List of shipwrecks in 1767

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The List of shipwrecks in 1767 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1767.

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2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Peggy  Great Britain The ship departed from Great Yarmouth for Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Shepherd and Shepherdess  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Leith, Lothian.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Betsey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of 26 lives.[3]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Risingham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Chappel Tunnel, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
St. Paul  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in the Kuril Islands with the loss of 30 of her 43 crew.[4]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Sally  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Jamaica.[5]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Buxton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz, Spain.[6]
Devonshire  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily.[7]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Friendship Dutch Republic The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. Friendship was on a voyage from Ostend to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[1]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1767
ShipStateDescription
Sampson  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from the Granades to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Adventure  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Bordeaux, France.[7]
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[1]
Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8]
Constant John  Great Britain The ship was lost near Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[9]
Delight  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Belfast, Ireland. She was on a voyage from the Granades to Liverpool.[10]
Dispatch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Burlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Perthshire.[5]
Headley  Great Britain The ship foundered in Burlington Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[1]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the "Back of the Piles", Dublin with the loss of all but three of her crew.[2][5]
Inman  Great Britain The ship foundered in Burlington Bay. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[1]
John and Sarah  Great Britain The ship foundered in Burlington Bay with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkirk, France.[1]
Joseph & Martha  Great Britain The ship was lost near Trondheim, Norway.[5]
Loretta  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from London to Africa.[1]
Marquis of Grandby  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Africa.[5]
Pennington  Great Britain The ship departed from Tinmouth, County Durham for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11]
Sevilliano Spain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[5]
Taverner  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire.[1]
Theodosia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.[1]
Yarmouth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[3]

February

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1767
ShipStateDescription
Hope Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship was driven ashore near Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, France to Guernsey.[12]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1767
ShipStateDescription
Lloyd  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[12]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1767
ShipStateDescription
Four Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore wrecked on the Scott, in south Wales. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[13]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Lucar, Spain to London.[14]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America to London.[14]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1767
ShipStateDescription
Lord Clive British East India Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Boulogne, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to the East Indies.[13][15]

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ShipStateDescription
Collin  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Messina, Kingdom of Sicily to Hamburg.[16]
Hope and Speedwell  Ireland The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Charente.[12]
King George  Ireland The ship sank in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Londonderry.[6]
Phoenix  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Algeciras, Spain.[16]
Prince of Piedmont  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Vila Franca do Campo, Azores.[2]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[14]
Tryall  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.[6]

March

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1767
ShipStateDescription
Hanover  Great Britain The ship was lost near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland with the loss of all but one of her crew.[17]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1767
ShipStateDescription
Brudnell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Swanage, Dorset.[18]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Africa  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Pool, Dorset.[17] She was later refloated and taken in to Pool.[19]
Ann  Great Britain The ship was lost near Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Alnmouth, Northumberland to London.[13]
Bella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland[17]
Charming Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdovey, Merionethshire.[17]
Chase  Great Britain The collier was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[13]
De Jonge Juffrouw Geertruida Anna Dutch Republic The ship wrecked in the bay of Audierne in Brittany, France. Captain Cornelis Wopkes Vos was killed.[20][21]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo, Ireland.[17]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[17]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[17]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland.[22]
John  Great Britain The galley was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France.[22]
John & James  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig.[19]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[13]
Mettam  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark.[23]
Nonsuch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Danzig.[24]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to London.[19]

April

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1767
ShipStateDescription
Dove  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. she was on a voyage from Bahamas to Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America.[25]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Danzig and Pillau, Prussia with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Danzig.[26]
Catherine & Mary  Ireland The ship ran aground whilst on a voyage from Cork to Bordeaux, France.[27]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship ran aground at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[28]
Sally  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Barcelona, Spain.[27]

May

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1767
ShipStateDescription
Three Friends  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Hamburg.[29]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[30]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1767
ShipStateDescription
Peggy and Nancy Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (23°N 59°W / 23°N 59°W / 23; -59). Nine survivors were later rescued by Trafford ( Great Britain).[31]

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ShipStateDescription
British King  Great Britain The ship capsized at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[32]

