title: List of shipwrecks in 1755
text: # 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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  ## January
  
  ### 17 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | 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. |
  
  ### 19 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 24 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cadiz Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Valencia. |
  | Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Valencia. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## February
  
  ### 14 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Postillion | France | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône. |
  
  ### 16 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | St.Paul de Ribereaux | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | John | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Venice to Oporto. |
  | Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London. |
  
  ## March
  
  ### 8 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hazard | France | The schooner was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Saint-Domingue. |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 13 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 21 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Parthenope | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Georgenti". Her crew were rescued. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Oporto. |
  | 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. |
  | David | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
  | 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. |
  | Glasgow | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Campvere, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
  | 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. |
  | St. George | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
  | St. Mawes | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  | Sukey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Corton, Suffolk. Her crew survived. |
  
  ## April
  
  ### 4 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 13 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 23 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | 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. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Gloucester Lass | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Mumbles Bay, Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Swansea to Boston. |
  | Molly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## May
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  | Nightingale | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the South Battery Rocks, Sunderland, County Durham. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cette to Dunkerque, France. |
  
  ## June
  
  ### 8 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | John & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Heneaga. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
  
  ### 9 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Andalusia | Spain | The ship was lost off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, New Spain, to Málaga. |
  
  ### 10 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ## July
  
  ### 1 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 17 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Abel & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Cette to Boulogne. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol. |
  
  ## August
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Allen | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | 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. |
  | Resolution | Great Britain | The whaler was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Warminster | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  
  ## September
  
  ### 2 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Genoa. Gje was on a voyage from Genoa to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  
  ### 27 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Hardie | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. |
  | Mary-Ann | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth. |
  | Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Cliesdon". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Pleixcilière | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## October
  
  ### 5 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 6 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 14 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Swallow | Great Britain | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, for Corunna, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | 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. |
  | Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the "Medwharf". She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool. |
  | St. Andrew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dumfries. |
  | Stirling Castle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## November
  
  ### 9 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 16 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### 29 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Amity | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Cockles. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. |
  | Benjamin | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux. |
  | Duc de Berry | France | The ship was lost near the Île d'Oleron. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Bordeaux. |
  | Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
  | Isabella | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to Plymouth, Devon. |
  | Jennings | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk. |
  | John & Philip | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London. |
  | La Ferme | France | The ship was lost near Ramsgate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce. |
  | 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. |
  | Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
  | Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Barcelona, Spain. |
  | 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. |
  | Oporto Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
  | Unity | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## December
  
  ### 15 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  
  ### 25 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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. |
  | Penguin | British America | The sloop was wrecked at Lynnhaven, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Maryland to Wilmington, Pennsylvania. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Acton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
  | 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. |
  | Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Naples. |
  | Lively Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Hamburg. |
  | Pulcrade | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Galician coast, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oporto to "Balica". |
  | Sarah & Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Wales. |
  | 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. |
  
  ## Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1755 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Brown | British America | The galley was lost near Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to the West Indies. |
  | Carolina | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Willemstad, Curaçao. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Duke of Cumberland | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfouldland, British America. |
  | Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Seskar. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
  | James and Christopher | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. |
  | Jehoakim | Spain | The ship was lost in the Passage Islands. She was on a voyage from Caracas, New Spain, to Cádiz. |
  | Jersey | Jersey | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland. |
  | 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. |
  | Marmaduke | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg. |
  | Montfort | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | 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. |
  | Notre Dame de Deliverance | France | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havana, Cuba, to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Prince William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dino". |
  | 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. |
  | Sally & Lucy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cerela". |
  | 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. |
  | Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bombay, Mughal Empire. |
  | 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. |
  | Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
  