List of shipwrecks in 1785
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The List of shipwrecks in 1785 includes some ship sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1785.
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January
=2 January=
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|ship=Thomas and Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Mallorca, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. }}
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=5 January=
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|ship=Juffrow Anna Louisa
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight., Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Pirna.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=17 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1637 |date=11 January 1785 }}
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|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mountbatten, Devon. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Dublin, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=35 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1646 |date=11 February 1785 }} }}
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=7 January=
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|ship=General Elliot
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship, which had been damaged in a gale on 1 January, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Grantham ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). General Elliot was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Porto, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=24 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1640 |date=21 January 1785 }} }}
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=8 January=
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|ship=Woohlfaart
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=20 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1638 |date=14 January 1785 }} }}
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=16 January=
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|ship=Nostra Señora Del Carmen
|flag=File:St. Blaise - National Flag of the Ragusan Republic.png Republic of Ragusa
|desc=The polacre was wrecked on the Diamond Rock, off Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=38 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1647 |date=15 February 1785 }} }}
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=21 January=
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|ship=Union
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|44|N|40|00|W}}). Four survivors were rescued by Canefeild ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Union was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=47 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1652 |date=4 March 1785 }} }}
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=31 January=
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|ship=Apollo
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitby, Yorkshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=32 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1644 |date=4 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Charlotte
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London.
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.
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|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=31 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1644 |date=4 February 1785 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Amelia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Villa Viciosa, Spain.
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|ship=Aurora
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly and consequently foundered in St. Helen's Gap. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=19 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1638 |date=14 January 1785 }}
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|ship=Austin
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool.
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|ship=Betsy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at Aveiro, Portugal and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Aveiro.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=25 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1641 |date=25 January 1785 }}
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|ship=Concord
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Delaware River, United States.
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|ship=Flora
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to London.
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|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to Aberdeen. Fortune was towed in to Harwich, Essex still on her side and crewless.
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|ship=Hector
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Lisbon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=27 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1642 |date=27 January 1785 }}
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|ship=Nelly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=22 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1639 |date=18 January 1785 }}
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|ship=Stokestown
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Waterford, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=29 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1643 |date=1 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Venturoso
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Ostend, Dutch Republic.
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|ship=Venus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Bruges, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=26 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1641 |date=25 January 1785 }} }}
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February
=9 February=
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|ship=Alexander
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Whitby.
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|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Whitby. Endeavour was later refloated. }}
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=15 February=
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|ship=Longsplice
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex by {{HMS|Echo|1782|6}} and {{HMS|Wasp|1782|6}} (both {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) whilst engaged in smuggling. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent by HMS Wasp.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=41 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1649 |date=22 February 1785 }} }}
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=17 February=
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|ship=Ocean
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Scarborough.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=42 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1649 |date=22 February 1785 }} }}
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=21 February=
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|ship=Donets
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The galiot was beached near Yalata. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kertch to Sevastopol. She broke up the next day.{{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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=24 February=
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|ship=Tabitha
|flag=File:Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cape Henry, Virginia, United States with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=103 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1680 |date=10 June 1785 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Abby
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.
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|ship=Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at L'Orient, France. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.
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|ship=Glatney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Guernsey.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=37 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1647 |date=15 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Glory
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=39 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1648 |date=18 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Isabella & Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fisherrow, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hull, Yorkshire.
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from the United States to Liverpool.
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Porto, Portugal.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=43 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1650 |date=25 February 1785 }}
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|ship=John & Betty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a Venetian ship. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=48 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1652 |date=4 March 1785 }}
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|ship=Merchant
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Atherfield Ledge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London.
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|ship=Nossa Senhora da luz
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Madeira. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=34 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1645 |date=8 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Tannen Baum
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Leith, Lothian, Great Britain.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=33 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1645 |date=8 February 1785 }}
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|ship=Three Friends
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from New York to São Miguel.
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|ship={{ship||Woolton|1774 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. }}
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March
=15 March=
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|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered during a voyage from Catalonia, Spain to Calais. Her crew were rescued by an English vessel.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=20 April 1785 |page=3 |issue=98}} }}
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=17 March=
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|ship=Les Amies
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille to L'Orient.
