date=7 December 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Swan
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boat and were later rescued by Dick ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).
}}
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|ship=Truelove
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Whitehaven.
}}
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|ship=Vlieger van Ostend
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ems. }}
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|ship=Africa
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew set fire to the vessel and were rescued by Nancy and {{ship||Trecothick|1770 ship|2}} (both {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Africa was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
}}
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|ship=Anna
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at "St John's, Augustine".
}}
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|ship=Alfred
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=143 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1294 |date=17 August 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Betsy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War, Siege of Yorktown:The coal brig was scuttled as a blockship sometime during the siege.{{cite web|url=https://www.vims.edu/research/units/legacy/cornwallis/yorktown_battle/index.php |title=The Battle of Yorktown |publisher=vims.edu |access-date=17 September 2021}}
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|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Trinity, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Trinity.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=156 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1299 |date=7 September 1781 }}
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|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.
}}
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|ship=Britannia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The victualling ship was lost at Virginia, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=130 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1287 |date=24 July 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Britannia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina and Georgia to the West Indies.
}}
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|ship=Brotherly Love
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a passenger. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to the Leeward Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=141 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1293 |date=14 August 1781 }}
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|ship=Carboneir
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off the coast of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Newfoundland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=173 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1309 |date=9 October 1781 }}
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|ship=Charming Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.
}}
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|ship=Countess of Effingham
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. she was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Newfoundland.
}}
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|ship=Cyrus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Ruby|1776|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy).
}}
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|ship=Daniel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Newfoundland.
}}
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|ship=Debby
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=245 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1335 |date=12 February 1782 }}
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|ship=Deux Frères
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, New Spain to London.
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|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship was driven ashore near Charles Town by American privateers and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Charles Town.
}}
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|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Baltimore, Maryland, British America.
}}
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|ship=Duke of Cumberland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Montego Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Sint Eustatius to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=144 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1294 |date=17 August 1781 }}
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|ship=Earl of Cornwallis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The privateer capsized at Saint Kitts whilst being careened with much loss of life.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=111 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1278 |date=22 June 1781 }}
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|ship=Earl of Grenville
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.
}}
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Sally ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}) rescued the crew. Elizabeth was on a voyage from New York, United States to the West Indies.
}}
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|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Chesapeake River, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charles Town to Virginia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=133 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1289 |date=31 July 1781 }}
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|ship=Gascoyne
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=197 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1311 |date=20 November 1781 }}
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|ship=General Clinton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=237 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1331 |date=29 January 1782 }}
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|ship=General Prevost
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship was engaged by an American brig, cutter and frigate. She was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Cuba.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=137 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1291 |date=7 August 1781 }}
}}
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|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the West Indies. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Halifax.
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|ship=Jamaica
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at Charles Town.
}}
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|ship=June
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Straits of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec.
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|ship=Lark
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cork to New York.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=95 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1270 |date=25 May 1781 }}
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|ship=Leeds Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was lost at Charles Town.
}}
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|ship=Lively
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Montauk, New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwrecklively.htm |title=The Lively Shipwreck |publisher=Aqua Explorers |accessdate=26 December 2014}}
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|ship=Lord Frederick
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was captured by an American privateer. The British recaptured her but she was subsequently wrecked at Bermuda. Lord Frederick was on a voyage from the Clyde to Charles Town.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=119 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1282 |date=6 July 1781 }}
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|ship=Loyal Briton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol to New York.
}}
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|ship=Madonna del Rosario
|flag=22px Grand Duchy of Tuscany
|desc=The ship foundered off Rhodes. She was on a voyage from Scanderoon, Ottoman Empire to Livorno.
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|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Fly ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}) rescued the crew. Nancy was on a voyage from New York to Lisbon, Portugal.
}}
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|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=243 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1334 |date=8 February 1782 }}
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|ship=Philippa
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured by an American privateer but was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to New York.
}}
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|ship=Richmond
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst bound for Charles Town.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=233 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1329 |date=22 January 1782 }}
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|ship=Rodney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=110 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1277 |date=19 June 1781 }}
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|ship=Rosa
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Town Cordowan". She was on a voyage from "Port Passage" to the West Indies.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=219 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1322 |date=28 December 1781 }}
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|ship=Sir Peter Parker
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, British America to Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Speedwell
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Trinity, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Trinity.
}}
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|ship=Speke
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004281559;view=1up;seq=227 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1326 |date=11 January 1782 }}
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|ship=St. Stephen
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Swallow
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Tortola before 22 June. Her crew were rescued.{{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=Thetis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Laing ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}) rescued the crew. Thetis was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
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|ship={{ship||Trecothick |1770 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew set fire to her and abandoned ship. They were rescued.
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|ship=Venus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Cape Ray, Newfoundland. }}
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