title: List of shipwrecks in 1776
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1776
  
  The List of shipwrecks in 1776 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1776.
  
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  ## January
  
  ### 4 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eendragt | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. |
  
  ### 5 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Campveer, Dutch Republic to Leith, Lothian. |
  
  ### 6 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Prudence | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Holderness coast, Yorkshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin. |
  
  ### 7 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bieune Stock Ohlsen | Hamburg | The ship foundered in The Swin. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
  | Macklane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and Grenada. |
  
  ### 8 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Barnard's Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
  | Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
  | Johanna Juliana | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain. |
  | Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. |
  
  ### 14 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Menorca. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  
  ### 16 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thames | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon and was severely damaged. |
  
  ### 23 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Benn | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. |
  
  ### 27 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Johan Ernst | Dantzick | The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Cork, Ireland. |
  
  ### 29 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bacchus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
  | Europa | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Allice | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to British America and back. |
  | Anna Maria | Great Britain | The ship caught fire at the Tower of London and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland. |
  | Ann & Dorothy | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. |
  | Bridlington | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Humber. |
  | Charles | Great Britain | The ship departed from Liverpool for Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Duke of Richmond | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway with the loss of two of her crew. |
  | Flora | France | The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to the West Indies. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Teignmouth Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol. |
  | Hedwick | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Leith, Lothian. |
  | King George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Portsey, Hampshire to London. |
  | Meredith | Great Britain | The ship departed from Saint Augustine for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Minerva | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Dunkerque, France. |
  | Rosemay | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cádiz, Spain with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Portsmouth, Hampshire and Barcelona, Spain. |
  | Sirène | French Navy | The corvette was wrecked in the Ganges. |
  | Thames | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Plymouth, Devon. |
  | Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore whilst on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. |
  | Two Brothers | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Cork. |
  | William | Ireland | The ship was driven onto rocks off the Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Dublin. |
  | William | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Ferryland, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dominica. |
  
  ## February
  
  ### 7 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | St. Ives | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) from Minehead, Somerset, Great Britain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Saint-Malo. |
  | Triumph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. |
  
  ### 20 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Boston | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Jamaica and London. |
  
  ### 21 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Assumption | Spain | The ship departed from Bilboa for Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cap La Hougue, France. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. She was later refloated. |
  | Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Dort, Dutch Republic. |
  | Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
  | De Anthony & Jan Arnaud | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Padstow, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Andero, Spain to Amsterdam. |
  | Harbrough | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Hull, Yorkshire. |
  | Hawke | Great Britain | The yacht was lost in Dungarvan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Barcelona, Spain. |
  | Hetty | British America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Padstow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to London. |
  | Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Lyon | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in tie Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Pool, Dorset. |
  | Molly | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Hubberstone, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Havre de Grâce, France. |
  | Morson | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
  | Rialto | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Kinsale. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
  | Ruby | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London. |
  | St. Nicholas | France | The ship was driven ashore near Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to Rouen. |
  | Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Hamburg. |
  | William & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
  | Young Gotfried | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Bremen. |
  
  ## March
  
  ### 12 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Neptune | Ireland | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean having sprang a leak the day before. Her crew were rescued by Peggy ( Great Britain). Neptune was on a voyage from Dingle, County Kerry to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | Roman Eagle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Menorca with the loss of at least eleven lives. |
  
  ### 21 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | William & Ann | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Patty ( Great Britain). William and Ann was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
  
  ### 22 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hibernia | Ireland | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames. |
  
  ### 24 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dominicus Teum | Dantzick | The ship was driven ashore at Dantzick. |
  
  ### 27 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | "Blue Mountain Valley" | United States | American Revolution: The captured British supply ship was burned in a British Raid on Elizabethtown Point. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Catherina | Ireland | The ship was lost at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Lisbon. |
  | Industrious Bee | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Figueria da Foz. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Barrowhead, Scotland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Ireland and Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  | Prince William | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Milford, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Dublin, Ireland. |
  | Shaw | Ireland | The ship was lost on the Arklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Newry, County Antrim. |
  | Swift | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of nine lives. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec. |
  
