List of shipwrecks in the 1750s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.

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1751

1752

1753

1754

=May=

:;Unknown date

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|ship=Queen Caroline

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1754 |title=NEW YORK, June 3. |newspaper=Pennsylvania Gazette |date=6 June 1754}} }}

=September=

:;2 September

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|ship=Iermiia

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Adak Island, Alaska, Russian America. Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.amnwr.com/ShipwreckList.htm |title=Shipwrecks on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge |publisher=Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge |accessdate=19 January 2014}} }}

=October=

:;14 October

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|ship=Charming Polly

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

|desc=The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1754 |title=PHILADELPHIA, November 7. |newspaper=Pennsylvania Gazette |date=7 November 1754}} }}

=December=

:;Unknown date

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|ship=Granville

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=212 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1981 |date=3 January 1755 |pages=78 v }} }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship={{SV|Brittania||2}}

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

|desc= The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts September, 1753, last heard from December, 1754 lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all hands.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=11 June 2021}}

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|ship=Christian & Peter

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=2230 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1990 |date=4 February 1755 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Honourable Friend

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=220 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1985 |date=17 January 1755 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Marischall Keith

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Stillo, Ottoman Albania. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=224 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1987 |date=24 January 1755 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Prince George

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232813;view=1up;seq=222 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1986 |date=21 January 1755 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Ryder

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

|desc=The ship was lost before 25 July with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to North Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1754 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=25 June 1754}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued.{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1754 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=30 May 1754}}

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1755

1756

=January=

:;22 February

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|ship=Unidentified boats

|flag=

|desc=A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of {{convert|40|to|50|m|ft|0}} in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats.[https://www.fjords.com/rock-avalanches-tjelle/ Hoel, Christer, "The Tjelle Rock Avalanche in 1756," fjords.com Retrieved 22 June 2020]

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=March=

:;28 March

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|ship= Stad Bergen

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc= While on voyage to Norway with a cargo of Frisian roof tiles and bricks she wrecked near the Dutch island Griend on the east wall of the Vliestroom.{{Cite web|url= https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/stad-bergen |work= {{ill|Wrakkenmuseum|nl}}|title=Scheepswrak: STAD BERGEN|language=nl}}

}}

=October=

:;31 October

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

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Drake|sloop}} foundered at sea.

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=November=

:;Unknown date

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|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}).{{cite news |url=http://www.ncpublications.com/colonial/Newspapers/Subjects/Shipwrecks.htm#1756 |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=13 November 1756}} }}

=December=

:;11 December

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|ship=Young Victory

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

|desc=The ship exploded and sank during a battle with HMS Tryal ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) off Barbados with the loss of about 30 crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661008;view=1up;seq=38 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2205 |date=22 February 1757 |pages=78 v }} }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661008;view=1up;seq=22 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2197 |date=25 January 1757 |pages=78 v }} }}

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|ship= Four ships

|flag=

|desc= Next to Stad Bergen (see 28 March) four other vessels wrecked near Griend, the Netherlands in 1756.}}

1757

1758

1759

=April=

:;19 April

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

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

|desc=The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Saintes, off Guadeloupe.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4201 |title=British bomb vessel 'Falcon' (1745) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=18 June 2021 }}

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=July=

:;3 July

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|ship=Tyrrel

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunkenshipsouterbanks.com/ships_1526_1825.html |title=SHIPS LOST 1526 TO 1825 |publisher=OBX History |accessdate=18 January 2015}} }}

=August=

:;19 August

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|ship={{ship|french ship|Océan|1756|2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Lagos: The third rate was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay.

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|ship={{ship|french ship|Redoutable|1752|2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Lagos: The {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}} was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay.

}}

=September=

:;12 September

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|ship=Courier

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig 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 }}

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:;25 September

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|ship={{HMS|Looe Hulk}}

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

|desc=The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich, Essex.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5165 |title=British Fifth Rate ship 'Looe' (1745) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=18 June 2021 }}

}}

=October=

:;24 October

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London.

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|ship=Providence

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. }}

=November=

:;18 November

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|ship=Mason

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

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=38 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2515 |date=19 February 1760 |pages=78 v }}

}}

:;20 November

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

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

|desc=File:Bataille-Cardinaux.jpg

Battle of Quiberon Bay: The third rate ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on the Le Four Shoal, in Quiberon Bay.

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:;21 November

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|ship={{ship|French ship|Héros|1752|2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay.

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|ship={{ship|French ship|Juste|1725|2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Loire.

}}

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|ship={{ship|French ship|Soleil-Royal|1749|2}}

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

|desc=Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay.

}}

:;Unknown date

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|ship=Annanime

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

|desc=The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=12 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2502 |date=4 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Experiment

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

|desc=The ship was captured by the privateer Annanime ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) on 19 November whilst on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port.

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The sloop was captured by the privateer Annanime ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}) on 20 November whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Poole, Dorset. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port. }}

=December=

:;4 December

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|ship={{HMS|Mermaid|1749|6}}

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

|desc=The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas. She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760.

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:;5 December

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|ship=Dubree Nombre de Jesus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Málaga.

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|ship=Maria Magdalena

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=30 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2511 |date=5 February 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Nossa Senhora do Bonfim

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1759}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=20 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2506 |date=18 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Santa Joseph Mawein

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

|desc=The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.

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|ship=Southtalt

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.

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:;13 December

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|ship=Nossa Senhora da Penha de França

|flag={{flag|Portugal|1750}}

|desc=The ship sank at Lisbon.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=16 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2504 |date=11 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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:;29 December

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|ship=Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|1|nmi|km}} north of the Cape Verde Islands.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=60 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2526 |date=28 March 1760 |pages=78 v }}

}}

:;31 December

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|ship=Jonge Jan Jacob

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, to Bordeaux, France.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=32 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2512 |date=8 February 1760 |pages=78 v }}

}}

:;Unknown date

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland.

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|ship=Happy Return

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Cork, Ireland.

}}

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|ship=Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Salvator

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=10 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2501 |date=1 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Stafford

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Susanna

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Ancona

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

|desc=The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=14 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2502 |date=8 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Armstrong

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=20 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2506 |date=18 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

}}

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|ship=Judith

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

|desc=The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=28 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2510 |date=1 February 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Le Comte de la Rivière

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

|desc=The privateer was lost at sea with all hands.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=26314 |title=French Privateer 'Le Comte de la Rivière' (1757) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=21 August 2021 }}

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|ship=Marlborough

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry.

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|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=24 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2508 |date=25 January 1760 |pages=78 v }}

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|ship=Swan

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

|desc=The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050661016;view=1up;seq=36 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=2509 |date=29 January 1760 |pages=78 v }} }}

References

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Category:Maritime incidents in 1750

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Category:Maritime incidents in 1757

Category:Maritime incidents in 1758