title: List of shipwrecks in 1786
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1786
  
  The list of shipwrecks in 1786 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1786.
  
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  ## January
  
  ### 1 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betty | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Cornelius | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near St. Lucar. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Cádiz. |
  | Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) from St. Andero, Spain with the loss of four of her crew. |
  | Senhouse | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at "Llencalth" and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. |
  
  ### 3 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | James | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
  
  ### 4 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rosamund | Great Britain | The ship sank at Plymouth, Devon. |
  | St. Antonia Boa Viagem | Great Britain | The ship was severely damaged at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Oporto to London, Great Britain. |
  | Trecothick | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Looe, Cornwall with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Grenada. |
  | Twee Gesustus | Dutch Republic | The ship sank at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Amsterdam. |
  | Zeelust | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France to Amsterdam. |
  
  ### 5 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hannah | Great Britain | The ship sank at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### 6 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Halsewell | British East India Company | Halsewell The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at St Alban's Head, Dorset and wrecked with the loss of over 240 lives. There were 74 survivors. |
  
  ### 7 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jonge Ricke | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea west of Ostend, West Flanders, France. Her crew were rescued. |
  | L'Aimable Desirée | France | The brigantine was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
  
  ### 8 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hero | Great Britain | The ship foundered in St. Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. |
  
  ### 10 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thomas and Wiliam | Great Britain | The ship capsized and sank at Cork, Ireland. |
  
  ### 14 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
  
  ### 15 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nancy | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Drogheda, County Louth. |
  | Ross | Great Britain | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Thistle ( Great Britain). |
  
  ### 17 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | William and Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Antilope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Slapton, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg. |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Whitsand Bay. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
  | Catharine | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. |
  | Crescent | French Navy | The Enterprise-class frigate was wrecked off Petit-Goâve, Saint-Domingue. |
  | Defiance | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, France. She was on a voyage from "Guyon" to London. |
  | Diana | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
  | Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to London |
  | Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon. She was later refloated. |
  | Everton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. |
  | Friends | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Madeira. |
  | Friends | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Oporto. |
  | Ganges | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and put into Padstow, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was abandoned by her crew and plundered by the local inhabitants. |
  | George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Salcombe, Devon. |
  | Grampus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in Bigbury Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth, Devon. |
  | Hibernia | Ireland | The ship foundered in Tramore Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford to London. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Helston, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. |
  | Jupiter | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Steden Point, Zealand, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. |
  | Le Maria | France | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. |
  | Marie Anne | France | The ship was driven ashore near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to Dunkerque. |
  | Martha | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked off Boulogne. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire to London. |
  | Molly | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Londonderry. Molly was later refloated. |
  | Notre-Dame-de-Montserrat | Spain | The polacca was wrecked at Cádiz. |
  | Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Port a Ferry, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Patience | Denmark | The ship was lost near "St. Peter's Castle". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Marseille, France. |
  | Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol. |
  | Piedmont | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. Piedmont was later refloated and taken in to Hull. |
  | Pilten | Great Britain | The sloop was run down and sunk by Monmouth ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Portland. She was on a voyage from New Providence, New Jersey, United States to London. |
  | Pomona | Ireland | The ship was lost 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the Waterford Lighthouse with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Belfast, County Antrim. |
  | Prescieux | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Bourdeaux. |
  | Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from the United States to Lisbon. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Teignmouth, Devon. |
  | Rose | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Dublin. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to Pool, Dorset. |
  | Silecia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol. |
  | Snowden Hill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. |
  | Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Plymouth. |
  | St Elias | Russia | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Nantz, France. |
  | Thomas and Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Minehead. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire to Bristol. |
  | Thomas and William | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Cork. |
  | Willian & Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Youghall, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland to London. |
  
  ## February
  
  ### 2 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | San Pedro de Alcantara | Spanish Navy | The fourth rate ship-of-the-line sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche, Portugal with the loss of 128 of the 398 people on board. She was on a voyage from Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru to Cádiz. |
  
  ### 3 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Saltcoats, Ayrshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to The Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland. |
  
  ### 5 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Emperor | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### 7 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Maria | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
  
  ### 21 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Antigua. |
  
  ### 23 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Roscoff, France. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic and Nantz, France. |
  
