List of shipwrecks in the 1740s

The list of shipwrecks in the 1740s includes some sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1740s.

1740

1740 began on March 25.{{ref|a|[Note 1]}}

=May=

==1 May==

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|ship=John & Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishshipwrecks.com/shipwrecks.php?wreck_ref=45 |title=John & Mary |publisher=Irish Wrecks |access-date=20 January 2015}}}}

==24 May==

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|ship={{ship|Russian ship|Amsterdam-Galey|1720|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Sviatoi Piotr|frigate}} was driven ashore and wrecked at Greifswald with the loss of three of her crew.

}}

=January=

==9 January==

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|ship=Rooswijk

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all hands.}}

==23 January==

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|ship=Fane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=567 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 January 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=26 }}}}

==26 January==

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|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Steeple Rocks, in the North Sea off Tinmouth, Northumberland, with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew.}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Adriatick

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=576 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 February 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=44 }}}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to King's Lynn, Norfolk.}}

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|ship=Endeavour

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Portmahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=564 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 January 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=20 }}}}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to Great Yarmouth,{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=563 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 January 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=18 }}}}

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|ship=Gothick Lyon

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The ship was attacked off Thoulon, Var, France, by two Spanish privateers. She exploded with the loss on all on board. Gothick Lyon was on a voyage from Livorno to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.}}

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|ship=Joseph & Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 14 leagues ({{convert|42|nmi|km}}) off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset.}}

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|ship=Lady Jacoba

|flag=22px Hamburg

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Hamburg.}}

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|ship=Mary & Betty

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=569 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 February 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=30 }}}}

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|ship=Prince of Asturias

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Porto, Portugal.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=566 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 January 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=24 }}}}

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|ship=Sea Horse

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to a Dutch port.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=562 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 January 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=16 }}}}

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|ship=Tryumph

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.}}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=568 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=30 January 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=28 }}}}

=February=

==8 February==

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=589 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 April 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=74 }}}}

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|ship=St Joseph

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

|desc=The snow sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 500 leagues ({{convert|1500|nmi|km}}) west of Land's End, Cornwall, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=578 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 March 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=48 }}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Beerhaven", Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=573 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 February 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=40 }}}}

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|ship=Isabel

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall, before 23 February.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=575 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 February 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=42 }}}}

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|ship=Pearle

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, before 10 February with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=571 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 February 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=34 }}}}

=March=

==13 March==

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|ship=Content

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=587 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 April 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=66 }}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Esther

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

|desc=The collier foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, before 3 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=577 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 March 1740 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=46 }}}}

=September=

==27 September==

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|ship=New Courier

|flag={{flag|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The packet ship was driven ashore on "Kokshker Island. She was abandoned by her crew the next day. She was on a voyage from Reval to Kronstadt.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Lambert

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa with the loss of all but one of her crew.}}

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|ship=Nuestra Señora del Pillary y San Antonio

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maraicaho, Puerto Rico, to Cádiz, Spain.}}

=November=

==18 November==

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|ship=Suecia

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

|desc=East Indiaman shipwrecked off North Ronaldsay on her return sailing from Bengal to Gothenburg. Thirteen survivors.{{Cite book |title=Det stora svenska äventyret : boken om Svenska ostindiska compagniet|language=Swedish|first=Robert|last=Hermansson|publisher=Breakwater Publications|year=2003}}

}}

1741

=February=

==12 February==

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|ship={{ship||La Gailarde|1738 tartane|2}}

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

|desc=The tartane foundered at San Salvador de Cuba.[http://gerard.delacroix.pagesperso-orange.fr/diligente/diligente-index.htm La Diligente. Accessed 1 march 2020.] }}

=March=

==26 March==

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|ship=St. John Baptist

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.}}

=April=

==24 April==

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|ship={{ship||Anna|1739 ship|2}}

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

|desc=George Anson's voyage around the world The pink was damaged in a storm and put into a cove that was later to be called Bahía Anna Pink, after the ship. After two months she was repaired sufficiently to sail to the Juan Fernández Islands, where she was broken up in August 1741.}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Anguilla

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. Her cargo of lime got wet when the ship started to break up on 26 April and the ship was consequently destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.}}

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|ship=Hamburg Merchant

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Hunmber She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=591 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=78 }}}}

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|ship=Two Brothers

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Arundell, Sussex, before 27 April.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=590 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 April 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=76 }}}}

