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The List of shipwrecks in 1769 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1769.


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January

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10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1769
Ship State Description
Providence  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[1] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1769
Ship State Description
St. Antonio  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued.[1]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1769
Ship State Description
Royal Charlotte  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London.[3][4]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1769
Ship State Description
Billy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Balbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[5]

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1769
Ship State Description
Savage  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by Nancy and William and Mary (both  Great Britain). Savage was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, British America to Madeira.[6]

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Ship State Description
Ann & Betty  Great Britain The ship foundered off Ramsgate, Kent.[2]
Duchess of Leinster  Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain.[7]
Earl of Sandwich  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[3]
Industry  Great Britain The ship ran aground and capsized near "Monpistown", Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica.[3]
La Concorde  France The ship capsized in the Bristol Channel off Aberthaw, Glamorgan. The local inhabitants plundered the wreck, 35 of them are said to have drunk themselves to death on her cargo of brandy and rum.[8]
Le Marquis de Foudoucer  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Brittany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain to Bordeaux.[7]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk off Madeira by Magnacarta ( Great Britain).[1]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[3][5]
Prins Frederick  Denmark The East Indiaman was driven ashore near Gothenburg, Sweden.[9]
St. Andrew  Ireland The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Cork.[10]
Valasco Kingdom of Sicily The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texell, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Messina to Hamburg.[11]
Williams  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica.[3]

February

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10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1769
Ship State Description
Britannia  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) from "the Groyne". She was on a voyage from Cork to Cádiz, Spain.[12]
Gustavus Adolphus  Sweden The ship was lost near Callais, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork, Kingdom of Ireland.[13]
John & Andrew  Ireland The ship was lost near Callais with the loss of all hands.[13]

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Ship State Description
Africa  Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Oporto.[14]
Eltham  Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Oporto.[14]
Labonne Esperanza  Portugal The ship was lost at Oporto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto.[14]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship was lost at Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]
Maria  Ireland The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool and Galway.[15]
Montrose Herring Buss  Great Britain The ship was lost off Montrose, Forfarshire.[4]
Prince George  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Appledore, Devon to Lisbon Portugal.[14]
St. Michael Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arcasson, France. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, France.[16]
Susannah  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork.[5]
Swan  Sweden The ship foundered in the English Channel off Callais, France with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Madeira.[17]

March

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9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1769
Ship State Description
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship was run down in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of two of her four crew.[18]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1769
Ship State Description
Prince George  Great Britain The ship struck a rock at Douglas, Isle of Man and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland.[19]
Two Friends  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Trawmore Bay with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland.[19]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1769
Ship State Description
Nancy  Ireland The ship was lost near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[20]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1769
Ship State Description
Industry  Great Britain The ship departed from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]

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Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Chance  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Christchurch, Hampshire.[6]
George  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands.[22]
Harrietta  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Jennett  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portaferry, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Virginia, British America.[20]
Little Franck  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ferrol, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to A Coruña and Cádiz, Spain.[12]
St Antonio de Padeca  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from [Mogadore to Marseille, France.[12]
Thomas & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered.[14]

April

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14 April
List of shipwrecks: April 1769
Ship State Description
Harmosize  Great Britain The ship was driven out to sea crewless and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal.[23]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1769
Ship State Description
Porland  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Manchiniel Rocks, Jamaica.[24]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1769
Ship State Description
Mary Kingdom of Great Britain British America The schooner struck the Gridiron Rock and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to New York.[23]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1769
Ship State Description
Three Friends  Great Britain The ship was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London.[25]

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Ship State Description
Adriana Luppas  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Amsterdam.[26]
Betty  Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[27]
John  Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth.[27]
Liberty  Great Britain The ship ran aground on rocks in the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated and beached. Liberty was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[18]
Manners  Great Britain The ship foundered off "St Se Luca". She was on a voyage from San Sebastián to Cádiz, Spain.[28]
Prince Frederick  Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland in late April. Her crew were rescued by Jenny ( Great Britain).[25]
Ricksenstander Sweden Swedish East India Company The East Indiaman was lost off the coast of Norway.[29]
Silver Eel  Great Britain The ship ran aground in Riga Bay.[30]

