List of shipwrecks in 1758

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The List of shipwrecks in 1758 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1758.

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14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1758
ShipStateDescription
Greenwich  French Navy The ship of the line was wrecked near Plougastel.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1758
ShipStateDescription
Neptune  France The ship, a prize of HMS Roebuck (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) foundered in the English Channel off St Albans Head, Dorset, Great Britain.[1]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1758
ShipStateDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[2]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1758
ShipStateDescription
Aurora  Spain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to Bilbao with the loss of a crew member.[3]
Duke Packet  Great Britain The privateer was destroyed off Hispaniola by HMS Assistance (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[4]
Earl of Granville Kingdom of Great Britain Jersey The privateer foundered off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Emanuel  Great Britain The ship was lost near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[1]
Frime  France The ship, a prize of HMS Dolphin (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), ran onto that ship's anchor and sank at Waterford, Ireland.[1]
George Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was lost off Barbados.[6]
Jesu Nazareno  Spain The ship was lost near San Lucar. She was on a voyage from Seville to Morlaix, France.[7]
Kingston  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Seville.[7]
Nostra Señora del Rosario  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near San Lucar with the loss of about 150 of her 200 crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena, Viceroyalty of Peru.[7]
Nossa Senhora da Nazaré  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Porto to London.[9]
Rotation  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[8]
Rotterdam Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[10]
St Francis Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was lost on Sandy Island, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Antigua.[6]

February

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1758
ShipStateDescription
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Massachusetts. British America. She was on a voyage from London to Boston.[11]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1758
ShipStateDescription
Marcella  Portugal The ship ran aground and was wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Charlestown, South Carolina, British America, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Charlestown.[12]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1758
ShipStateDescription
Boscawen  Great Britain The ship was lost off Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Seville, Spain.[13]
Cicelia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Cyprus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[6]
Elizabeth and Janet  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[15]
Fortrose  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews with the loss of three of her crew.[14]
Furnace  Great Britain The ship ran aground off the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Newry, County Down, Ireland.[2]
Hibernia  Ireland The ship was lost near Caernarfon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Dublin.[13]
HMS Invincible Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The third rate ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Solent. Her crew survived.
Mermaid  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[2]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was lost on the south west coast of Ireland.[16]
Santa Speredon  Spain The ship ran aground off Cádiz and was wrecked. She was bound for Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru.[15]

March

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1758
ShipStateDescription
Eliza  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Aurora ( France). She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Newfoundland, British America.[17]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1758
ShipStateDescription
Williamson  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[18][19]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1758
ShipStateDescription
York  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince George ( Great Britain).[20]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1758
ShipStateDescription
Fly  Ireland The ship was wrecked in Plymouth Sound. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Pacten Engle Denmark Norway The ship foundered in The Swin, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued.[22]
Saint Anthony  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Seville to London. Her crew were rescued by a British privateer.[23]
Sarah  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Hamoaze. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London.[18]
Sophia  France The ship was lost near Bayonne. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to La Rochelle.[24]
St. Anna  Spain The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast.[11]

April

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1758
ShipStateDescription
Inger Stine  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Bordeaux, France.[25]
Katherine  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon, to London.[26]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1758
ShipStateDescription
St Pedro  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Vigo. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, France, to Cádiz.[27]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1758
ShipStateDescription
William & Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 130 leagues (390 nautical miles (720 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the privateer Looly François ( France). She was on a voyage from London to the Canary Islands.[17]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1758
ShipStateDescription
HMS Bridgewater Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate was run ashore and burnt at Madras, India.[28]
HMS Triton Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate was burnt at Madras to avoid capture by the French.[29]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1758
ShipStateDescription
Bien-Aimé French East India Company Battle of Cuddalore: The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Cuddalore, India. She was a total loss.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1758
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Ireland The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gibraltar.[30]
Faithful  Great Britain The ship was lost near South Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Salcombe, Devon, to London.[25]
Nostra Señora L'Africa  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Málaga. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[25]
Stephen  Dutch Republic The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[25]
Swift  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to London.[31]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin, Ireland.[32]

May

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1758
ShipStateDescription
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by four French Navy ships. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to London.[33]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1758
ShipStateDescription
St Elena  Spain The ship was lost near Vigo. She was on a voyage from Seville to London, Great Britain.[34]

June

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1758
ShipStateDescription
Thomas  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[35]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1758
ShipStateDescription
Success  Ireland The ship was captured and burnt by two French Navy frigates. Her crew were taken on board the French vessels. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua.[36]
Sukey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Fyal, Azores. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[37]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1758
ShipStateDescription
Rose  French Navy The fifth rate frigate was scuttled at Malta to avoid capture by HMS Lyme and HMS Marlborough (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[38][39]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1758
ShipStateDescription
Janet & Margaret  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to the Firth of Forth.[40]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1758
ShipStateDescription
St Juen buen Adventure  Spain The ship ran aground off Prawle Point, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, to Bilbao.[40]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1758
ShipStateDescription
Célèbre  French Navy French and Indian War, Siege of Louisbourg: The ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Louisbourg, Île-Royale, French North America.[41]
Capricieux  French Navy French and Indian War, Siege of Louisbourg: The ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Louisbourg.[42]
Entreprenant  French Navy French and Indian War, Siege of Louisbourg: The ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Louisbourg.[43]
Prudent  French Navy
Prudent.

