List of shipwrecks in 1753
# List of shipwrecks in 1753

The List of shipwrecks in 1753 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1753.

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## January

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anne | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore south of Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Dover | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Ramsgate and Broadstairs. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to London. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Johanna Theresa Strohm | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain, with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Owners Endeavour | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Abraham | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Cudden Bay, Cornwall, before 19 January with the loss of all hands. |
| Adrian | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. |
| Amity | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Fishguard Bay before 12 January with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Bristol, England. |
| Argyle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Pool, Dorset, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, to London. |
| Arms of Denmark | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Pool before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Hamburg. |
| Birmingham | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Brighthelmstone, Sussex, before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Lucar, Spain, to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic. |
| Crown'd Herring | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Loe, Cornwall, before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Daniel | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Suriname to Amsterdam, North Holland |
| De Liefde | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 19 January. |
| Duke of Dorset | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Cerella" to London. |
| Enegyht | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Amsterdam. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel of the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Hamburg. |
| Griffin | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape San Antonio, Spain. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Jacob | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at St Helen's, Isle of Wight, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America, to London. |
| Johannis | Danzig | The ship was lost on the Swedish coast before 23 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. |
| John | Isle of Man | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland, before 26 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Martin to the Isle of Man. |
| John and Daniel | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jupiter | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Boulogne before 23 January with the loss of a passenger. She was on a voyage from New York to London. |
| King of Prussia | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore near Kimeridge, Dorset, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Hamburg. |
| Lark | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cette, Hérault, France, before 26 January with the loss of a crew member. |
| Lovely Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, before 26 January with the loss of most of those on board. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Medonia del Carmen | Spain | The ship was lost off Port Mahon, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, before 26 January. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic. |
| Patty and Molly | Great Britain | The ship was lost before 19 January whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Boston. |
| Samuel | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight opposite Hurst Castle, Hampshire, before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| Sarah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven before 12 January with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. |
| St. Paul | Ireland | The brig departed from New York, British America, for Newry in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Philip | Great Britain | The ship was lost near San Sebastián, Spain, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America, to Bilbao, Spain. |
| Swan Hoolm | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Thomas and Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wexford, Ireland, before 19 January. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
| Union | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland, to London. |
| William and Mary | Ireland | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Cork to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. Her crew were rescued by a Danzig vessel. |
| Young Green | Ireland | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Pool. |
| Young Hendrik | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Newhaven before 12 January. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Amsterdam. |

## February

### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bess | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Confidence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Greenock. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Greenock. She was later refloated |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Deakins and Maudley | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the south coast of the Isle of Wight with the loss of her captain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anne & Margaret | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford, Ireland, before 16 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to St Martin's. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea before 27 February. |
| Ufro Jacoba | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 9 February with the loss of all hands. |

## March

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 13 leagues (39 nautical miles (72 km)) of Marseille, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Nantes, France. |

### 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| St. George | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) east of Gibraltar with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Naples to Great Britain. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Ipswich, Suffolk. 14 March |
| Hunter | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London. |

### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Easton Ness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship ran ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. |
| Ridley | Great Britain | The ship ran ashore at Kessingland. |

### 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Lucy | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea Castle, Hampshire, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France to Dublin. She was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mary & Susanna | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on The Smalls with the loss of four of her thirteen crew. She was on voyage from Dublin to Bilbao, Spain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship capsized in River Seine at Rouen, seine-Maritime, France before 20 March. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the North Elve sandbank before 27 March. Her crew were rescued. |
| Katherine | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, before 13 March. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nostra Señora Daboa Viagam | Spain | The ship was lost on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Ferrol. |
| Osnor das Chagas | Spain | The ship was lost on a voyage from Oporto to Ferrol. |

## April

### 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Montague | Great Britain | The ship went aground on the Sandwich Flats with the loss of her captain. |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Everton | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina, British America. All on board were rescued. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued by Effingham ( Great Britain). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Assurance | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Genoa with a cargo of sugar. |
| Christian | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Murry Bay. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire, to Rochelle, France. |

## May

### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) off Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to the Isle of Man. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Susannah | British America | The schooner sprung a leak and was consequently beached on the coast of North Carolina, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, South Carolina, to New York. |
| Volunteer | Great Britain | The ship sank at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## June

### 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HDMS Falster | Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy | The frigate caught fire and exploded off Safi, Morocco, with the loss of 132 of her crew. |

### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bredenhof | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman struck the Silva Shoal in the Mozambique Channel and sank. |

## July

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The ship was lost in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to London. |
| Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## August

### 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| De Vrede | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Salcombe, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Lucar, Spain, to Amsterdam. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. |
| St. Katherine | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Salcombe with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from St. Lucar to Amsterdam. |

### 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Andriana | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Brest, France. |

## September

### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anna Christiana | Sweden | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Sv. Leremiia | Russian Empire | The vessel was driven onto rocks and wrecked at Adak in the Andreanof Islands group of the Catherine Archipelago after her anchor cable parted. |
| Thomas | Bremen | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Riga, Russia. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Flying Fish | British America | The sloop was lost on or about 10 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to North Carolina. |
| St George | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland and Milford, Pembrokeshire, to London. |

## October

### 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Juliana | Sweden | The ship was lost off Öland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Marseille, France. |

### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Brockholes | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Lancaster, Lancashire. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| St. John the Baptist | Imperial Russian Navy | The packet boat was wrecked at the mouth of the Ozernaya River with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka. |
| St. Peter | Imperial Russian Navy | The gukor was driven ashore between the mouths of the Vorovskaya River and the Kompakovskaya River with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| St. Johannis | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Padstow, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was plundered by the local inhabitants. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was bound for London from a Norwegian port. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Steanage" |
| Olive Branch | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to London. |
| Prudent Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Rainbow | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## November

### 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Woolpack Sand. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| William & Mary | Ireland | The ship was wrecked near Llanelly, Glamorgan, Great Britain, with the loss of 89 of the 90 people on board. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Waterford. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Happy Couple | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Houlsteena | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Armagh, Ireland, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nancy | Ireland | The ship foundered off Cape St. Martins, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Gibraltar and Alicante. |

## December

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Heneda | Dutch Republic | The galliot was wrecked near Penzance, Cornwall, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Amsterdam. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Young Abraham | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Hamburg. |

### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dragon | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Rotterdam. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Le Vainquer | France | The ship was wrecked at Sker Point, Glamorgan, Great Britain, with the loss of three of the eleven people on board. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Havre de Grâce. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Union | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barnstaple, Devon, with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Elizabeth & Hannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km)) off Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fortuna | Sweden | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Llandovery | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel 2 leagues (6 nautical miles (11 km)) off Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Patsey | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Dutch vessel. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Thomas | Ireland | The ship was lost near Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Dublin. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1753 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The snow foundered whilst on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Barbadoes. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Barbadoes to South Carolina. |
| Dagenham | Great Britain | The ship was lost at the mouth of the Tiber with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London and Falmouth, Cornwall, to Civitavecchia and Naples. |
| Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jamaica before 30 March. |
| Flower of Cork | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Virginia. |
| Hereford | | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of South Carolina. She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated and departed in early March. |
| Katherine and Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, before 13 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Trani, Kingdom of Sicily, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Lucy | British America | The ship was lost off the Virginia Capes before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Marland, Oklahoma, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Nostra Señora del Rosario | Spain | The ship was lost in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru. |
| Sussex | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the Virginia Capes, British America, before 25 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Swan | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at a port in Maryland, British America. |
| Swedish Lyon | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Viareggio, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 27 February. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Swift | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic. |
