List of shipwrecks in 1771

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The list of shipwrecks in 1771 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1771.

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5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Binney  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian and Hull, Yorkshire to London.[1]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Merchant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London.[2]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1771
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Catharine  Great Britain The ship departed from Georgia, British America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[3]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Polly  Great Britain The ship departed from Newfoundland on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and foundered on the Flemish coast. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to Bordeaux, France.[5]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Cleveland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to a port in the north of England.[6]
Hazard  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames.[7]
John & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued.[6]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Jamaica Paquet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Milford, Pembrokeshire and Cork, Ireland.[8]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Molaine, French coast. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal, to London.[9]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1771
ShipStateDescription
Two Sisters  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Anna Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal.[10]
Annabella  Great Britain The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River.[9]
Charlotte  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the South of the Piles, County Dublin with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Dublin.[11]
Charming Polly  Great Britain The ship was lost at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to London.[6]
Devonshire  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at London Bridge. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[12]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost near Danzig.[2]
Galicia Packet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St Ives Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London.[6][13]
Jane  Ireland The sloop was lost near A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin.[14]
John & Lydia  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London.[11]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to London.[15]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Christchurch, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America.[13]
L'Onconomie  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkirk. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Dunkirk.[9]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[16]
Prince of Wales  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Cork.[9]
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the South of the Piles. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[14]
Rebekah  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice in the River Thames.[1]
St. Joseph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon and Bilbao, Spain.[1]
St. Peter  Great Britain The ship foundered in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter.[1]
Vermandois  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkirk. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Martinique.[6]

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1771
ShipStateDescription
Maria Juliana Sweden The ship ran aground at Clogherhead, County Louth, Ireland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundalk, County Louth.[17]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1771
ShipStateDescription
Jacob and Sarah  Great Britain The ship sank in the Black River, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[18]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1771
ShipStateDescription
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Luce. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dumfries.[19]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Abraham  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Ostend.[5]
Dee Gree Portugal The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Lisbon.[20]
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Lisbon, Portugal.[21]
Imtrepide  France The ship was lost at Cette. She was on a voyage from Honfleur to Cette.[17]
Joseph & Betsey  Great Britain The tender foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly.[5]
Seville Trader  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Sicily.[20]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]
St. Vallery  France The ship was lost between Quilleboeuf and Villequier. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Rouen.[22]
Thames  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to London.[22]
Thomas & Jane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam.[9]
William & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[9]
Wilkes  Great Britain The ship departed from Virginia, British America for London in early February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1771
ShipStateDescription
Petworth  Great Britain The ship struck rocks and was wrecked off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1771
ShipStateDescription
Prussian Hero  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°50′N 9°09′W / 48.833°N 9.150°W / 48.833; -9.150). She was on a voyage from London to Tobago.[25]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1771
ShipStateDescription
St Bridget  France The ship was lost near Brest. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland, to Bordeaux.[8]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1771
ShipStateDescription
George & Margaret  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[26]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1771
ShipStateDescription
Polly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Princess Island, Africa. She was on a voyage from London to Africa.[27]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Toulon, France, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[28]
Betsey  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Waterford.[28] She was later refloated and taken in to Passage Pier.[19]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[29]
Dorothy-Elizabeth Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Bordeaux, France.[20]
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon.[29]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and sank at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London. Good Intent was later refloated.[29]
Hereford  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London.[30] She was later refloated.[29]
Patty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkirk.[19]
Prince Frederick  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[29]
Sally & Polly  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Amelia (Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey). Sally & Polly was on a voyage from "Saloe" to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[19]
Submission  Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[29]

April

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1771
ShipStateDescription
Granby Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Boston.[31] According to another report, the ship hit rocks near Halifax during a storm. It brought 3000 pounds sterling and some goods to the Royal Naval Dockyard of Halifax (?). On board were two marine guards, a pilot and twelve crewmen, alongside the ship's captain, all of whom died. Seven bodies were buried.[32]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1771
ShipStateDescription
Kesgrove  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[33]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (41°20′N 45°00′W / 41.333°N 45.000°W / 41.333; -45.000) with the loss of nine of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Philadelphia Packet (Kingdom of Great Britain British America). Peggy was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1771
ShipStateDescription
Verelst British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost off Mauritius.[35] Thirty of her crew were rescued.[36]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1771
ShipStateDescription
Palliser  Ireland The ship departed from Waterford for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board.[37]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Colonel Walpole  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire, to Lisbon, Portugal.[38]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Christiana", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.[38]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Calais, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Porto, Portugal.[39]
Palliser  Ireland The ship departed from Waterford for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[40]
Priscilla  Great Britain The ship was lost near Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[33]