  ### 25 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Earl Tyrone | Ireland | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Trapani, Kingdom of Sicily. |
  | Brothers | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Killybegs, County Donegal to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. |
  | Concordia | Denmark | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands, Great Britain with the loss of all but thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the East Indies. |
  | Fermuse | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Naples. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
  | Harmony | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Helena | Great Britain | The hoy was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Embden, Electorate of Hanover to London. |
  | Houghton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. |
  | Iris | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |
  | Mary | Ireland | The ship was lost at the Koog of Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Rotterdam. |
  | Minerva | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
  | Prosperity | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Gothenburg, Sweden and the West Indies. |
  
  ## March
  
  ### 4 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bahama | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Bimini Rocks, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New Providence, New Jersey, United States. |
  | Hedwig Christiana | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette to Alderney, Channel Islands. |
  
  ### 5 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Clio | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (37°37′N 50°51′W﻿ / ﻿37.617°N 50.850°W﻿ / 37.617; -50.850). Her crew were rescued on 22 March by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  | Friendship | Ireland | The ship foundered between Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Cork. |
  | Postillion | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Cádiz. |
  
  ### 15 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friends Adventure | Great Britain | The brigantine was wrecked on Sandy Key, off Grand Bahama. All on board survived. The made a small boat from the wreckaged and reached the Abaco Islands on 7 June. |
  
  ### 16 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Christian | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | John & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. |
  | Nancy | United States | The sloop was driven ashore at Swansborough, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. |
  | Vulcan | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
  
  ### 17 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Henrietta | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### 31 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | John & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of three of her crew. She was refloated. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to Pool. |
  | Elogium | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. |
  | Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Dunworley Bay. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Flora | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
  | Frederick | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Embden, Electorate of Hanover to London. |
  | Hannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Brothers ( Great Britain). Hannah was on a voyage from London to Bourdeaux, France. |
  | Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool. |
  | Johnson | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries, in the Irish Sea, with the loss of all hands. |
  | La San Jos la Conception | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to St. Andero. |
  | Mercurius | Hamburg | The ship was lost near Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bourdeaux. |
  | Molly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Rose & Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Tinmouth, Devon to Bristol. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Suffolk 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Colchester, Essex. |
  | Success | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Waxham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
  | Vrow Catharina | Hanover | The ship was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Embden to Pool, Dorset, Great Britain. |
  | Woodhouse | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  
  ## April
  
  ### 2 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lady Cathcart | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the south west coast of Hispaniola. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
  
  ### 10 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Carolina | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to a port in North Carolina. |
  
  ### 17 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adriana | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Rotterdam. |
  
  ### 20 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Maria Elizabeth | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Deal, Kent, Great Britain. |
  
  ### 24 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fly | Jersey | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jersey to Newfoundland, British America. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | American | United States | The ship capsized at Fayal, Azores with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Fayal. |
  | Ann | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was run ashore at Fayal and was wrecked. |
  | Cato | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Altona, Hamburg to Barcelona, Spain. |
  | Horizon | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain. She was on a voyage from Trapani, Kingdom of Sicily to a Baltic port. |
  | Jamaica Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Amity ( Great Britain). Jamaica Paquet was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  | James | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. |
  | Lucia Emerantia | Danish Asiatic Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. She was on a voyage from Bengal to copenhagen. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
  | Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. |
  | Seville Packet | Great Britain | The ship ran aground near St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cádiz, Spain. |
  
  ## May
  
  ### 6 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lord Townsend | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Colleradoes and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  
  ### 7 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Zonsderdorf | Prussia | The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Königsberg. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Albion | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland to Bristol. Gloucestershire. |
  | Alexander | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage rom London to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Zea, Republic of Venice. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. |
  | Clyde | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dantzick. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzick. |
  | Prosperous | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Île d'Oléron, France. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland, British America. She was later refloated and taken in to St Martin's, Isles of Scilly for repairs. |
  | Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Llobregat, Spain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Zant, Republic of Venice. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship departed from Cádiz for Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
  | St. Joseph | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Santoña. She was on a voyage from London to Bilboa. |
  | St. Joze e St. Antonio | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon. |
  
  ## June
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Crown | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Memel, Prussia. |
  