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|ship=St. Antonio de Padua
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vinaròs to Cádiz.
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|ship=St. Francisco de Asis
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Cádiz.
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|ship=Vreihend
|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, France to Lübeck.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=74 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1665 |date=19 April 1785 }} }}
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=29 March=
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|ship=Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=77 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1667 |date=26 April 1785 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Isabella
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=53 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1655 |date=15 March 1785 }}
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|ship=John and Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Porto, Portugal with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Porto to Plymouth, Devon.
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|ship=Jonge Gesina
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Nantes, France to Bruges.
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|ship=Joss
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Scotland to Nantes.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=57 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1657 |date=22 March 1785 }}
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|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Limerick, Ireland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=55 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1656 |date=18 March 1785 }}
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|ship=Robert and Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Porto to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=63 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1660 |date=1 April 1785 }}
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|ship=Triton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Fayal, Azores. }}
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April
=1 April=
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|ship=Peggy and Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Lossiemouth, Morayshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=69 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1663 |date=12 April 1785 }} }}
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=10 April=
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|ship={{ship||Hinchinbrooke|1780 ship|2}}
|flag=22px British East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India. Her crew were rescued.{{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}}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=173 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1715 |date=11 October 1785 }} }}
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|ship=Ann and James
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at Gibraltar.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=81 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1669 |date=3 May 1785 }}
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|ship=Maria Luisa
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Memel.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=85 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1671 |date=10 May 1785 }}
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|ship=Three Brothers
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Islay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Norway.
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|ship=Watson
|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 Hull, Yorkshire to Danzig.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=82 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1669 |date=3 April 1785 }}
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|ship=William and Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Chapman Head, Kent, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=79 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1668 |date=29 April 1785 }} }}
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May
=4 May=
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|ship=Brederode
|flag=22px Dutch East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was lost near Cape Agulhas, Africa with the loss of twelve of her 92 crew. She was on a voyage from China to Amsterdam.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139418 |title=Brederode (+1785) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=26 December 2015}} }}
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=24 May=
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|ship=Iasi
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of seven of the seventeen people on board. She was on a voyage from Yenikale to Taganrog.
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Amiable Rose
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Dunkirk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Dunkirk.
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship lost on the coast of Calabria. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire and Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=95 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1676 |date=27 May 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was sunk by ice at Memel, Prussia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=93 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1675 |date=24 May 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=La Charlotte
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Genoa and Livorno.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=99 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1678 |date=3 June 1785 }} }}
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June
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Marine
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Mount's Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Waterford, Ireland and Newfoundland, British America. }}
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July
=3 July=
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|ship=Constantia
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kingkiobing" with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Riga, Russia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=135 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1696 |date=5 August 1785 }} }}
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=8 July=
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|ship=Esther
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Humber and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Whitby, Yorkshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=123 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1690 |date=15 July 1785 }} }}
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=9 July=
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|ship=Patuxant or Potomack
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. Her crew were rescued by a French brig and a Dutch ship. Thos on board the French vessel were transferred to Hampshire ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=21 July 1785 |page=4 |issue=177}} }}
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=23 July=
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|ship=Copernicus
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the Swin. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=30 July=
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|ship=Golden Angle
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship sank at anchor off Ostend. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, France to Vlissingen. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
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|ship=Bons Amis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Genoa. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=169 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1698 |date=12 August 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Charming Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Ivica". She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Livorno.
}}
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|ship=Charming Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=121 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1689 |date=12 July 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Empress
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=133 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1695 |date=2 August 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Samuel
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=120 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1688 |date=8 July 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=St. Cuthbert
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to the West Indies.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=156 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1706 |date=9 September 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Swarte Orn
|flag={{flagicon|Sweden|naval}} Swedish East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was driven ashore near Landskrona. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Stockholm. }}
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August
=25 August=
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|ship=Cornwallis
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Neava Bay, Hispaniola during a hurricane and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=West India Intelligence |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=30 November 1785 |page=3 |issue=291 }} She was on a voyage from Antigua to Puerto Rico.