French and Indian War, Siege of Louisbourg: The ship of the line ran aground at Louisbourg. She was captured by the British and set afire.[44]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1758
ShipStateDescription
Friends Adventure  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Cromer, Norfolk.[40]
Liverpool  Great Britain The privateer was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire.[45] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[46]
Nugent  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by some French Navy ships. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America.[47]
Pownall  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool.[45]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by some French Navy ships. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Newfoundland, British America.[47]
Unity  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk whilst on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to an American port.[48]

August

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1758
ShipStateDescription
L'Aigle  French Navy The fourth rate was wrecked.[49]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1758
ShipStateDescription
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Lyme, Dorset, to London.[50]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1758
ShipStateDescription
Aurora Kingdom of Great Britain Barbados): The sloop was wrecked at Barbados.[51]
HMS Barbadoes Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Sloop-of-War was driven ashore at Barbados. She was later refloated.[51]
Betsey Kingdom of Great Britain Barbados The schooner was driven ashore at Barbados. She was later refloated.[51]
David and Susannah Kingdom of Great Britain British America The brig was lost at Barbados.[51]
Frankland Kingdom of Great Britain Barbados The privateer, a brig, was driven ashore and wrecked at Barbados.[51]
Good Intent Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barbados.[52]
Jenny and Sally Kingdom of Great Britain British America The snow was wrecked at Barbados.[51]
Rose  Great Britain The brig was wrecked at Barbados.[51][52]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1758
ShipStateDescription
Jannet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Perthshire, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[53]
Little Hunter Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to North Carolina.[54]

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1758
ShipStateDescription
Sv. Kapiton  Russian Empire The vessel was wrecked on a reef off Kiska in the Rat Islands group of the Catherine Archipelago. Her crew survived the wreck and landed on Kiska, but 17 of them died on the island before the vessel Sv Pёtr I Pavel ( Russian Empire) rescued the remaining survivors in 1761.[55]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1758
ShipStateDescription
Glocester  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Prescott ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[56]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1758
ShipStateDescription
Not named  Russian Empire The uncommissioned battleship ran aground on a reef off Skagen, Denmark and capsized with the loss of sixteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Kronstadt.[57]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1758
ShipStateDescription
Anne  Ireland The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Londonderry to Christiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[58]
Fame  Great Britain The ship, which had been taken by the French as a prize, was driven ashore evading recapture by HMS Bideford HMS Chatham and HMS Solebay (all Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[59][60]
Friendship  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Londonderry.[61]
Mercury Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to Hamburg.[62]
Young Hugo  Dutch Republic The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, Great Britain, to Rotterdam. Her crew were rescued by Jongste Pranger ( Dutch Republic).[33]

October

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1758
ShipStateDescription
Martha and Susannah Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The snow foundered whilst on a voyage from Guernsey to Charles Town, South Carolina, British America.[63]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1758
ShipStateDescription
Tryal  Great Britain The privateer was captured and burnt by a French Navy frigate. Her crew were taken on board the frigate and later released.[64]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1758
ShipStateDescription
Anne  Great Britain The ship was lost near Kronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[65]
Bell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portleaven, Cornwall.[66]
Deborah  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Hull, Yorkshire.[67]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off St Mawes, Cornwall, with the loss of one life.[66]
Four Sisters  Great Britain The ship foundered in Studland Bay.[56]
Gracia Divina Republic of Venice The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to London.[68]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was lost near Seaford, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[68]
Joseph  Great Britain The ship foundered in Studland Bay.[56]
Katherine  Great Britain The ship foundered off Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland.[56]
Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Hamburg.[56]
Morning Star  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Carolina, British America.[69]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47]
Princess of Wales  Great Britain The ship was lost near Constadt. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[65]
Queen of Sheba  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues (210 nautical miles (390 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[68]
Shaftesbury  Great Britain The cutter came ashore near Porthleaven whilst pursuing Bell ( Great Britain).[66]
Santa Bueno  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agamonte.[56]
St. George  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Brighthelmston, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain, to London.[56]
Unity  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mears ( Great Britain).[70]
Venus flag unknown The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued.[67]
William & Mary  Great Britain The ship sank at Dublin, Ireland.[56]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1758
ShipStateDescription
Tartar  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Mull of Kintyre. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire.[64]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1758
ShipStateDescription
Jonas  Sweden The ship, a prize of the privateer Salisbury ( Great Britain), was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) from Wexford, Ireland.[64]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1758
ShipStateDescription
Anne  Great Britain The ship ran aground near Milford, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1758
ShipStateDescription
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in The Burlings. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain.[72]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1758
ShipStateDescription
HMS Lichfield Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Lichfield.
The fourth rate was wrecked on the Barbary Coast with the loss of about 130 of her 350 crew. Survivors were captured and held as slaves until ransomed in April 1760.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1758
ShipStateDescription
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to Jamaica.[73]
Chance  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Christiansand, Norway, to the Moray Firth.[71]
Christopher  France The ship was lost on Spanish Island, County Cork, Ireland.[74]
Eliza & Antonia  Spain The ship was lost near Lyme, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Hamburg.[52]
Fortune  Denmark The ship was lost near Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Riga, Russia.[75]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[76]
Huntingdon  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Spanish Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Venice and Zant, Kari-Eli to London.[74]
Isaac  Great Britain The ship was lost near Sligo, Ireland.[73]
Italian Merchant  Great Britain The ship was lost near Riga, Russia.[52]
Magdalen  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[73]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[75]
Nostra Señora de la Conception  Spain The ship was lost near Waterford, Ireland, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland, to Cádiz.[52]
Nostra Señora de la Guarda  Spain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havre de Grâce, France.[47]
Robert  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at "Wessarcoig". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Hamburg.[47]
Santa Sebastian  Spain The ship was lost at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London.[73]
Santa Vincent  Spain The ship was wrecked near Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz.[64]
Santissima Anunciata Santa Nicholas san Speridon Republic of Venice The ship was wrecked on a rock off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain, to Venice.[74]
Sincere Friend  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. Her crew were rescued.[52]
York  Great Britain The ship capsized at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[47]
York  Great Britain The ship was lost near Limerick, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[52]

December

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