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The list of shipwrecks in 1765 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1765.
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31 January [ edit ]
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Augusta
Great Britain
The ship was run down and sunk at Dublin , Ireland .[4]
Barbara
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[10]
Bilboa Merchant
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Bilboa , Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British America to Bilboa.[11]
Britannia
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore in Ballycotton Bay and was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , Lancashire .[3]
Elizabeth
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore on Gun Island. She was on a voyage from Exeter , Devon to Dublin, Ireland.[3]
Juana Maria
Spain
The ship was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent . Great Britain by Hector ( British East India Company ).[11]
Jufro Agneta
Dutch Republic
The ship was lost in Dundrum Bay . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to an Irish port.[11]
Mary Elizabeth
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Rye Harbour , Sussex , Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , France to Rotterdam .[7]
Little London
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore 3 leagues west of Boulogne , France . She was on a voyage from "Lamatte" to Ostend , Dutch Republic .[3]
Othello
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Londonderry , Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[11]
Peter
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hamburg .[4]
Plymouth Packet
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Welsh coast with the lossof all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Plymouth , Devon.[12]
Prince Henry
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km) west of Cape Clear Island , County Cork , Ireland. Her crew were rescued by York ( Great Britain ). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[3]
Rebecca
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Bordeaux , France. She was on a voyage from New England , British America to Bordeaux.[13]
Recovery
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Wexford , Ireland with the loss of three or four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin , Ireland.[14]
Sally
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Cork . She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Cork.[7]
St. Johannes
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Colerain , County Antrim , Ireland.[4]
Samuel
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from the "Annon River" to Lancaster, Lancashire .[3]
True Love
Great Britain
The ship was lost in German's Bay, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[14]
Vulture
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near "La Novilla". She was on a voyage from Barcelona , Spain to Cette , France.[8]
February [ edit ]
8 February [ edit ]
9 February [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1765
Ship
State
Description
Providence
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth , Devon .[8]
14 February [ edit ]
19 February [ edit ]
24 February [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1765
Ship
State
Description
Halifax
Great Britain
The ship was lost at a port in Senegal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal.[17]
26 February [ edit ]
27 February [ edit ]
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Ship
State
Description
Endeavour
Great Britain
The sloop was lost on the coast of Senegal whilst engaged in salvaging the cargo of Halifax ( Great Britain ).[17]
George
Ireland
The ship was wrecked at Plymouth , Devon , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Falmouth, Cornwall , Great Britain.[19]
Dunbar
Ireland
The ship sank in the River Liffey at Poolbegg. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Barbadoes .[20]
Juno
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Dunbar , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Ipswich , Suffolk .[21]
Neptune
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore at Penzance , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Amsterdam .[19]
Norwich Anventure
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Calais , France . She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , Dutch Republic to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[20]
Polly
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga.[22]
Providence
Great Britain
The ship ran aground in the Elbe . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg .[23]
Reine dos Anges
France
The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Cádiz , Spain.[24]
Sally
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Hastings , Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Cork , Ireland and the West Indies .[19]
St. Michael
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Galway , Ireland and Bristol , Gloucestershire .[8]
Union
Great Britain
The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Cuxhaven . She was on a voyage from Cowes , Isle of Wight to Hamburg.[21]
6 March [ edit ]
8 March [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1765
Ship
State
Description
Fanny
Great Britain
The ship ran aground on Pigeon's Island, in the Milk River, Jamaica . and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[25]
27 March [ edit ]
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6 April [ edit ]
9 April [ edit ]
25 April [ edit ]
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Ship
State
Description
Bien Aime
France
The ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle . She was on a voyage from Nantz to Lisbon , Portugal.[32]
Charlestown
British America
The snow was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from South Carolina to London , Great Britain.[33] [34]
Indian Queen
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Texell , Dutch Republic . She was on a voyage from Pool , Dorset to Amsterdam , Dutch Republic.[35]
Jane and Mary
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea .[33]
John and Elizabeth
Great Britain
The ship ran aground in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Good Intent ( Great Britain ). John and Elizabeth was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[35]
John and Sarah
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[33]
Katherine
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne , France . She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London .[32]
Love and Unity
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[33]
Mary
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore near Dundalk , County Louth . She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Newry , County Antrim .[35]
Pensilvania Packet
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[36]
Principi d'España
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Falmouth, Cornwall , Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter , Devon , Great Britain to Alicante [36]
Swan
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Hamburg.[30]
Thomas and Ruth
Great Britain
The ship struck the Harker-bar Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland and foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne.[36]
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Active
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[25]
Susannah and Sarah
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Kattegat . She was on a voyage from London to Riga , Russia .[40]
Betsey