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|ship=Warwick

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands.}}

=May=

==9 May==

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|ship=Barbadoes Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Bristol, Gloucestershire.}}

==14 May==

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|ship={{HMS|Wager|1739|6}}

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

|desc=File:Wreck of the Wager.jpg

George Anson's voyage around the world / Wager Mutiny: The sixth rate was wrecked on rocks at {{coord|47|40|43|S|75|2|57|W}}, on what would later be called Wager Island, and was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Of her crew of about 300, only ten were to return to England.}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Anna Maria Margaretta

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=595 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=14 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=86 }}}}

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|ship=Charming Molly

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

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the north of England to Bristol, Gloucestershire.}}

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|ship=Galera Sevillia

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 leagues ({{convert|240|nmi|km}}) north east of Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic, to Cádiz.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=601 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 June 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=94 }}}}

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|ship=John & Ann

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Riga, Russia.}}

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|ship=Leghorn

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden, to Chester, Cheshire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=596 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=88 }}}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Riga. She was on a voyage from London to Riga.}}

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|ship=Nelly

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire, with some loss of life.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=593 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=82 }}}}

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|ship=Succession

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Rocks of Tara, north of the mouth of the Strangford River, County Down, Ireland.}}

=June=

==17 June==

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|ship=Jennison

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=618 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=31 July 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=126 }}}}

=July=

==5 July==

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.}}

==25 July==

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|ship=Thomas & Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=625 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=28 August 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=140 }}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Veare

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

|desc=The transport ship, a pink, was wrecked on the Port Mourant Keys, off the coast of Jamaica in early July.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=633 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 September 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=154 }}}}

=August=

==15 August==

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|ship=Emanuel

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the South Wall Sand, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg to a French port.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=649 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 November 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=182 }}}}

=September=

==8 September==

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|ship=Speedwel

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Barbados to Dublin.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=640 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 October 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=168 }}}}

==15 September==

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|ship=Portland

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

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

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Cleverland

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford, County Down, Ireland, before 18 September. She was on a voyage from a port in the north of England to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=631 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=18 September 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=152 }}}}

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|ship=Leather

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Lancaster, Lancashire.}}

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|ship=Liverpool Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Thames before 8 September. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=382 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 September 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=146 }}}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Barbados.}}

=October=

=3 October=

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|ship=Peterhov

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The fluyt was wrecked at Kronstadt.

}}

==21 October==

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|ship=Mary & Ann

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

|desc=The ship was captured by Spanish privateers 60 leagues ({{convert|180|nmi|km}}) west of Ireland. She was subsequently run ashore and wrecked about {{convert|6|nmi|km}} from "Nottam". Mary & Ann was on a voyage from Dublin to Faro, Portugal.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=641 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 October 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=170 }}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Charm

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands before 27 October.}}

=November=

==26 November==

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|ship=Betty

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.}}

=28 November=

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|ship=St. Peter

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=Second Kamchatka Expedition: The packet ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bering Island whilst her crew were ashore. A boat was built from the wreckage in 1742 and surviving crew sailed to Avacha Bay in her.

}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Dorothy & Betty

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=644 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=6 November 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=174 }}}}

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|ship=Expedition

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to London.}}

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|ship=Fortune

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.}}

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, before 27 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Southampton, Hampshire.}}

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|ship=Greenwich

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.}}

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|ship=La Thereisvicaute

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

|desc=The sloop was lost at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, before 27 November with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the Île d'Arz, Morbihan to Dunkirk, Nord.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=610 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 November 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=184 }}}}

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|ship=Lisbon Merchant

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick.}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to an Irish port.}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Porto.}}

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|ship=Michael

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=645 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 November 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=176 }}}}

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|ship=Prosperous

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=646 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 November 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=178 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reliance

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.}}

=December=

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Squirrel

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=653 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 December 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=190 }}}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship was lost before 26 May whilst on a voyage from Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cheshire

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

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Crown

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland, British America, before 7 July. Her crew survived.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Spanish ship|El Conquistador||2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Cartagena de Indias: The warship was scuttled as a blockship at Cartagena de Indias, Viceroyalty of Peru.{{cite journal |url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/21/colonial-shipwrecks-of-colombia-a-wreck-site-in-the-harbor-of-cartagena/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120193228/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/21/colonial-shipwrecks-of-colombia-a-wreck-site-in-the-harbor-of-cartagena/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |title=Colonial Shipwrecks of Colombia: A Wreck Site in the Harbour of Colombia |first=Fritz |last=Hanselman |journal=Explorers Journal |date=21 August 2013}}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hoylin