  ## July
  
  ### 13 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Two ship′s boats | France | A barge and two longboats, operating as part of the La Perouse Expedition, were swept into a tidal bore during an ebb tide near the entrance to Lituya Bay in southeastern Russian America. Two of the craft were wrecked, killing all 21 men aboard them; their bodies were not recovered. The third craft escaped. |
  
  ### 16 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Barbadoes. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Pitcher's Point. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London. |
  | Lutin | French West India Company | The ship departed from Africa for the French West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Rose | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bay of Bulls. |
  | Scotia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland. |
  
  ## August
  
  ### 5 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore north of Helsingborg, Sweden. She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. |
  | Florentia | Prussia | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Dort, Dutch Republic. |
  
  ### 29 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Three Cranes | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 37°N 60°W﻿ / ﻿37°N 60°W﻿ / 37; -60) whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### 30 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven out of Dominica in a storm. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### 31 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Trial | Great Britain | The ship departed from Saint Vincent. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aid | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Ann Marian | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Crinan. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Riga, Russia. |
  | Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Long Island, Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from L'Orient, France to a port in New England, United States. |
  | Nancy | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to an Irish port. |
  | Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Narva, Russia. |
  | Resolution | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Holmstadt", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
  
  ## September
  
  ### 2 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Brathwait | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | Bridgetown | Barbadoes | The brig was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | Generous Planter | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | Hibernia | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | Industry | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was later refloated. |
  | Isabella | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | James | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was later refloated. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The schooner departed from Tobago for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Speedwell | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was later refloated. |
  | Townsend | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
  | William | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Barbadoes. |
  
  ### 3 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cruger | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. |
  | Jackson | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Limerick, Ireland. |
  
  ### 8 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. |
  
  ### 14 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cadiz Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Stokes Bay. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lisbon, Portugal. Cadiz Packet was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs. |
  
  ### 15 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Two Brothers | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Chale Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marennes to Dunkerque. |
  
  ### 16 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Castlecrieve | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Formby. Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies. |
  
  ### 22 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | La Laurette | France | The ship was wrecked at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime. |
  
  ### 23 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nelly | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Ostend, Dutch Republic and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### 24 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Four Brothers | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
  | Saint Alexander | Imperial Russian Navy | The Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked at Cape Tarkhan-Kut. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kherson to Sevastopol. |
  
  ### 27 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | General Melville | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc, France. She was on a voyage from Dominica to London. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Auspicious | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | Captain Muirhead's ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Bristol Channel. She was later refloated. |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | Captain Roberts's ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) west of Hogland, Russia. |
  | City of Seville | Spain | The ship was driven ashore east of Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Seville to Ostend. She was later refloated and taken in to Ostend. |
  | Columba Alba | Dantzick | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool. |
  | Copenhagen | Denmark | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Two of her crew were rescued by a Tuscan vessel. |
  | Diana | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Cork. |
  | John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. John & Mary was later refloated and taken in to Calais. |
  | John and Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near "Strumstadt", Norway. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg. |
  | Phebe | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Memel, Prussia. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  | Sea Otter | Great Britain | The 100-ton two-masted snow disappeared without trace after departing Snug Harbor Cove (60°45′N 146°39′W﻿ / ﻿60.750°N 146.650°W﻿ / 60.750; -146.650﻿ (Snug Harbor Cove)) in Russian Alaska in September sometime prior to 20 September. |
  | Severn Packet | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Bengal River, India with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
  | Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship departed from Placentia, Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Young William | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
  
  ## October
  
  ### 4 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to The Rosses, County Donegal. |
  
  ### 20 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | Hector | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | Lady Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | Minerva | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Jamaica. |
  | New Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jamaica. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The schooner capsized at Kingston, Jamaica during a gale with the loss of seven lives. She was towed in to Port Royal hull uppermost. |
  
  ### 24 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Renewse, Newfoundland. |
  
  ### 28 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hendrick and Jacob | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Altona, Hamburg to Barcelona, Spain. |
  