July

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1767
ShipStateDescription
Shannon  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Martinique. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Antigua.[11]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1767
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Maloes, France to St. Ubes, Portugal.[33]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1767
ShipStateDescription
Ellen  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.[33]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1767
ShipStateDescription
Nancy  Ireland The ship was lost on this date. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Dublin.[34]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Bewdley  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall by a Norwegian vessel. She was on a voyage from London to "Newham".[33]
Felicity  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Kirbyhall ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Honfleur, France to London.[35]
Hero  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[36]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1767
ShipStateDescription
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from "Mocha" to Calcutta, India.[37]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1767
ShipStateDescription
Lovely Betsey  Ireland The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her passengers and crew took to the boats and were rescued the next day by John and Ann ( Great Britain). Lovely Betsey was on a voyage from Cork to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.[38]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1767
ShipStateDescription
Fortuna  Ireland The ship ran aground on Ousely Island, Sussex, Great Britain and capsized. Her crew were rescued.[39]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1767
ShipStateDescription
Olive Branch  Great Britain The ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2 leagues off Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[40]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Mary  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Campbeltown and Londonderry, Ireland.[41]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1767
ShipStateDescription
Lark  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Cape Lopez Gonçalves, Gabon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gabon and Old Calabar.[42]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1767
ShipStateDescription
Industry  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain.[43]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1767
ShipStateDescription
Vrouwe Elisabeth Dorothea  Dutch Republic The ship of the Dutch East India Company sank between Petten and Callantsoog. Only six people survived.[44]

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ShipStateDescription
Hannah  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from a Baltic port to Hull, Yorkshire.[45]
Kendall  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dominica.[46]
Rosa  Great Britain The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Aveiro.[47]
Vier de Vries Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked near Kronstadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam.[47]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1767
ShipStateDescription
Lyon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Montriveil, France. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America to London.[34]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1767
ShipStateDescription
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rømø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[48]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1767
ShipStateDescription
Ross  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[49]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1767
ShipStateDescription
Jemima  Great Britain The ship departed from New York for South Carolina, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[50]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1767
ShipStateDescription
Neptune  Great Britain The coaster foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by two other vessels.[48]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Alexander and Mary Sweden The ship ran aground in the North Sea off Texel, Dutch Republic and was wrecked with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Colchester, Essex, Great Britain.[51]
Anna Catharina Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Christiana to London, Great Britain.[52]
Charm  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[34]
David Fitzlaf Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stettin.[53]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast.[51]
Garl of Gebrands and Cias Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Wyberg to Stettin[53]
Harmony  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Caithness.[53]
Jannet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel. She was on a voyage from Portsoy, Aberdeenshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[53]
Joseph & Martha  Great Britain The ship was severely damaged in the North Sea off Domesnes, Norway. Thirteen of her seventeen crew were taken off by another vessel.[52]
Kruger Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Waarberg. Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Volgast.[52]
Liveday  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Eight crewmen were rescued by Sally ( Great Britain).[49]
Maria & Catharina Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Waarberg. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg.[52]
Maryland Planter Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 leagues (900 nautical miles (1,700 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued by Sybella ( Great Britain). Maryland Planter was on a voyage from Maryland to Newfoundland.[48]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea.[52]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Carr Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Phenix  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to London.[34]
Philadelphia Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel. She was on a voyage from Guinea to Middelburg.[51]
Tweed  Great Britain The ship was towed in to Berwick upon Tweed in a dismasted state and subsequently sank there. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Berwick upon Tweed.[52]
Venus  Great Britain The ship destroyed by an explosion in the River Congo.[54]

November

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1767
ShipStateDescription
Thomas Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Amsterdam.[55]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1767
ShipStateDescription
Hannah  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tristam ( Great Britain). Hannah was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[56]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1767
ShipStateDescription
Rebecca  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship struck a rock in Long Bay, Barbados and was beached. All on board were rescued but she was declared a total loss. Rebecca was on a voyage from Africa to Barbados.[57]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1767
ShipStateDescription
Experience Kingdom of Great Britain British America The schooner was lost off Coffin Island.[58]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1767
ShipStateDescription
Cornwall  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[59]
Countiss of Pearce  Great Britain The ship ran aground in The Swin. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia.[59]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Burry, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[59]
James & Fanny  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Whitby, Yorkshire.[60]
Jesse  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]
Joseph & Martha  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[61]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Barcelona.[46]
Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to London.[59]
Margareta Dutch Republic The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Amsterdam.[61]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Perthshire.[62]
Pearl Sweden The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin.[62]
Roberts  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[59]
Sarah  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Cork with the loss of 27 lives. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Ireland.[63]
Squirrel  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Harlingen, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Amsterdam.[62]
Wilhelmus Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast.[46]

December

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