}}
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|ship=Henrick
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Havre de Grâce, France. }}
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=26 August=
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|ship=Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Alexander
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Amity's Production
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Constantine
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Thatch Island, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{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=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica. She was later refloated undamaged.
}}
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|ship=Endeavour
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a hurricane at Castle Fort, Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Captain Moyes's ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Captain Roblin's ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Favourite
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=General Campbell
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Holland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Caprain Erman's ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Holland
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Captain Howes's ship was lost in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=181 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1719 |date=25 October 1785 }}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=183 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1720 |date=28 October 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Hornet
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Bull Bay, Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Jamaica
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a hurricane at Annato Bay, Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=John and Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Mary Ann
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a hurricane at Annato Bay.
}}
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|ship=Minerva
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Molly|1778 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The Guineaman was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Philadelphia
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Rover
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Bush Quay, Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Captain Patterson's ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Captain Reid's ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Savile
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Success
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Swallow
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port Maria, Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Swallow Packet
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Swift
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank in a hurricane at Jamaica.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Triton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica. She was later refloated undamaged.
}}
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|ship=Washington
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Jamaica. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to London. She returned to St. Ubes but was destroyed.
}}
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|ship=Barbara Maria
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. She was found by some Swedish fishermen and beached at Marstrand, Sweden. Barbara Maria was on a voyage from Danzig to Barcelona, Spain.
}}
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|ship=Betsey and Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship sailed from a port in Georgia, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.
}}
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|ship=Jeune Dragon
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}})
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Honfleur to Morlaix.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=137 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1697 |date=9 August 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Leverpool
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=16 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=Standlinch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. }}
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September
=1 September=
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|ship={{ship||Faithful Steward|ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=While on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 249 passengers and a crew of 13 aboard, the ship ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 yards (91 meters) off the coast of Delaware near the Indian River Inlet, about 4 leagues (12 nautical miles; 22 km) south of Cape Henlopen, during a intense squall. The ship broke up on 2 September with the loss of around 200 lives, including 181 passengers. Fewer than 70 people survived.[http://www.novanumismatics.com/numismatic-essays/the-wreck-of-the-faithful-steward-delawares-coin-beach/ Packard, Aaron, "The Faithful Steward Wreck & Delaware’s Coin Beach," novanumismatics.com, July 25, 2011.]}}
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=4 September=
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|ship=Robert
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=153 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1705 |date=6 September 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Rosalie
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 leagues ({{convert|300|nmi|km}}) west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by London ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Rosalie was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Granville, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=159 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1708 |date=16 September 1785 }} }}
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=6 September=
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|ship=Dorothea Charlotta
|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Bordeaux, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=155 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1706 |date=9 September 1785 }} }}
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=22 September=
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|ship=Amelia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues ({{convert|210|nmi|km}}) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Batchelor ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Amelia was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Elsinore, Denmark. }}
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=24 September=
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=167 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1712 |date=30 September 1785 }} }}
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=27 September=
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Málaga, Spain.
}}
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|ship=Prince of Wales
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea 15 leagues ({{convert|45|nmi|km}}) west north west of Orfordness, Suffolk. All on board were rescued by a Swedish vessel. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to London.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=4 October 1785 |page=4 |issue=242}}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=169 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1713 |date=4 October 1785 }} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Alexander
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued by Ottrington and Prospect (both {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Alexander was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to a Baltic port.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=161 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1709 |date=20 September 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Bella Rachel
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Blankenberge, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Ostend, Dutch Republic.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Christian
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Memel, Prussia.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Columbus
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Pillau, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Constantine
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Constant Trader
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Saint Petersburg.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=163 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1710 |date=23 September 1785 }}{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=21 September 1785 |page=3 |issue=231}}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in The Burlings, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. Fame was later refloated and resumed her voyage.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic and Rouen, France. Fortune was later refloated and taken in to Broadstairs, Kent.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=157 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1707 |date=13 September 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Gainford
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost south of Kronstadt. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hazard
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. She was on a voyage from London to Africa.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}
|desc=The transport ship was driven out of New Providence, New Jersey, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Neptune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground of the Shaw Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from .
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nesbit
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London.