  ### Unknown Date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | America | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Creden Head, County Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Erskine, Renfrewshire, Great Britain. |
  | Catharina | Sweden | The ship was lost near Marstrand. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Stralsund. |
  | Dispatch | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire, Great Britain. |
  | General Washington | Republic of Genoa | The ship was abandoned off Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Nice, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
  | Glory | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. |
  | Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Steen Stares, in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
  | Johanna Cornelia | Sweden | The ship was lost near Marstrand. |
  | Juno | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Lambkin | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Pool, Dorset. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
  | Pitt | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the Baltic Sea by Hope ( Great Britain). Her crew were rescued. |
  | Prosperous | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. she was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. Prosperous was later refloated. |
  
  ## November
  
  ### 3 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kettle Bender | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### 6 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | New London | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Stockholm, Sweden. New London was taken in to Bawdsey, Suffolk. |
  
  ### 14 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | L'Aimable Marthe | France | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### 23 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thomas and William | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### 26 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Le Fry | France | The ship foundered off Cordovan. Her crew were rescued. |
  
  ### 28 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Notre Dame de Grâce | France | The ship was lost at D'Arcachon with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bourdeaux. |
  
  ### 30 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fly | United States | The ship was lost at La Rochelle, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bourdeaux, France. |
  | Le Pressigny | France | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anna Christina | Sweden | The ship capsized in the North Sea. She was subsequently towed in to Pegwell Bay crewless. |
  | Anna Elizabeth | Russia | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was taken in to Ramsgate, where she sank due to damage sustained. |
  | Bonavista | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Bremen to London. |
  | British Queen | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near St. Lucar, Spain. she was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to the Strait of Gibraltar. |
  | Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Congress | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
  | Enterprize | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Duncannon, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin. |
  | Glasgow | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Carron, Stirlingshire to London. |
  | King George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | L'Amiable Marie | France | The ship was wrecked on Drake's Island, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Grandville. |
  | Lowstoff | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near "Draken". She was on a voyage from Memel to London. |
  | Nymph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
  | Prince of Orange | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Barcelona, Spain. She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to London. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  | Thornton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) from Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Saint Petersburg. |
  | Three Friends | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool. |
  | Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex |
  
  ## December
  
  ### 2 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Bayonne, France. She was on a voyage from the Shetland Islands to Alicante, Spain. |
  
  ### 8 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Swallow | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Brothers ( Great Britain). Swallow was on a voyage from America to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
  
  ### 10 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thistle | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Kenmare River, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork to Málaga, Spain. |
  
  ### 14 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | L'Amphitrite | French Navy | The fifth rate frigate sank at the Île de France, Mauritius. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
  | L'Aurore | French Navy | The fifth rate frigate was driven ashore at the Île de France. She was later refloated and returned to service. |
  | La Colombe | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. |
  | L'Actiff | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated. |
  | La Fidele | Mauritius | The ship was driven ashore at the Île de France. |
  | La Rosalie | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated within three weeks. |
  | L'Astrée | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated. |
  | Le Bien Amis | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Bons Amis | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Boukons | Mauritius | The ship sank at the Île de France. She was refloated within three weeks. |
  | Le Chancellor Du Brabant | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Île de France. |
  | Le Colon | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated within three weeks. |
  | Le Compte D'Artois | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Consalateur | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated within three weeks. |
  | Le David | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Louisa | Mauritius | The ship was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Maria Jeaune | Mauritius | The ship was driven ashore at the Île de France. |
  | Le Pacifique | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Île de France. |
  | Le Telemaque | French East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at the Île de France. |
  | L'St Esprit | French East India Company | The East Indiaman sank at the Île de France. She was refloated within three weeks. |
  
  ### 15 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Robert | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and sank near the Black Rock, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool, Lancashire |
  
  ### 16 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lebed | Imperial Russian Navy | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Dneister. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Petersfield | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with Judith ( Great Britain) off the coast of Kent and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Judith. Petersfield was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
  
  ### 17 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Whalefisher | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Broad Bay, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis with the loss of four of her crew. |
  
  ### 23 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anna | Sweden | The ship was lost near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Gothenburg. |
  
  ### 24 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to London. Adventure was refloated in January 1787 and taken in to Cádiz Bay. |
  | Joseph | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. |
  | Success | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. |
  