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Carolina before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Carolina.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=605 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 June 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=102 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joseph & Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland before 7 July. Her crew survived.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=London

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Old Harbour, Jamaica, before 27 October.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from London to Carthagena, Spain.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The ship was lost near the mouth of the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=597 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=26 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=92 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Murdock

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America, before 14 April. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=586 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=14 April 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=70 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nassaw

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Martins before 16 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=638 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 October 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=164 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Dantzig. Her crew were rescued by the Eagle Packet {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=597 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 May 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=90 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rebecca and Martha

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Saint Kitts before 25 September. She was on a voyage from Cork to Saint Kitts.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea-Nymph

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hog Island, Virginia, before 21 August. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Virginia{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=623 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=21 August 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=136 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Streeftkerken

|flag={{flagcountry|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was lost off Ceylon before 7 July.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=610 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=7 July 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=110 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Carolina before 1 December She was on a voyage from Carolina to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=651 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 December 1741 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=186 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Woodford

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America, before 24 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.}}

1742

=April=

==16 April==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Saltash|1741|6}}

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

|desc=The sloop-of-war ran aground in Cádiz Bay whilst pursuing a Spanish polacca. She was burnt by her crew on 18 April

}}

=June=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Russian ship|Prosperity|1741|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The battleship ran aground at the mouth of the Northern Dvina. She was refloated and taken in to Archangelsk for repairs.

}}

=July=

==29 July==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hector

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The frigate was wrecked on a reef off Hogland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

=September=

==2 September==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Westerbeek

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked on Suðuroy, Faroe Islands with the loss of one of her 81 crew.

}}

==19 September==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Horstendaal||2}}

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=During her first return voyage from Batavia, she stranded on 19 September 1742. The crew and most of the cargo was rescued. After the ship was refloated in October, she wrecked a few days later at the Scheldt estuary, Dutch Republic, on 15 October 1742 at Buizengat, between Callantsoog and Huisduinen.{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011229061:mpeg21:p002 |title= Amsterdam den 16 October.|via=Delpher|publisher=Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant|date=18 October 1742|language=nl}}{{cite web |last=van Dissel|first=A.M.C. |url= https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2606611/view |title= Responsabiliteit van het Redden {{!}} Over schip, goed en schipbreukeling in de vroegmoderne tijd |pages=42–45|date=31 August 2017|publisher=Leiden University|accessdate=10 December 2023|language=nl}}}}

==22 September==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Oude Zijpe||2}}

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc= File:Stranding van het Oostindies Schip de Oude Zijpe, gestrand te Zandvoort in het jaar van 1742, Inventarisnummer NL-HlmNHA 1100 KNA006003521.JPG

During the last part of her first return voyage from Batavia, she ran aground during a heavy storm off Bloemendaal, 0.5 mile north of Zandvoort. The crew and most of the cargo was rescued.{{Cite web|url= https://www.vocsite.nl/schepen/11238/ |title= Oude Zijpe (1740)|work=vocsite.nl|language=nl}}

}}

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list begin | date= Unknown date in September 1742|sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dagerort

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The fluyt ran aground and sank in Kola Bay. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Yekaterinburg.

}}

=November=

==22 November==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Drake|1741|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Drake|sloop}} was wrecked at Gibraltar.}}

=December=

==25 December==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|French ship|Royal Louis|1743|2}}

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

|desc=The first rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Brest when in an advanced state of construction. Sabotage was suspected as the cause.

}}

=January=

==11 January==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Tyger|1660|6}}

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

|desc=The fourth rate frigate was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas.}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Tilbury|1733|6}}

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

|desc=The fourth rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire.}}

1743

=March=

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chepura

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Volga.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iebed

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Volga.

}}

=April=

==13 April==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Princess Louisa

|flag=22px British East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked off Maio Island, Cape Verde Islands with the loss of 59 of her 100 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.kiac-usa.com/ShipwreckTreasure.html |title=Shipwreck: Treasure Coins of the Princess Louisa |publisher=K. I. A. C. Global Numismatics |access-date=20 January 2015}}}}

=June=

==15 June==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Archangel Michael

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The fluyt ran aground at the mouth of the Northern Dvina and was damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nargin

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The fluyt ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Northern Dvina.