}}
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|ship=Stralsund
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Stockholm. }}
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October
=15 October=
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|ship=Le Ferm
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven of the 38 passengers and crew on board.{{cite news |title=West India Intelligence |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=30 March 1786 |page=4 |issue=304}} }}
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=20 October=
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|ship=Den Vlieger
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, Great Britain.
}}
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|ship=Stadt Aurick
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend. She was on a voyage from Middelburg to London. }}
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=24 October=
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|ship=Sally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Providence, Bahamas. }}
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=26 October=
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|ship=Sea Venture
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but was driven ashore a second time and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. Sea Venture was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=197 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1727 |date=22 November 1785 }} }}
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=27 October=
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|ship=Mayflower
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}). Her crew were rescued. }}
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=28 October=
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck the Marsden Rock and sank at Marsden, County Durham with the loss of a crew member.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=185 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1721 |date=1 November 1785 }} }}
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=31 October=
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|ship=True Anna
|flag=22px Swedish Pomerania
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 12 leagues west of "Roeshead". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wolgast to Stettin. }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Active
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Ballentoy". She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Lancaster, Lancashire.
}}
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|ship=Britannia
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Pillau, Prussia. Four survivors were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.
}}
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|ship=Dover Trader
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Pernam, Serkholm". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.
}}
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
}}
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|ship=Flora
|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 London to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=175 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1716 |date=14 October 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=General Carlton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London.
}}
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|ship=George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré, France. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Rochefort, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=177 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1717 |date=18 October 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Heart of Oak
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Norway.
}}
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|ship=John & Joseph
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.
}}
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|ship=Le Firme
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 18 October by Commerce ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=251 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1754 |date=24 February 1786 }}
}}
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|ship=London
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.
}}
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|ship=Prince William Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Nith and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dumfries.
}}
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|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=5 November 1785 |page=3 |issue=270}}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=187 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1722 |date=4 November 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Publica Fides
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
November
=4 November=
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|ship=Union
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=293 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1775 |date=9 May 1786 }} }}
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=5 November=
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Varberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Elsinore, Denmark and Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
}}
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Kirkcaldy.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jong Rudolph
|flag={{Flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Memel to Delfzijl.
}}
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|ship=Little Bair
|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Norway
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Bergen, Norway
}}
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|ship=Prince Carle
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1562}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland.
}}
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|ship=Sophia Magdalena
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1562}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Karlshamn to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
}}
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|ship=Speculation
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Varberg. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Drøbak, Norway.
}}
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|ship=Thesmar
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1562}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked at Varberg. }}
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=24 November=
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|ship=Joyce
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=357 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1792 |date=7 July 1786 }}
}}
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|ship=Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|32|25|N|63|37|W}}). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to New York, United States.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=239 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1748 |date=3 February 1786 }} }}
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=27 November=
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|ship=James
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|27|10|N|68|40|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the schooner James ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite news |title=From the Jamaica Gazette |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=30 January 1786 |page=3 |issue=343}} }}
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=Unknown date=
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|ship=Aurora
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock and sank in Cádiz Bay. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Cádiz, Spain.
}}
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|ship=Batchelor
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.
}}
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|ship=Ceres
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Boston to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=203 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1730 |date=2 December 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Felix
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Cádiz.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=205 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1731 |date=6 December 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Wingo. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=193 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1725 |date=15 November 1785 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of France. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=195 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1726 |date=18 November 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal whilst evading an Algerine cruiser. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cádiz.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=201 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1729 |date=29 November 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Jane
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Gotland, Sweden.
}}
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|ship=John & Betty
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in Dunfanahy Bay, County Donegal, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Dublin, Ireland.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Leith.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Mercury
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost about {{convert|4|nmi|km}} from Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Nancy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from the Musquito Shore to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=191 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1724 |date=11 November 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
}}
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|ship=Sandwich
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Porto.
}}
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|ship=Sisters
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast with the loss of her captain.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=16 November 1785 |page=3 |issue=279}} She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hamburg.
