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The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.
1750 [ ]
1751 [ ]
1752 [ ]
1753 [ ]
1754 [ ]
May [ ]
Unknown date
September [ ]
2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1750
Ship
Country
Description
Iermiia
Russia
The ship was wrecked on Adak Island , Alaska , Russian America . Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year.[2]
October [ ]
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1750
Ship
Country
Description
Charming Polly
British America
The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet , North Carolina . She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[3]
December [ ]
Unknown date
Unknown date [ ]
1755 [ ]
1756 [ ]
January [ ]
22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1756
Ship
Country
Description
Unidentified boats
A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of 40 to 50 metres (131 to 164 ft) in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats.[12]
October [ ]
31 October
November [ ]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1756
Ship
Country
Description
Lucy
Great Britain
The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to Hull , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by Catherine ( Great Britain ).[13]
December [ ]
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1750
Ship
Country
Description
Young Victory
France
The ship exploded and sank during a battle with HMS Tryal ( Royal Navy ) off Barbadoes with the loss of about 30 crew.[14]
Unknown date [ ]
1757 [ ]
1758 [ ]
1759 [ ]
April [ ]
19 April
July [ ]
3 July
August [ ]
19 August
September [ ]
12 September
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Courier
Imperial Russian Navy
The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cronstadt .[18]
25 September
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich , Essex .[19]
October [ ]
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Industry
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River . She was on a voyage from Quebec , New France , to London .[20]
Providence
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[20]
November [ ]
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Mason
Great Britain
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia , New France . Her crew were rescued.[21]
20 November
21 November
Unknown date
December [ ]
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1759
Ship
Country
Description
HMS Mermaid
Royal Navy
The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas . She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760.
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Dubree Nombre de Jesus
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga .[24]
Maria Magdalena
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar.[24] [25]
Nossa Senhora do Bonfim
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[25]
Santa Joseph Mawein
Spain
The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[25]
Southtalt
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar.[24] [25]
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Nossa Senhora da Penha de França
Portugal
The ship sank at Lisbon .[26]
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze
Spain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Cape Verde Islands .[27]
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick , Ireland .[20]
Happy Return
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington , Cumberland , to Cork , Ireland.[20]
Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Folkestone , Kent , Great Britain . Her crew were rescued.[20]
Salvator
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover , Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain, to Rotterdam , Dutch Republic .[20]
Stafford
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from New England , British America , to London . She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs.[20] [22]
Susanna
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia , to London.[22]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1759
Ship
Country
Description
Ancona
Great Britain
The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew.[23]
Armstrong
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim , to Guadeloupe .[25]
Judith
Great Britain
The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London.[29]
Le Comte de la Rivière
Kingdom of France
The privateer was lost at sea with all hands.[30]
Marlborough
Ireland
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , British America, to Derry .[28]
Sally
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts , British America .[31]
Swan
Great Britain
The ship was lost in Morant Bay , Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[32]
References [ ]
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