}}

=July=

==13 July==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Hollandia|1742 ship|2}}

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman struck the Gunner Rock, off Annet, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain, and sank with the loss of all 276 crew.}}

=September=

==13 September==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mercury

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The frigate was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to the Baltic Sea.

}}

==18 September==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Bridgewater|1740|6}}

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

|desc=The sixth rate was wrecked in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, British America.}}

=October=

==5 October==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hogland

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The galiot ran aground on a reef off Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Stockholm, Sweden.

}}

=December=

==28 December==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Parsey

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

|desc=The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania British America.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 March 1744 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=248 }}}}

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Margate, Kent, before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=848 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=198 }}}}

=January=

==6 January==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Begona

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

|desc=A privateer, a snow, attacked Bacchus ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}), which sank her. Thirty of her 120 crew were rescued.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=852 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=17 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=206 }}}}

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais and St. Julian's Castle, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Porto, Portugal.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=857 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=3 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=216 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Experiment

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Porto before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Porto.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=853 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=208 }} Experiment had been refloated by 23 February.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=863 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=228 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais as St. Julian's Castle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Porto.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John & Esther

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden, to London.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John & Hannah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire, before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plimouth, Devon. She had been refloated by 27 January.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=855 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=212 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Scotland before 10 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=850 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=202 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic, to Waterford.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert & Barbara

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.}}

=February=

==14 February==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Dunkirk, Nord, France.}}

==19 February==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The ship foundered in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Plimouth.}}

==25 February==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carolina

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

|desc= The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David & Charles |year=1977 |location=Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret |isbn=0-7153-7202-5 |pages=59–60}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charming Nancey

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Crookendon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chariot

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

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eastern-Branch

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

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Genoa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Globe

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin and Jamaica.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jennet

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

|desc=The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barbados{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=863 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=28 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=230 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolina, British America.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nottingham

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Broadstere, Kent.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oxford

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Recovery

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

|desc=The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barnstaple, Devon.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Success

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=865 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=6 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=234 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William & Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on between Deal and Sandwich. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolina. William & Sarah had been refloated by 2 March.}}

==28 February==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Grantham

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Folkston, Kent, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bencoolen, India, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=864 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=2 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=232 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Carnarvan. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal, to Dublin.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=870 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=244 }}}}

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Harwich, Essex, before 7 February. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=858 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=7 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=218 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Sandown Bay before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=862 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=21 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=226 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Santa Antonio Depadua

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent, Great Britain, before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France, to Cádiz.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=589 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 February 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=220 }}}}

=March=

==13 March==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betty

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

|desc=The ship capsized and sank off Anamaboe, Gold Coast. Although there were some survivors, over 200 people died.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=904 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 July 1744 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=312 }}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Santa Dominick

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

|desc=The wherry was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dunkirk, Nord, France.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=868 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=240 }}}}

==Unknown date==

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hopewell

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Le Ulera

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

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Dublin, Ireland.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=867 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=238 }}}}

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|ship=Anne & Sarah

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

|desc=The ship was lost in Winyah Bay, British America.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=876 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 April 1744 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=256 }}}}

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|ship={{HMS|Astraea|1739|6}}

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

|desc=The stores ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, British America, before 2 March.}}

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Carolina. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to a port in North Carolina.}}

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|ship=Hooper

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned off the coast of Galicia, Spain, before 13 January. Her crew were rescued by Rebecca ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). Hooper was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=851 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 January 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=204 }}}}

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|ship=Lucitannia

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Mahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Genoa.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=877 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=17 April 1744 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=258 }}}}

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|ship=Seneca

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.}}

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|ship=William & Mary

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Porto before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Porto.}}

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Porto before 9 March. She was on a voyage from a South Carolinan port to Porto.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=866 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 March 1743 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232896;view=1up;seq=236 }}}}

1744

1745

=January=

==12 January==

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|ship=Drottningen af Swerige

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

|desc=East Indiaman shipwrecked on approach to Lerwick on her way from Gothenburg to Canton. The entire crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Stockholm

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

|desc=East Indiaman shipwrecked on approach to Lerwick on her way from Gothenburg to Canton. The entire crew survived.

}}

=July=

=29 July=

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|ship={{HMS|Mediator|1745|6}}

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

|desc=The sloop-of-war sprang a leak and sank at Ostend, Dutch Republic.

}}

=August=

==21 September==

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|ship=Degop

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked "near the island of Virginia". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Kronstadt.

