title: List of shipwrecks in 1750
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1750
  
  The List of shipwrecks in 1750 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1750.
  
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  ## March
  
  1750 did not begin on 1 January!
  
  ### 27 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Acklin Keys. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
  
  ## April
  
  ### 22 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Mary | Jersey | The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Newfoundland, British America. |
  | Redbridge | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gosport, Hampshire, before 10 April. |
  | St. Jacques | France | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Gironde estuary. |
  
  ## May
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Castor | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the River Thames before 4 May. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The East Indiaman was lost in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands before 22 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Fort St. David, Madras, India. |
  | Prosperous Anne | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Peniche, Portugal, before 29 May with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Málaga, Spain. |
  
  ## June
  
  ### 15 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Express | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Turkish port. |
  
  ## July
  
  ### 21 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Devonshire | Great Britain | The ship was captured by the Spanish and taken into Port Royal, Jamaica, where she was destroyed. |
  | Ranger | Great Britain | The ship was captured by the Spanish and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica, where she was destroyed. |
  
  ## August
  
  ### 15 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Elephant | Danish East India Company | The ship was lost in "Mosele Bay", near the Cape of Good Hope. There were 35 survivors; they were rescued by Onwerkirk ( Dutch Republic). Elephant was on a voyage from Tranquebar, India, to Copenhagen. |
  
  ### 18 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | El Salvador | Spain | The ship was wrecked in Topsail Inlet, North Carolina, British America, with the loss of all but four of her crew. |
  | Nuestra Sigñora de Solidad | Spain | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Drum Inlet, North Carolina. Her crew survived. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Friendship | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in the River Corrib. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Gallway. |
  | Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Rota, Cádiz, Spain, before 28 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex, to Cádiz. |
  | Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Wight before 10 August. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London. |
  | St. Lawrence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore opn the Isle of Wight before 10 August. She was on a voyage from "Croswick" to Gottenburg, Sweden. |
  
  ## September
  
  ### 2 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Orignal | Kingdom of France | The Saint-Laurent-class ship of the line broke in two on being launched at Quebec City, New France. |
  
  ### 5 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | La Galga | Spanish Navy | The galleon was driven ashore in a hurricane and was wrecked on the coast of Assateague Island, Maryland, British America. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Duke of Beaufort | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, France, before 11 September. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | George | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and put into Padstow, Cornwall, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon, to London. |
  | Young Brewer | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain, before 11 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Faro, Portugal. |
  
  ## October
  
  ### 30 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Vencador | Spanish Navy | The Africa-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Dolphin | Denmark | The ship was deliberately run down and sunk by a Moroccan vessel before 19 October and sank with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Dragon | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, before 26 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
  | Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Boston, Lincolnshire, before 16 October. She was on a voyage from London to a port in North Holland, Dutch Republic. |
  | Mary-Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered,. Her crew were rescued by Orford ( Great Britain). Mary-Anne was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Havre de Grâce, France. |
  
  ## November
  
  ### 26 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Charm | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued by Penelope ( Great Britain). Charm was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to an African port. |
  
  ### 30 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Joseph and Mary | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saltash, Cornwall, to London |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Anne | Sweden | The ship was lost on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain, before 9 November. Her crew were rescued by HMS Amazon ( Royal Navy). |
  | Cornelius | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Caminha before 27 November. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, and Memel, Prussia, to Oporto. |
  | Friends Goodwill | Ireland | The ship sank near Chichester, Sussex, before 23 November. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dunkerque, France. |
  
  ## December
  
  ### 4 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arvert, France, with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  
  ### 28 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | James | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Galloway, Ayrshire, to Dublin, Ireland. |
  | Holland | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Launceston, Cornwall, before 11 December with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Seaforth, Lancashire, before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London. |
  | Norwich Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex, before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
  
  ## January
  
  ### 4 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Samuel and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain and Marseille, France |
  
  ### 10 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Joshua | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Cirella Island". |
  
  ### 14 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Young Fisher | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by William & Thomas ( Great Britain). Young Fisher was on a voyage from "Georgenti" to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  
  ### 17 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Durham | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast, County Down. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Belfast. |
  | Grace | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast. She was on a voyage from New York to Belfast. |
  | Great Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
  | Oxford | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
  
  ### 18 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | St. Kitts Merchant | Great Britain | The snow foundered in Mount's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
  