  ## April
  
  ### 4 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Baltimore | Great Britain | The ship departed from London for Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### 9 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Union | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on "Burkholm". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Wismar. |
  
  ### 19 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ann and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The whaler was lost on "Sindey Island" with the loss of five of her crew. |
  
  ### 26 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vrouwe Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bilboa, Spain. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Brotherly Love | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. |
  | Coalition | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. |
  | Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. |
  | Houghton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Riga, Russia. |
  | John | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Memel. |
  | Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Muhu, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wismar. |
  | Pike | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Suir at Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Waterford and Newfoundland, British America. |
  
  ## May
  
  ### 3 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | John & Isabella | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. |
  
  ### 18 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | HMS Aldborough | Royal Navy | The sixth rate was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. |
  | Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Portugal | The ship departed from Goa, India on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ### 19 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Franklin | United States Navy | American Revolution: The schooner was run aground during a battle with Royal Navy ships near Nantasket, Massachusetts. |
  | St James | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured by the privateer Cornet ( United States) on this date. The pair were chased in to Charles Town, South Carolina by HMS Sphinx ( Royal Navy). St James had too deep a draught to enter port and was beached. She was burnt by HMS Sphinx. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight. |
  | Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The packet boat foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
  | Hector | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. |
  | Hester | Ireland | The ship was lost at Killala, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Killala. |
  | Present Success | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to North Shields, County Durham. |
  | Syren | Great Britain | The whaler was lost in the Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands. |
  
  ## June
  
  ### 27 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The sloop was lost on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. |
  
  ### 29 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | HMS Actaeon | Royal Navy | American Revolutionary War: The sixth rate frigate was lost in action off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, United States on this date. |
  | Nancy | United States | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: The brig ran aground near Cape May and was consequently destroyed by gunpowder to prevent capture by the British. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Flying Mercury | Dantzick | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Sheerness and Chatham, Kent, Great Britain. |
  | Henry | Great Britain | The ship was lost off King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
  | St Anthony | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Ballyshannon, County Donegal to Norway. |
  
  ## July
  
  ### 4 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Unknown | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War:The armed sloop is fired on and sunk at Elizabethtown Point. |
  
  ### 6 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Seaflower | Great Britain | The sloop foundered in the Bristol Channel off Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan with some loss of life. |
  
  ### 9 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | "Lady Stanley" | Great Britain | American Revolution: The sloop, a possible privateer, was burned at Gwynn's Island, or was captured. |
  | "Lively" | Great Britain | American Revolution: The schooner, a possible privateer, was scuttled by burning in a creek on Gwynn's Island to prevent capture. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Diogess | Great Britain | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
  | Drontheim | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Kingdom of Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Drontheim. |
  | Friends Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Charles Town, South Carolina, United States. |
  | Prince of Piedmont | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Charles Town. |
  | Unknown | United States | American Revolution: The sloop was burned at Smith's Island in the Potomac River in mid July. |
  | Unknown | United States | American Revolution: The craft was burned at Smith's Island in the Potomac River in mid July. |
  | Violet | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship departed from Africa with 420 slaves on board. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |
  
  ## August
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland. |
  | Deptford | Great Britain | The ship wax lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark and Memel, Prussia. |
  | Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dublin, Ireland. |
  | King's Fisher | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Lyons. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Valencia, Spain. |
  | Lisbon Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was lost on a sandbank in the Baltic Sea. |
  | Seanymph | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
  
  ## September
  
  ### 3 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. |
  
  ### 6 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered at Basseterre, Saint Kitts. |
  | Fox | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Bluff Point, Saint Kitts. |
  | Johanna | Great Britain | The ship foundered at Basseterre. |
  | Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered at Basseterre. |
  | Regicobus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Basseterre. |
  