}}
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|ship=William Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Venice. }}
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December
=4 December=
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|ship=Charming Molly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued three days later by the brig Basil ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite news |title=Extract of a letter from Liverpool, Jan 31. |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=2 February 1786 |page=3 |issue=346}} }}
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=6 December=
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|ship=Elizabeth
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Lap Sand, off Elsinore, Denmark. She was refloated on 17 December.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=223 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1740 |date=6 January 1786 }}
}}
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|ship=Montagu
|flag=22px British East India Company
|desc=The East Indiaman was destroyed by an explosion at Diamond Point, Bengal, India. }}
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=7 December=
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|ship=Harmony
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames by a collier. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=207 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1732 |date=9 December 1785 }} }}
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=9 December=
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|ship=Hawke
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near St. Ives, Cornwall with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=14 December=
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|ship=Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{cite web |url=http://www.corkshipwrecks.net/ssshipwrecklist18thcent.html |title=Shipwreck List 18th Century |publisher=Cork Shipwrecks |accessdate=16 December 2014}} }}
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=15 December=
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|ship=Reserve
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=229 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1743 |date=17 January 1786 }} }}
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=22 December=
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|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Devil's Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=217 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1737 |date=27 December 1785 }} }}
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=26 December=
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|ship=George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Sand Hale, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Faro, Portugal.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Sans Souce
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Danzig.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=249 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1753 |date=21 February 1786 }} }}
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=28 December=
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|ship=Hubbert
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Huelva, Spain. There were seven survivors She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=St. Anna St. Christo
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mercury ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). St. Anna St. Christo was on a voyage from Brazil to Lisbon.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Tom
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Warrior
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's Island, British America to Cádiz.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=243 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1750 |date=10 February 1786 }} }}
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=31 December=
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|ship=Biddy
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and was wrecked. }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
=Unknown date=
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1785 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland with the loss of a crew member.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Esperança
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}
|desc=The ship was lost {{convert|3|nmi|km}} from Calais, France/ She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=221 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1739 |date=3 January 1786 }}
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fortitude
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near Lofthouse, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Hull, Yorkshire.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Fortune
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Friends Advance
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bilbao, Spain.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Generous Friends
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to North Shields, County Durham.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Harriot
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Calais. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=4 January 1786 |page=4 |issue=320}}
}}
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|ship=Industry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Galloway with the loss of eight lives.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=4 January 1786 |page=3 |issue=320}}
}}
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|ship=Jenny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Woodside, Cheshire.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=John & Mary
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near North Shields. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to London. John & Mary was refloated and taken in to North Shields.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=211 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1734 |date=16 December 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Jonge Catharina
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, France to Rotterdam.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Lady's Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore crewless at Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=209 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1733 |date=13 December 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Magdalena
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from a port in Norway. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. Magdalena was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to L'Orient, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=259 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1758 |date=10 March 1786 }}
}}
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|ship=Morning Star
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was later refloated and taken in to that port.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Dunbar, Lothian.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Pro Patria
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Lemon Bank. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Hamoaze.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Resolution
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Ostend. Resolution was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=213 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1735 |date=20 December 1785 }}
}}
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|ship=Sara Adelgunda
|desc=The ship was lost near Calais. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.
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|ship=Struan
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Middle Ground, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire to London.
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|ship=Tom
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near Dungeness. Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=219 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1738 |date=30 December 1785 }}
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|ship=True Briton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Sand Hammer, off the coast of Sweden with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Lisbon, Portugal.
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|ship=Vrienden Wensh
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. }}
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|ship=Alexander
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Ally
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade: The ship capsized at New Calabar with 139 slaves on board.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=233 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1745 |date=24 January 1786 }}
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|ship=Apollo
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef, in the Bay of Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=105 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1681 |date=14 June 1785 }}
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|ship=Assistance
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Black River, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from the Musquito Shore to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=237 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1747 |date=31 January 1786 }}
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|ship=Beaver
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Savannah, Georgia, and Barbados.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=73 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1665 |date=19 April 1785 }}
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|ship=Betsey
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Cato
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Virginia, United States.
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|ship=Coleman
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Newfoundland, British America.