May

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1771
ShipStateDescription
Beaver Kingdom of Great Britain British America The schooner was wrecked 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) south of Sandusky, Ohio with the loss of all fifteen people on board.[41]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1771
ShipStateDescription
Pensilvania Paquet Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Dunkirk.[42]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1771
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cornwall with the loss of five of her eight crew.[31]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1771
ShipStateDescription
Pervyi  Imperial Russian Navy The bomb vessel was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of 31 of her 37 crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to the Petrovsky Fortress.[43]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1771
ShipStateDescription
Hope Sweden The ship was driven ashore near Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, Great Britain.[34] She was on a voyage from Stockholm to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Hope was later refloated and taken in to King's Lynn.[44]

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1771
ShipStateDescription
Jane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Hamburg.[45]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1771
ShipStateDescription
Generous Planter  Great Britain The ship struck a rock in the Cattewater and capsized. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.[46]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1771
ShipStateDescription
Prince Edward  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[45]
Three Brothers Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the English Channel 12 leagues (36 nautical miles (67 km)) off Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued by Morant Bay ( Great Britain). Three Brothers was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, France, to Amsterdam.[45]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1771
ShipStateDescription
Carolina Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkirk, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to the Strait of Gibraltar.[47]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Emanuel Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rømø. Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nantes, France, to Hamburg.[46]
Flora  France The ship sank in the Loire. She was on a voyage from Léogâne, Hispaniola, to Nantes.[48]
George  Great Britain The ship foundered off Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool.[31]
Lark  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[49]
St. Julian  Great Britain The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Isle of Corises, Africa.[50]
Young Isaac  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, to Hamburg.[45]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1771
ShipStateDescription
Favourite Betsey  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (37°N 61°W / 37°N 61°W / 37; -61). Her crew were rescued by Generous Friends ( Great Britain). Favourite Betsey was on a voyage from Barbados to Georgia, British America.[51]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1771
ShipStateDescription
Defiance  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[4]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1771
ShipStateDescription
40 unnamed vessels  Imperial Russian Navy A fire at Saint Petersburg destroyed 25 galleys, a brigantine, 3 dubel boats, 3 kaikas, 4 10-oar boats and 4 other vessels.[43]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1771
ShipStateDescription
Ann  Ireland The ship was lost at Killala, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Galway.[51]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Eleanor  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 350 leagues (1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) west of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New England, British America.[47]

August

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1771
ShipStateDescription
Catharine Dutch Republic The dogger was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Gothenburg, Sweden.[52][53]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1771
ShipStateDescription
Prince Frederick  Great Britain The packet boat sank off Ostend, Dutch Republic. All on board were rescued.[54]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1771
ShipStateDescription
Urienden Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bayonne, France.[53]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1771
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship departed from Maryland, British America for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Eagle  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Chester, Cheshire.[56]
Edingburg Paquet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London.[56]
Friends Desire  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia.[53]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wolverton, Norfolk.[53]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Hamburg.[53]
Phenix  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[53]
Thomas  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Nyad. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to London.[53]
Truelove  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Hellevoetsluis and Rotterdam, Dutch Republic with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Marseille, France, to Rotterdam.[52]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Exeter, Devon.[57]
Virgin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]

September

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1771
ShipStateDescription
Francis  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[58]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1771
ShipStateDescription
Apollo  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Travemünde, Lübeck She was on a voyage from Travemünde to London.[58]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Constantia Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Christiansand.[59]
Elizabeth Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey.[60]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship capsized at Chatham, Kent.[61]
Hambro Merchant  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Colne, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[62]
Hannah Johanna Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland, to Hamburg.[61]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[59]
Juno  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames 14 nautical miles (26 km) downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[23]
Trial  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Fogo, Newfoundland, British America.[63]