  ### 16 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | HMS Savage | Royal Navy | The brig-sloop was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, British America with the loss of two of her crew. |
  
  ### 19 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aurora | United States | The brigantine was wrecked at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. All on board survived. |
  
  ### 22 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British America. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Londonderry, Kingdom of Ireland. |
  | Charles | France | The ship was lost near Selsea, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle to Dunkerque. |
  | Concordia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Sunderburgh". |
  | Frederica Maria | Russia | The hoy was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Saint Petersburg. |
  | Maryann | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Bowbell Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. |
  
  ## October
  
  ### 8 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hero | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
  
  ### 9 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Turtle | United States | American Revolutionary War: The submersible was lost when the sloop she was aboard was sunk by gunfire by the frigates HMS Phoenix, HMS Roebuck, and HMS Tartar (all Royal Navy) in the Hudson River near Fort Washington on Manhattan. |
  | Unidentified sloop | United States | American Revolutionary War: The small sloop was sunk by gunfire by the frigates HMS Phoenix, HMS Roebuck, and HMS Tartar (all Royal Navy) in the Hudson River near Fort Washington on Manhattan. |
  
  ### 11 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Philadelphia | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The 54-foot (16 m) gundalow was sunk in the Valcour Strait in Lake Champlain by a Royal Navy ship. The wreck was raised in 1935 and preserved at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. |
  
  ### 12 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Belieze | Great Britain | The cutter was lost on the coast of Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
  | USS Providence | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was scuttled in Lake Champlain at Schuyler Island following damage sustained in battle. |
  | USS Spitfire | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: Abandoned by her crew, the 54-foot (16 m) gundalow sank in Lake Champlain off Schuyler Island due to damage sustained in battle. |
  
  ### 13 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Boston | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was set afire and scuttled in Buttonmold Bay on Lake Champlain to prevent capture by the British. |
  | USS Congress | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The row galley was beached and set afire on Lake Champlain at Crown Point, New York, following damage sustained in battle. |
  | USS New Haven | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War, Battle of Valcour Island: The gundalow was beached, set afire and destroyed in Ferris's Bay on Lake Champlain. |
  
  ### 22 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | No. 53 | Imperial Russian Navy | The pole ran aground in the Strait of Kerch and sank. She was on a voyage from Yenikale to Petrovskoye. She broke up in a storm on 27 October. |
  
  ### 29 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Allerton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Memel. |
  | Concord | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Memel. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friends Good Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Königsburg, Prussia. |
  | Lenox | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Lisbon, Portugal |
  | Mary & Harriot | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dantzick. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Polly | Great Britain | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
  | Triton | France | The ship was lost at Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Marseille |
  | Turtle | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War: The submersible was sunk along with her tender vessel near Fort Lee, New Jersey after 5 October. |
  
  ## November
  
  ### 1 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | "Aurora" | Great Britain | American Revolution: The supply brig ran aground, or foundered in shallow water, near Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Ship and crew captured. |
  
  ### 11 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eleanor | Ireland | The ship was lost on the Niden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry. |
  
  ### 12 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | L'Esprit | France | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Brest. |
  
  ### 16 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Beckey or "Lady Washington" | United States | The brigantine stranded on Cape Henry. |
  
  ### 17 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Maryport, Cumberland. |
  
  ### 20 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Joanna | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  
  ### 21 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | St Anthony | Spain | The ship was driven ashore 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km)) from Étaples, France. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to London, Great Britain. |
  | Yongst Pieter | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | Zee Nimpf | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Texel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon. |
  
  ### 22 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Unknown | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War:The transport, that had run aground in the Strait of Canso on an unknown date, was burned by privateer "Alfred" ( United States). |
  
  ### 24 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was sighted off Dunkerque, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Middelburg, Dutch Republic to Pool, Dorset and London. |
  
