List of shipwrecks in 1755

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

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1755
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1755
ShipStateDescription
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 Cadiz, 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 Cadiz. 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
ShipStateDescription
Postillion  France The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône.[8]

16 February
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1755
ShipStateDescription
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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ShipStateDescription
John  Ireland The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Oporto.[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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ShipStateDescription
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Oporto.[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 Dunkerque, France, to Newcastle upon Tyne.[12]
Glasgow  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Campvere, 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 Martinico 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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ShipStateDescription
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 Dunkerque, 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 Carthagena, 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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ShipStateDescription
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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ShipStateDescription
Allen  Great Britain The ship was lost off Dunkerque, 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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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 Corunna, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39]

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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 Barbadoes 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 Martinico to Bordeaux.[44]
Duc de Berry  France The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinico 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

15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1755
ShipStateDescription
Hannah & Betty  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull, Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Dublin.[51]

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1755
ShipStateDescription
Hester British America The sloop was wrecked at the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Annapolis, Maryland.[52]
Penguin British America The sloop was wrecked at Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Wilmington, Pennsylvania.[52]

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ShipStateDescription
Acton  Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London.[53]
Anna-Maria  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam.[46]
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples.[54]
Lively Nancy  Great Britain The ship was lost near Hamburg.[46]
Pulcrade  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to "Balica".[39]
Sarah & Rebecca  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales.[54]
Three Crowns  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[51]

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ShipStateDescription
Brown British America The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies.[55]
Carolina  Great Britain The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[26]
Duke of Cumberland Jersey The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America.[56]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London.[57]
James and Christopher  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco.[21]
Jehoakim  Spain The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz.[37]
Jersey Jersey The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland.[58]
Martin  Great Britain The brigantine foundered before 3 February whilst on a voyage from Campeachy, New Spain, to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued.[59]
Marmaduke  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg.[47]
Montfort  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[9]
Nazareth  Great Britain The ship was lost off Lagos. Her crew were rescued. She was reported to be on a voyage from Wales to Marseille, France.[60]
Notre Dame de Deliverance  France The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain.[61]
Prince William  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino".[62]
Salisbury  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the "Coloradoes" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America.[6]
Sally & Lucy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela".[62]
St. Peter  Imperial Russian Navy The gukor was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Vorovskaya. She was on a voyage from Yamsk to Okhotsk.[63]
Susannah  Great Britain The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire.[64]
Union  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[51]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[40]

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