}}

=September=

==12 September==

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|ship=Gotheborg

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

|desc=The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked on the Hunnebådan Reef, in Rivö Fjord. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Canton, China, to Gothenburg.{{cite web |url=http://www.gotheborg.com/project/lastvoyage.shtml |title=The last voyage of the East Indiaman Gotheborg, 1743-45 |publisher=The Gotheborg III Project |access-date=20 January 2015}}}}

=October=

==31 October==

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|ship=Tonein

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The galiot ran aground off the Tolbukhin Lighthouse. She was holed by ice the next day. Subsequently repaired, refloated and taken in to Kronstadt, where she arrived on 13 December.

}}

=November=

==14 November==

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|ship={{HMS|Fox|1740|6}}

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

|desc=Fox, a 20-gun frigate, foundered with all hands in a gale off Dunbar during the Jacobite rising of 1745.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Beavor, Edmund|last=Laughton|first=John Knox|author-link=|volume=04}}}}

==24 November==

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|ship=Boscawen

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

|desc=The privateer, a frigate, ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159003 |title=Boscawen (+1745) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 January 2015}}}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Het Vergulde Lam

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship sank at Målen, Norway.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/wreck-no.htm |title=Wrecks & shipfinds in Norway |publisher=Nordic Underwater Archaeology |access-date=20 January 2015}}}}

1746

=January=

==20 January==

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|ship=Tygar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Mahone, Menorca, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1165 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 January 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=20 }}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Merryfield

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Duncarn Head, Scotland, before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1165 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 January 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=18 }}}}

=February=

==4 February==

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Pool, Dorset.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1174 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 February 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=32 }}}}

==16 February==

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|ship=Loyal Mace

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Blessing

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

|desc=The ship foundered in St. George's Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1173 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 February 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=30 }}}}

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|ship=Crown

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Leith, Lothian.}}

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1175 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 February 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=34 }}}}

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|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset, to Fowey.}}

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|ship=Robert and Ruth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hartley Poole, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Dantzig.}}

=June=

==24 June==

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|ship={{HMS|Saltash|1742|6}}

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

|desc=The sloop foundered off Beachy Head in the English Channel.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=HMS Saltash (+1746)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17484|website=Wrecksite|access-date=26 June 2015}}}}

=August=

==Unknown date==

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|ship=L{{'}}Insulaire

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} Compagnie des Indes

|desc=The frigate foundered.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21204 |title=French Merchant frigate 'L'Insulaire' (1744) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=7 June 2021 }}

}}

=September=

==1 September==

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|ship={{ship||Hofwegen|ship|2}}

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=The fluyt was struck by lightning and exploded at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

==16 September==

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|ship=New Dvinka

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The pink was wrecked off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Kronstadt.

}}

=October=

==28 October==

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|ship={{ship|Spanishcorvette|San Firmin|1730|2}}

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

|desc=The corvette was driven ashore during an earthquake at Callao, Viceroyalty of Peru. She ended up {{convert|500|yd|m}} inland.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 September 1846 |issue=4556 }}

}}

=December=

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was captured by a French privateer before 28 December. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen. Rose subsequently drove ashore crewless on the Norwegian coast.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1164 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 January 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=16 }}}}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was captured by a French privateer before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. Rose was subsequently wrecked on the Portuguese coast.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1167 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 January 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=22 }}}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.}}

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|ship=Esperance

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

|desc=The ship was captured by English privateers whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Martinique. She was set afire and destroyed.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1172 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=17 February 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=28 }}}}

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast before 17 March.}}

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|ship=Jolly Batchelor

|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 London to Jamaica.{{cite news |title=SHIP NEWS |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1184 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=31 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=52 }}}}

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|ship=Levant

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea before 10 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Turkish port.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1178 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=10 March 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=40 }}}}

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|ship=London

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica before 17 March.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1180 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=17 March 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=44 }}}}

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|ship=Port Royal Packet

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London.}}

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|ship=Prince Charles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, British America.}}

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|ship=Saltana

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

|desc=The privateer sprang a leak and ran aground before 13 March. She put into Baltimore, Maryland, British America, where her crew surrendered.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1179 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=13 March 1746 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=42 }}}}

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|ship=Shirley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua before 17 March whilst evading a French privateer.}}

1747

1748

1749

Notes

{{note|a}} Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1740 was followed by 25 March 1741. 31 December 1741 was followed by 1 January 1741.

References

1740s

Category:Maritime incidents in 1747

Category:Maritime incidents in 1748

Category:Maritime incidents in 1749