  ### 27 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Molly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Zant, Venetian Republic to London. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. |
  | Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Weymouth to London. |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Tingmouth, Devon. |
  | Capelin | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz, Portugal. |
  | Christian Hendrick | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Deadman's Bay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Barcelona, Spain. |
  | Congress | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince Frederick ( Great Britain), which sprang a leak three days later and was abandoned. The crews from both ships reached Flores Island, Azores. Congress was on a voyage from a French port to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prince Frederick was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
  | Dame Maria Anne | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from a port in Catalonia to Cádiz. |
  | Fletcher | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Limerick, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. |
  | Grenada Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Liverpool. |
  | Gryfraald | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | Hercules | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Bilboa, Spain. |
  | Hercules | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off "Derwinde". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Perthshire. |
  | Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Nass Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz. |
  | Johannes Francisco | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Gibraltar. |
  | Juno | Dutch Republic Navy | The fifth rate frigate was wrecked in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight with the loss of six of her crew. |
  | L'Aimable Thèrese | France | The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. |
  | La Ville de Havre | France | The ship was wrecked near Cherbourg. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Cape Town, Dutch Cape Colony and Le Havre. |
  | Messenger | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Blacksod Bay, County Mayo, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to an English port. |
  | Mette Catharina | Russia | The ship was wrecked near Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Genoa. |
  | Montgomery | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Newry to London. |
  | Neptune | Great Britain | The ship became trapped by ice at Narva, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Narva to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  | Nostra Señora de Begona | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain with the loss of five of her crew. |
  | Ormond | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cornwall. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Hull. |
  | Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Plymouth. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Rodney | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Waterford and Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Pool, Dorset. |
  | Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost in The Wash with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Herne Bay, Kent. |
  | St. Antonio | Spain | The ship departed from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada for Ferrol. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
  | Success | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
  | Sophia | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to London. |
  | Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Figueira da Foz. |
  | Wallfish | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin. |
  | Wasa | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Riga to Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal. |
  | William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1786 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Assistance | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at the Black River, Belize. |
  | Baton Rouge | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain. |
  | Biscayner | Great Britain | The whaler was lost on the coast of Newfoundlan, British America. |
  | Brabant | France | The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from the Malabar Coast to France. |
  | Bridget | Great Britain | The ship was lost. |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, South Carolina, United States. |
  | Carolina | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from St. Marks, Florida, New Spain to Charleston, South Carolina and London. |
  | Commerce | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was lost on "Robert Island", off the Cape of Good Hope. |
  | Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island, United States to Dublin, Ireland. Her crew were rescued by Buckthorn ( Great Britain). |
  | Flor de Naugacas | Portugal | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Maranão, Brazil to Oporto. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Antigua. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to the Musquito Shore and British Honduras. |
  | Hansford | Great Britain | The brig was lost whilst on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Antigua. |
  | Hawke | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Providence, New Jersey, United States to Jamaica. |
  | Hector | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. |
  | Hope | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the West Indies and Virginia. |
  | Hunter | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Kitty | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Newfoundland. |
  | La Brunette de Nantes | France | The ship was wrecked on Aiglenau whilst of a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola to France. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Les Deux Amis de Havre | France | The ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
  | Marquis de Voyer | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the West Indies to France. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned off the Virginia Capes, United States. Her crew were rescued by New Hope ( Great Britain). Mary was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain and Virginia. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Virginia. |
  | Maryland Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Virginia Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from London to Maryland, United States. |
  | Nuestra Señora del Rosário | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. |
  | Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia to New York, United States. |
  | Porgey | United States | The ship was wreckedin the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica. |
  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Friendship ( Great Britain). Providence was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Cádiz. |
  | Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bengal River. She was on a voyage from Madras to Bengal, India. |
  | Renuse | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Newfoundland. |
  | Revenge | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Turks Islands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Maryland. |
  | Santa Roza | Portugal | The ship was lost in the Chinese Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Success | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked off Dublin, Ireland. |
  | Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine, United States. She may have been the ship that sank at "Harbour De Lute" and was subsequently refloated. |
  | Telemachus | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Sable. She was on a voyage from Georgia to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Theodore de Nantes | France | The ship struck a rock and was wrecked. |
  | True Briton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from a port in New Brunswick to Halifax. |
  | Uu Terre Neuvier | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, France. |
  | Warren's Town | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Cadiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
  