  ### 23 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tees | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near La Hague, France. She was refloated on 28 January but consequently foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Turner ( Great Britain). Tees was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, to Oporto, Portugal. |
  | Turner | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near La Hague. She was refloated on 28 January. Turner had been bound for Cádiz, Spain, but put into Dover, Kent. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Ellis | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Loo, Cornwall, before 25 January with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
  | Exeter Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was lost before 29 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon. |
  | Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Scottish coast with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Dublin, Ireland. |
  | Indian Queen | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Scottish coast with the loss of most of her crew. she was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin. |
  | James | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Burlings, Portugal, before 25 January. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
  | Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. She subsequently drove ashore near Wicklow, Ireland. |
  | Ulysses | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
  | Victorious Mary-Anne | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Barfleur. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Lisbon. |
  
  ## February
  
  ### 2 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Churchfield | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar off "Castill Arabetto". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Genoa, and then Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
  
  ### 12 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Mercury | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Killough, County Down. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to Dumfries. Mercury was later refloated and arrived at Dumfries. |
  
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  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Anns | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Avelles", on the coast of the Bay of Biscay before 15 February. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Dursley | Ireland | The galley was lost on the North Bull, Dublin before 15 February. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. |
  
  ## March
  
  ### 4 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Juno | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to La Rochelle. |
  
  ### 16 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, to London. |
  
  ### 23 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jonge Hans and Gerten | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Bremen. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Diligence | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent, and sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Rhode Island, British America. Diligence was subsequently refloated. |
  | Elizabeth | Ireland | The ship was lost on the coast of France before 15 March. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to La Rochelle. |
  | Endeavour | Ireland | The ship was lost at Cape Tiberoon, France, before 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto, Portugal. |
  | John | Ireland | The ship was lost on the coast of France before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bordeaux, France. |
  | London Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Callais, France. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. |
  | Lorrain | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Mount's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Guernsey, Channel Islands, and London. |
  | Pengwin | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Appledore to Newfoundland, British America. |
  | Revenge | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Appledore. She was on a voyage from Appledore to Newfoundland. |
  | Sarah | British America | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Carolina to a Dutch port. |
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Anne and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Spanish coast before 10 August with the loss of all hands. |
  | Baltimore | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
  | Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 15 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
  | Cæsar | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to and English port. |
  | Caledonia | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cádiz before 9 November. |
  | Defence | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Hispaniola, Captaincy General of Cuba before 15 June. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Curaçao. |
  | Duke | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Islote de Sancti Petri, Spain, before 25 January with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, France, and the Leeward Islands. |
  | Earl of Radnor | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Calabar before 4 December. She was plundered and then set afire and destroyed by the local inhabitants. |
  | Eleanor | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast before 15 June. She was on a voyage from London to Mazagan, Morocco. |
  | Friends Adventure | Great Britain | The ship sank at Altona, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Hamburg. |
  | George | Great Britain | The ship struck a whale and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to a Spanish port. |
  | George & Peter | Great Britain | The ship was lost near St. Lucar, Spain, before 11 December. |
  | Humphry | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Virginia, British America, before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Virginia. |
  | King of Sardinia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Newfoundland, British America. |
  | Lamport | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of British Honduras before 15 March. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Lyme | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Bengal River, India, before 8 March. |
  | Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily, before 8 January. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire. |
  | Mary | British America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Prospect Island, Nova Scotia, before 8 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Cádiz, Spain. |
  | Mercury | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on a reef off Barbadoes before 7 December with the loss of five slaves. |
  | Molly | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Strait of Gibraltar before 12 June. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic. |
  | Montague | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to London. |
  | Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London. |
  | Santa Pedro | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Virginia before 15 March. |
  | Sarah & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Western Islands". Most of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to the Piscataqua River, Maine, British America. |
  | Squirrel | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach. |
  | Success | British America | The sloop was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before 5 March. Her crew survived. |
  | Sv. Pëtr | Russian Empire | The shitik was lost in the Near Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Her crew was rescued. |
  | Two Brothers | France | The ship was lost at "Agle", Languedoc, before 22 March. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, Great Britain, to Cette, Hérault. |
  | Vigilant | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to San Domingo. |
  | Willingmind | Great Britain | The ship was burnt in the River Sherborough, Africa. Her crew survived. |
  