May

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1769
Ship State Description
Rainbow  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Greyhound. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London.[31]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1769
Ship State Description
Friendship Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was wrecked on the "Colleradoes". All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to North Carolina.[32]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1769
Ship State Description
Seaflower Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was wrecked on Cape Florida. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[32]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1769
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland.[33]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1769
Ship State Description
Nancy Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St Nichola Mole", Hispaniola to Georgia.[34]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1769
Ship State Description
Sieralion Paquet  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Senegal.[35]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769
Ship State Description
Advice  Great Britain The ship caught fire in the North Sea off Hornsey, Yorkshire. She was beached on the Holderness coast but was destroyed. Advice was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[36]
Jane  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Madeira.[36]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire before 16 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to North Carolina, British America.[30][32]

June

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19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1769
Ship State Description
Sally  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore in Grand Roy Bay, Grenades and severely damaged. The slaves were rescued.[37]

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Ship State Description
Dartmouth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Rigbury Bay.[24]
Felicity Dantzick The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Dantzick.[34]

July

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3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1769
Ship State Description
Graham  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Back Reef, off Saint Croix. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London.[35]

19 July

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List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1769
Ship State Description
HMS Liberty Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop was set afire and sunk off Goat Island, Rhode Island, British America by a mob of Rhode Islanders.

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1769
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The ship foundered off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland with the loss of all hands.[38]

21 July

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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1769
Ship State Description
Britannia  Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice in the Greenland Sea. Her 49 crew were rescued by North-star ( Great Britain) and another vessel.[39]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1769
Ship State Description
Edward & Ann  Great Britain The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at Dominica.[40]
Mary  Ireland The ship departed from Jamaica for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[41]

August

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7 August

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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1769
Ship State Description
Sathe Hambro Arms  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Lizard Rocks, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Hamburg.[42]

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Ship State Description
La Père de Famille  France The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[37]

September

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5 September

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List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1769
Ship State Description
Neptune  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, British America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London.[41]

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1769
Ship State Description
Sally  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Northam, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[43]

17 September

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List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1769
Ship State Description
Lapolink  Imperial Russian Navy The pink was wrecked on a reef off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to the Mediterranean Sea.[44]
Lord Holland British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bengal River to Madras, India.[45]

29 September

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List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1769
Ship State Description
Ledbury  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Cape Florida, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[46]

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Ship State Description
Bristol  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Margate, Kent.[43]
British King  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea.[47]
Favourite  Great Britain The yacht foundered in the Irish Sea off Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork, Ireland.[48]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Virginia before 29 September. She was later refloated.[49][50]
L'Adelaide  France The ship was lost near Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Dieppe to Rouen.[43]
Latham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia before 29 September. She was later refloated.[49][50]
Nancy Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at York, Virginia.[51]
New Packett Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Sewell's Point, Virginia.[51]
Porgy Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, before 28 September. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Edenton, North Carolina, to New York.[32]
Superbe Countess de Argouge  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Havre de Grâce, France.[48]
Three Brothers  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Northam, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to La Rochelle, France.[43]

October

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11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1769
Ship State Description
Chichagov  Imperial Russian Navy The transport ship was wrecked on the Park Allouda Reef with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to the Mediterranean Sea.[44]

20 October

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List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1769
Ship State Description
Love Oak Kingdom of Great Britain British America The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Squan Beach, New Jersey.[52]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1769
Ship State Description
Kronverk  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Baltic Port. Her crew were rescued.[44]

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Ship State Description
Apollo  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Venice.[53]
Bland  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[54]
Dragon  Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America.[55]
Drottingham  Sweden The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Great Britain.[56]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[57]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno.[55]
John & Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.[54]
Justitia  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.[58]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London.[58]
New Nancy  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Nice, France.[54]
Noble Bounty  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Whitings, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[47]

November

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4 November

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List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1769
Ship State Description
Esperance  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque.[50]

10 November

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List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1769
Ship State Description
Gertrudyda  Russia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Ferrol, Spain.[59]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1769
Ship State Description
Mary Harriott  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[51]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1769
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The brig struck rocks near Land's End, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[60]

25 November

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List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1769
Ship State Description
Bridge-town  Great Britain The ship ran aground in Lancaster Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Lancaster, Lancashire.[61]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1769
Ship State Description
Field  Great Britain The ship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[59]