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|ship=Dart
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade: The ship capsized in a squall south of Cayenne, French Guiana. She was carrying 140 slaves, but only five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=165 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1711 |date=27 September 1785 }}
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|ship=Dispatch
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at George Town, South Carolina, United States. She was bound for London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=101 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1679 |date=7 June 1785 }}
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|ship=Dolphin
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Loango, Africa.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=151 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1704 |date= September 1785 }}
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|ship=Fame
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Africa.
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued and landed at Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=21 April 1785 |page=4 |issue=99}} She was on a voyage from Charleston to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=109 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1683 |date=21 June 1785 }}
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|ship=Fanny
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued by Kitty ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}){{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=23 September 1785 |page=4 |issue=233}}
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|ship=Friendly Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Bahama Banks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
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|ship=Friendly Adventure
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Friendship
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=113 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1685 |date= June 1785 }}
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|ship=George
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Virginia.
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|ship=Gibson
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler was lost off the coast of Brazil with some loss of life.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=179 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1718 |date=21 October 1785 }}
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|ship=Good-Intent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=African slave trade The ship was plundered by her slaves at "Goboon" and was then burnt. Her captain was the only survivor.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=111 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1684 |date=24 June 1785 }}
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|ship=Good-Intent
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Newfoundland.
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|ship=Grange
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Charles, Virginia. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Virginia.
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|ship=Henry
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Newfoundland.
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|ship=Hero
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the James River, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.
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|ship=Honduras
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|30|N|26|0|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the brig Jenny ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).
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|ship=Hope
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Virginia.
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|ship=Jesmond
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Virginia.
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|ship=John
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground off John's Point, Jamaica and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
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|ship=Kelly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.
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|ship=Kingston
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, United States to Jamaica.
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|ship=Lion
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The whaler foundered off Greenland.{{cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Daily Universal Register |date=18 July 1785 |page=4 |issue=174}}{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=125 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1691 |date=19 July 1785 }}
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|ship=Lord Charlemont
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship sank in the Nanticoke River, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryland.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=199 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1728 |date=25 November 1785 }}
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|ship=Lord Middleton
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at St. John's, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=263 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1760 |date=17 March 1786 }}
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|ship=Marquis de Castries
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Cap François, Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=189 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1723 |date=8 November 1785 }}
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|ship=Nostra Señora del Rosario
|flag={{Flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The ship foundered off New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Canary Islands to New York.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=127 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1692 |date=22 July 1785 }}
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|ship=Peggy
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax to Par Town, New Brunswick, British America.
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|ship=Polly
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Savannah, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Savannah to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=131 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1694 |date=29 July 1785 }}
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|ship=Port Maria
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jardines. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=91 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1674 |date=20 May 1785 }}
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|ship=President
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost between Cape Breton Island and St. John's Island, British America.
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|ship=Prince of Wales
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax to Shelburne, Nova Scotia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=215 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1736 |date=23 December 1785 }}
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|ship=Providence
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by {{ship||Little Joe|1784 ship|2}}({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Providence was on a voyage from Charleston to London.
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|ship=Quebec
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on "Bannaco Island". She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Bristol.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=184 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1720 |date=28 October 1785 }}
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|ship=Rodney
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Samphire Reefs, off the coast of New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from East Florida to Jamaica.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=61 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1659 |date=29 March 1785 }}
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|ship=Rose
|flag={{flag|United States|1777}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at Round Rock, Barbados.
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|ship=Ross
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Boston Bay, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to New York.
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|ship=Savanna
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New Orleans, Louisiana, New France.
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|ship=Spooner
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=St. Louis
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of the United States. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Philadelphia.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020212893;view=1up;seq=194 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1725 |date=15 November 1785 }}
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|ship=Sv. Evpl
|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The vessel was lost in Pankov Harbor ({{coord|52|04|N|173|30|W|name=Pankov Harbor}}) on the Bering Sea coast of Amlia in the eastern Andreanof Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Her crew survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]
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|ship=Swift
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near the Cameroons, Africa.
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|ship=Thomas
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Saint Kitts.
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|ship=Thompson
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.
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|ship=Three Friends
|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 Georgia to Amsterdam.}}
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