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 leagues (300 nautical miles (560 km) west of Cape Clear Island , County Cork , Ireland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[41]
Revenge
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Currituck Inlet , Virginia , British America. She was on a voyage from Curasoa to Norfolk, Virginia .[42]
Union
Great Britain
The ship foundered between the Zinder and the Northern Channel. She was on a voyage from Cowes , Isle of Wight to Hamburg .[40]
31 July [ edit ]
6 August [ edit ]
14 August [ edit ]
31 August [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
September [ edit ]
10 September [ edit ]
15 September [ edit ]
17 September [ edit ]
30 September [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
October [ edit ]
5 October [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Cathcart
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Fairleigh , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[54]
James and Eleanor
Great Britain
The ship was lost near St. Mary's, Newfoundland , British America. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts , to St. Mary's.[55]
Juliana
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London .[56]
Melville
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex . She was on a voyage from Granades to London .[54]
Neptune
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dounlare , County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dublin .[57]
Providence
France
The ship was driven ashore near Ostend , Dutch Republic . She was on a voyage from Nantz to Dunkerque .[57]
Speedwell
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Liverpool , Lancashire .[54]
Speedwell's Increas
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to "Wyburg".[55]
St. Johannes
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Rotterdam .[58]
November [ edit ]
4 November [ edit ]
5 November [ edit ]
7 November [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Adventure
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Dunkerque . France .[62]
Elizabeth
Sweden
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dublin , Ireland .[61]
Elizabeth and Mary
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Figuera da Foz , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British America to Figuera da Foz.[63]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Scottish coast.[59]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Highlake , Cheshire .[59]
Freedom
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Highlake.[59]
Hannibal
Great Britain
The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston to Liverpool , Lancashire .[59]
Hawke
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked at Maltrayth , Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Liverpool.[63]
Kitty and Maria
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne , France . She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America to London .[64]
Longbrooke
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Aveiro, Portugal .[65]
Morgan
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Cádiz , Spain.[66]
Nancy
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Figuera da Foz.[62]
Neptune
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London.[63]
Rodney
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Hindert Sand, in the North Sea off Helvoit , Dutch Republic . She was on a voyage from South Carolina , British America to Rotterdam , Dutch Republic.[64]
December [ edit ]
9 December [ edit ]
11 December [ edit ]
12 December [ edit ]
14 December [ edit ]
17 December [ edit ]
31 December [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Fife . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[73]
De Juffer
flag unknown
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Gijón , Spain to London , Great Britain .[68]
Empress of Russia
Dutch Republic
The ship was lost on the coast of Lapland. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Amsterdam .[74]
Happy Return
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the English Channel off Guernsey , Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to London.[74]
Jane & Mary
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rota, Cádiz , Spain.[67] [75]
Newcastle
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Filey , Yorkshire .[73]
Nightingale
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[76]
Pitt
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hamburg .[75]
Ruby
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth.[76]
San Miguel
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Bilboa to London.[76]
Success
Great Britain
The ship capsized at Liverpool , Lancashire and was severely damaged.[75]
Swift
Great Britain
The ship foundered off Oporto , Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto.[76]
Three Sisters
Ireland
The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Dantzick and Memel , Prussia .[67]
Unknown date [ edit ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1765
Ship
State
Description
Britain
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Bennin , Edo .[77]
Charming Betsey
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts , British America .[15]
City of Rotterdam
Dutch Republic
The ship was lost off Archangelsk , Russia . She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Amsterdam .[61]
Cumberland
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of "Banaco".[78]
Dolphin
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Windward Passage . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[32]
Duke
Great Britain
The snow was lost in the Bahamas . She was on a voyage from South Carolina , British America to Oporto , Portugal.[18]
Fairfax
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Bermuda . She was on a voyage from Virginia , British America to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[79]
Fortune
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Granadoes to the Piscataqua River , British America.[80]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol to the Piscataqua River, British America.[37]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of the Spanish Main . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Spanish Main.[48]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the West Indies .[56]
Golden Grove
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Block Island , Rhode Island , British America. She was on a voyage from Cork to Halifax , Nova Scotia , British America.[81]
Golden Lyon
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew were rescued by Annabella ( Great Britain ).[31]
Goldfinch
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Bennin.[77]
Hare
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Colleradoes. Her crew were rescued by Britannia ( Great Britain ). Hare was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[82]
Harlequin
British America
The sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Suriname to Newport, Rhode Island .[38]
Joseph
Ireland
The ship was lost at Barbadoes . She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Dublin .[54]
Monkton
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia.[22]
Old Providence
Great Britain
The whaler was lost in ice of the coast of Greenland.[83]
Polly
Great Britain
The ship foundered a few leagues from the "Isle of Candre". She was on a voyage from Quebec to London .[22]
Rebecca
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the "Old Streights". She was on a voyage from New York to Pensacola, Florida , British America.[84]
Richard & Thomas
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Cuba . Her crew were rescued.[85]
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