  ### 30 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Robert & Susanna | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Pool, Dorset with the loss of two of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Lymington, Hampshire to Pool. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Blessing | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Chester, Cheshire. |
  | Catharina | flag unknown | The ship foundered off the coast o Norway. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to "Sunderburgh". |
  | Charles Sharp | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Gosport, Hampshire. |
  | Dove | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Kentish Well. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, France. |
  | Gustaff | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sweden to Liverpool. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Padstow and St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Pool, Dorset. |
  | Loyal Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, France. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
  | New Content | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from L'Orient, France to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
  | Patsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. |
  | Triton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake. She was on a voyage from Zant to Liverpool. |
  
  ## December
  
  ### 23 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | True Endeavour | Ireland | The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Cork to Havre de Grâce, France. |
  
  ### 30 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Neptune | Ireland | The ship struck a rock off Cobh, County Cork and was severely damaged. She put into Crookhaven. Neptune was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua. |
  
  ### 31 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Argus | Sweden | The ship was lost near Calais, France with the loss of all hands. |
  | Boomoort | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Calais with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alice | Ireland | The ship was lost on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Dublin. |
  | Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to London. |
  | Eagle | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Belfast, County Antrim. |
  | Earl of Arundel | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Aberdeen. |
  | Lucy | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the North Bull. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
  | Marner | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool. |
  | Nassau | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost near Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
  | Plain-dealing | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the North Channel. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
  | Sally | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
  | Sophia Magdalena | France | The ship was lost at "Pontaron". She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bourdeaux. |
  
  ## Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1776 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | African Queen | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bonny. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Bonny. |
  | Amhurst | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Pensacola, Florida, British America. |
  | Ask-again | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bay of Honduras. |
  | Auckland | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice. |
  | Bosphorus | Great Britain | The victualling ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River, British America. |
  | Bryants | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Society ( Great Britain). Bryants was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  | Catharine | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Senegal. |
  | Ceres | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Diana | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Coromandel Coast, India. |
  | Dolphin | British America | The ship was lost near Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax. |
  | Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Kingston, Jamaica with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Jamaica. |
  | Euphrates | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered off Halifax. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax |
  | Favourite | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
  | Fox | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was wrecked at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands before 5 July. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was deliberately run ashore on the coast of "Alruzzo" after her crew mutinied and murdered her captain. She was on a voyage from Venice to Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire. |
  | Friendship | Great Britain | The transport ship was wrecked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts British America. |
  | Gaper | Dutch Republic | The transport ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Juffrow Johanna ( Dutch Republic). |
  | Generous Friends | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost near New York, United States. |
  | Hercules | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to Dublin |
  | Hunter | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dominica. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to a British port. |
  | Industry | France | The ship was lost at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Barbadoes. |
  | Inverness | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was burnt at a port in Georgia, British America. |
  | Judiane | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Bengal, India. |
  | Leghorn | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The galley was captured by an American privateer. She was taken in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was burnt. |
  | Lasseune | French Navy | The frigate foundered in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar with the loss of all but three of her crew. |
  | Lion | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Cabo Catoche, New Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
  | Marquess of Narbourn | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost in the West Indies with the loss of a slave. |
  | Mary & Jane | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Dominica. |
  | Minehead | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Newfoundland. |
  | Nelly | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was burnt at a port in Georgia. |
  | Reconnoisand | France | The ship was lost at Guadeloupe. |
  | Sainte Marie | France | The ship foundered. |
  | Samuel | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Cabo Catoche. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America. |
  | Roggebloom | Dutch Republic | The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. |
  | St George | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Red Island, in the Saint Lawrence River, British America. |
  | Patty | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost at Barbadoes. Her slaves were rescued. |
  | Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Colleradoes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  | St. Pierre | France | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by St. Lawrence ( France). St. Pierre was on a voyage from Catalonia, Spain to Dunkerque. |
  | Thomas | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newfoundland. |
  | Ulysses | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Gambia. |
  | Union | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Durant's Island, Newfoundland. |
  