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Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Petersburg, Russia.[51]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from "Grunenne", Spain to London.[49]
Fame  Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[62]
Hartly Trader  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Happisburg Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartly, County Durham to London.[62]
Houghton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[63]
Jane & Betsy  Great Britain The ship was in collision with a sloop and foundered. She was on a voyage from "Cape Nicholo Molo" to "Sunberry".[64]
Juffrow Jannetgie Hamburg The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[61]
Lady Mary  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Hamburg.[51]
Molly  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Campvier, Dutch Republic and Dunkerque, France.[61]

December

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4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1769
Ship State Description
William  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Framove Bay.[65]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1769
Ship State Description
Twee Gebroders Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Stettin.[46]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1769
Ship State Description
Afrique  France The full-rigged ship foundered in Quiberon Bay.[66]
Duke of York  Great Britain The ship was abandoned off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[64]

22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1769
Ship State Description
Jupiter  Ireland The brig struck the East Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, British America and sank. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Dublin.[67]
William  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[59]

23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1769
Ship State Description
Admiral Hawke  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Island, County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Eustatius to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic.[59]
Lively  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire.[68]
Prince Frederick  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cockles, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[68]

25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1769
Ship State Description
Nancy  Great Britain The ship struck the pier at Whitehaven, Cumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Whitehaven.[69]

28 December

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1769
Ship State Description
Glasgow  Great Britain The schooner was in collision with a Dutch Galliot in the English Channel and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dartmouth, Devon. Glasgow was subsequently discovered off Alderney, Channel Islands and taken in to port there.[70][71]

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Ship State Description
Albion  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Wrangeroog, Electorate of Hanover with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[46]
Britannia  Great Britain Captain Pup's ship was wrecked on the Hammes, in the Baltic Sea.[46]
Britannia  Great Britain Captain Young's ship was lost near Dantzick.[59]
Frederick Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Stettin.[69]
Hope  Ireland The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin.[68]
Jenny  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[46]
Maria  Russia The ship was lost on "Coso". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal.[59]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[69]
Thames  Great Britain The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[68]
HMS Winchelsea Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Niger-class frigate struck rocks at Cádiz and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.[72]

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Ship State Description
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Virginia, British America.[49]
Brothers  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Saint Croix. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Lisbon, Portugal.[25]
Charming Nancy  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, British America before 11 October.[32]
Doyard  France The ship was driven ashore at Calicutt, Kingdom of Mysore. She was burnt by the French after her cargo and stores had been salvaged.[60]
Earl of Chatham  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Maryland, British America. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[73]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia. She was later refloated.[49]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[62]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was lost in Maryland, British America.[61]
Freedom  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina.[14]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Pallisadoes, off Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica.[71]
John & Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Virginia, British America.[14]
King David  Great Britain The ship sank at Port Royal, Jamaica.[74]
Kitty  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Terrelland". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newfoundland, British America.[75]
Leviathan  Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice in the Greenland Sea.[76]
Lord Holland British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost on the Eastern Braces. She was on a voyage from Bengal to Madras, India.[77]
Lyon  Great Britain The ship was lost at "Auracabesa", on the north coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[40]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Blanco, Oregon, British America. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London.[78]
Meylor  Great Britain The ship was lost in the "Caucas's". She was on a voyage from Bristol to Boston, Massachusetts, British America and Jamaica.[18]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship foundered 150 leagues (450 nautical miles (830 km)) off the coast of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Milford, Pembrokeshire.[68]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship sank at Bath, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bath.[24]
Prince George  Great Britain The ship was lost at St Augustine. She was on a voyage from London to St. Augustine.[49]
Priscilla  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Labrador, British America.[63]
Providence  France The ship ran onto rocks and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[49]
Prudence  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia, British America. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Georgia.[50]
Randolph  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Maryland.[79]
Resource  France The ship was lost on a voyage from Saint-Domingo to Bordeaux.[14]
Richmond  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[25]
Squirrel  Great Britain The ship foundered at Bonny, Nigeria with the loss of twelve lives.[80]
Windsor  Great Britain The ship was lost on "Rattuan Island".[81]

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