List of shipwrecks in 1755

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The List of shipwrecks in 1755 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1755.

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17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1755
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Warren  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America.[1]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1755
ShipStateDescription
Jubilee  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Brayson Bay, Isle of Wight, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[2]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1755
ShipStateDescription
Cadiz Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Valencia.[3]
Joseph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Valencia.[3]

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ShipStateDescription
Happy Return  Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, France. Her crew were rescued.[4]
John & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dieppe, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[5]
John & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Genoa.[6]
Katherine & Anne  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Morlaix, France.[7]
Two Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[6]

February

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1755
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Postillion  France The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône.[8]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1755
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St.Paul de Ribereaux  France The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[9]

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John  Ireland The ship was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Porto.[10]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London.[6]

March

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1755
ShipStateDescription
Hazard  France The schooner was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Saint-Domingue.[11]
Kingston  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands, with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Madeira and Jamaica.[12]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1755
ShipStateDescription
Arthur  Great Britain The ship was lost near Genoa with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[13]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1755
ShipStateDescription
Parthenope  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued.[14]

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Adventure  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Porto.[15]
Carolina  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[12]
David  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey.[16]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne.[12]
Glasgow  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Veere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[17]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Granville, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to a Scottish port.[16]
St. George  Great Britain The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[15]
St. Mawes  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire.[8]
Sukey  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[16]

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1755
ShipStateDescription
Achilles  France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) west of La Palma, Canary Islands. Thirteen of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Nantes.[18]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1755
ShipStateDescription
Abel & Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) east of Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Boulogne.[19]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1755
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[20]

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Gloucester Lass  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Mumbles Bay, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Swansea to Boston.[21]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[20]
Neptune  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Rotterdam.[22]

May

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ShipStateDescription
Neptune 22px Hamburg: The ship was lost near Hamburg. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Hamburg via Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain.[23]
Nightingale  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the South Battery Rocks, Sunderland, County Durham.[19]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cette to Dunkirk, France.[24]

June

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1755
ShipStateDescription
John & Rebecca  Great Britain The ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[25]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1755
ShipStateDescription
Andalusia Spain The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, New Spain, to Málaga.[26]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1755
ShipStateDescription
Katherina Sweden The snow was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce, France.[27]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1755
ShipStateDescription
Ann & Esther  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Marseille, France.[28]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1755
ShipStateDescription
Doddington British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of 247 of the 270 people on board.

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1755
ShipStateDescription
Abel & Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne.[29]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
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Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol.[30]

August

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
ShipStateDescription
Allen  Great Britain The ship was lost off Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal.[30]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to London.[31]
Resolution  Great Britain The whaler was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Warminster  Great Britain The ship was lost in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[32]

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1755
ShipStateDescription
William and Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal.[33]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1755
ShipStateDescription
York  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk[34]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
ShipStateDescription
Hardie  France The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain.[35]
Mary-Ann  France The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[35]
Pleixcilière  France The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth.[35]
Princess Augusta  Great Britain The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.[36]
Samuel  Great Britain The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[26]
Winsor  Great Britain The ship departed from London for Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, during September. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1755
ShipStateDescription
Edward  Great Britain The ship was wrecked 4 Leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Mastrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dover, Kent.[38]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1755
ShipStateDescription
Dan  Ireland The ship ran aground on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[38]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1755
ShipStateDescription
Swallow  Great Britain The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for A Coruña, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755
ShipStateDescription
Ann & Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Poole, Dorset.[40]
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
Jane  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Jersey, Channel Islands, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[41]
Mediterranean  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[41]
Richard  Great Britain The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool.[40]
St. Andrew  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries.[41]
Stirling Castle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[40]
Triton  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Bristol.[42]

November

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1755
ShipStateDescription
William and Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[43]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1755
ShipStateDescription
Seahorse  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire.[44]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1755
ShipStateDescription
Purcell Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Seven crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.[45][46]

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ShipStateDescription
Amity  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London.[47]
Benjamin  France The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux.[44]
Duc de Berry  France The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux.[44]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[48]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon.[44]
Jennings  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk.[44]
John & Philip  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London.[47]
La Ferme  France The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce.[44]
Levant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.[43]
Mermaid  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[43]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain.[49]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[47]
Oporto Merchant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[50]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire.[48]
Young William  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Lancashire coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin.[48]

December

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