October

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Bacchus The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Remo, Republic of Genoa to Hamburg.[64]
Edward  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[65]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Mary  Ireland The ship was run into by another vessel in The Downs and was consequently beached in Pegwell Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London.[65]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Anna Elizabeth Dorothea Sweden The ship was lost near the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Christianstadt.[64]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Vrouw Maria Dutch Republic The brig foundered off Nagu, Sweden having run aground on 3 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Osterley  Great Britain The ship ran aground and was wrecked off The Needles, Isle of Wight.[58][67]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Jason Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Norrköping.[68]
Polly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Bridport, Dorset with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[67]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Bethia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London.[67]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Pomona  Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (48°58′N 10°28′W / 48.967°N 10.467°W / 48.967; -10.467). Her crew were rescued by HMS Salisbury (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).[69]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Andrew  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on The Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[70]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Carolina  Great Britain The ship departed from the Grenades for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[71]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
James and Mary  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued three days later by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Cork.[37]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1771
ShipStateDescription
Junge Tobias  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland with the loss of all but two of those on board. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Reval.[43]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
ShipStateDescription
Catharine  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, to London.[36]
Cato  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Casco Bay, British America, to Biddiford.[36]
Coalition  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Conolly  Ireland The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[72]
Dauphin  France The ship was lost during October.[69]
Deliana Maria Prussia The ship was lost about 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) from Porto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Memel to Porto.[65]
Diana  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barnstaple, Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Goldsborough, North Carolina, British America to London.[36]
Douglass  Great Britain The ship ran aground off the Isles of Scilly.[73]
Earl of Shannon  Ireland The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Cork.[74]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cherbourg, France. Her crew were rescued by La Madamosele ( France). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[36]
George  Great Britain The Guineaman was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland.[64][67]
Glory  Great Britain The ship driven ashore at Milford. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool.[69]
Henrietta  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London.[36][58]
Henry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at "Pilla Fowdry". She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool.[68]
Hibernia  Ireland The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dublin.[67]
Integrity  Great Britain The ship was run into by another vessel in The Downs and was consequently beached. She was later taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs.[65]
Latham  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in the Swin. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[67]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Danzig.[75]
Mary & James  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst of a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[36]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Ayre and Irvine, Ayrshire.[67]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Milford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Milford.[76]
Pitt  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[36]
Rose Hall  Great Britain The ship was wrecked off Sandwich, Kent.[58]
Ross  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Belfast.[72]
Sophia Margueretta  France The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain for Bordeaux in early October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77]
St. Joannes  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Saint Petersburg.[75]
Tweed  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Harwich. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[36]
Triton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Newcastle upon Tyne.[69]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1771
ShipStateDescription
Santorin  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Turkish War. The frigate ran aground at Mytilene, Greece and was captured. She was burnt by the frigate Severnyy Orel ( Imperial Russian Navy)[43]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1771
ShipStateDescription
Providence  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1771
ShipStateDescription
John & William  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Dover, Kent.[78]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1771
ShipStateDescription
Rose  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Black Rocks, near Leith, Lothian.[63]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1771
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Britannia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sturn Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[79]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1771
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Elizabeth & Mary Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship was lost near Texel, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Guernsey.[80]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1771
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Castilla  Spanish Navy The third rate ship-of-the-line was wrecked at Veracruz, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Veracruz to Cádiz.[70][81]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771
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Frederica Maria Stettin The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Stettin.[82]
Hope  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Königsburg, Prussia.[83]
John  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from St Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[83]
Lady Mitla Lübeck The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Bordeaux, France.[63]
London Packet  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to London.[84] She was later refloated and taken in to St. Mary's.[83]
Mary  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Fair Ness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She s on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.[74]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dunkirk, France. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[79]
Pelican Sweden The ship was driven ashore in the Garonne 18 nautical miles (33 km) downstream of Bordeaux, France. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Bordeaux.[1]
Primrose  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Borrowstounness, Lothian.[85]
Printemps  France The ship was lost at Brest with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Nantes.[63]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was lost near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness to Riga.[63]
Susannah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool.[83]
Vrow Englina  Russia The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to the Straits of Gibraltar.[86]
Will  Great Britain The ship was lost near Tralie, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.[63]

December

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