List of shipwrecks in 1760
# List of shipwrecks in 1760

The List of shipwrecks in 1760 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1760.

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## January

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Royal Escape | Great Britain | The stores ship, a hoy, was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bonetta | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice at New York, British America. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Prince Ferdinand | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Anegada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to Jamaica. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adventure | Ireland | The ship was lost at New York, British America. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin |
| Defiance | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Enger | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. |
| Excelle | French Navy | The warship ran aground in the Vilaine and was wrecked. |
| Hendriaquo | France | The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to Bruges, Dutch Republic. |
| Henry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |
| Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dublin, Ireland, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port. |
| Inflexible | French Navy | The Hardi-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked in the Vilaine. |
| John Gerhard | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Great Britain, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the Isle of Man. |
| Koornbears | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Wight. |
| Lovely Sukey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Robert and Charles ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Delaware River, British America. |
| Newry | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lord How ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Waterford to New York. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. Six of her crew were rescued by a Spanish ship. She was on a voyage from "Cromorgan" to London. |
| Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo | Portugal | The ship was lost at Peniche. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Lisbon. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was lost near St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Sally & Jenny | Ireland | The ship foundered in Bantry Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Cork. |
| Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Danzig. She was on a voyage from Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to Roscoff, France. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport Pratt, County Mayo, Ireland. |
| Spy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Bonnin". Her crew were rescued. |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Fear, North Carolina, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cape Fear to Bristol. |
| Vries Van Leeuwarden | Dutch Republic | The galiot hoy was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to Amsterdam. |

## February

### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Deliverance | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Îles des Saintes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Ramillies | Royal Navy | The second rate ship of the line was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon, with the loss of 829 of her 850 crew. |
| Resolution | Great Britain | The victualling ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Dunkerque, France, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Pool, Dorset. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Anne | Ireland | The ship wasecked on the south west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dublin. |
| Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 leagues (90 nautical miles (170 km)) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by HMS Fowey ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon, to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Bee | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Topsham, Devon. Bee was later refloated. |
| Brave | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Cape Málaga, Spain.> |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Northam, Devon, with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Cæsar | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Teignmouth. |
| Dorothea | France | The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to "Frederickshall". |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The frigate sank in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London. |
| Edward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on St Nicholas Island, Plymouth. She was on a voyage from New York to London. |
| Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beerhaven, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick. |
| Fanny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship sank at Ilfracombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Good Success | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Happy Jennet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to a Scottish port. |
| Hermione | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to London. |
| Jufro Anna-Maria | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone, Sussex. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Hamburg. |
| Katherine | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Scottish Highlands. She was n a voyage from Boston to the Clyde. |
| Morant | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Paschal | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was lost in St Ives Bay. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Leith, Lothian. |
| Peggy & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven into another vessel and sank at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Philadelphia | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was n a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Pretty | Ireland | The ship struck a rock and sank off Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, to Barbadoes. |
| Ranger | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. |
| Rebecca | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Portaferry, County Down and Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Fyall, Azores, Portugal. |
| Rochester | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Plymouth. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
| Two Arthurs | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland. |

## March

### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Tartar's Prize | Royal Navy | The sixth rate sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. Her crew were rescued by a Danish vessel. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
| Diligence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Hannah | Ireland | The ship ran aground in the River Liffey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Dublin. |
| Hellen | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk at the Nore by Freedom ( Great Britain). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Banff, Aberdeenshire. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Scottish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Portsmouth Merchant | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Prince Edward | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Swanage, Dorset and Chatham, Kent. |
| Santissima Trinidad | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Seville to London. |
| Stafford | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |

## April

### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Denham | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was set afire at Bengkulu, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, to prevent her capture by the French. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Barcelona, Spain. |
| Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship collided with the pier at Dover, Kent, and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Lisbon, Portugal via Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| Patience | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. |

## May

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Guadeloupe. |
| Francis | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, with the loss of 24 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Old Calabar. |
| Ricks | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Santa Nicholas | Spain | The ship ran aground near Cartagena. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to London. |
| Unicorn | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Barking, Essex, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia. |
| Unity | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Riga, Russia. |
| York | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |

## June

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Racehorse | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Frying Pan Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Africa to South Carolina, British America. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Charming Peggy | Ireland | The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Nymph | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Start Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Sagtmsdeg | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain. |

## July

### 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bienfaisant | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Royal Navy). |
| Machault | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Royal Navy). |
| Marquis de Malauze | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by HMS Fame, HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Repulse (all Royal Navy). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was severely damaged at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Menette | France | The privateer was captured by HMS Aeolus ( Royal Navy) but then foundered. |

## August

### 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Archangel Michael | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigate ran aground on a reef off Hogland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Danzig. |

### 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°N 33°W﻿ / ﻿43°N 33°W﻿ / 43; -33). Her crew were rescued by Constantine ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Newfoundland, French America. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adriatick | Republic of Venice | The ship was run ashore and wrecked at St Lucar, Spain, in order to avoid capture by a vessel thought to be an Algerine Man-of-War. |
| Constant Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Dorothy | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Domesnes, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Hull. |
| Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Dublin, Ireland, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex, to Hamburg. |
| Lisbon Packet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Providence | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Hamburg. |

## September

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dundee, Perthshire. |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sarah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Maria | Great Britain | The stores ship foundered off Plymouth Hoe, Devon. She was bound for Quebec, New France. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Cavalla Bianca | Ottoman Empire | A xebecca of the Ottoman Empire ran aground on the beach between the Battery Rocks and Newlyn, Mount's Bay, Cornwall. The crew of Algerian corsairs and Turkish soldiers were delighted to find they were wrecked in Cornwall rather than Spain and they were repatriated to Algiers aboard a British warship.> Davies Gilbert retells a contemporary account from witnesses of the Algerine cosair running aground. The captain thought the ship was in the Atlantic Ocean at about the latitude of Cádiz. Eight of those onboard drowned. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The transport ship was damaged by fire at Plymouth, Devon. |
| Brilliant | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, to Plymouth. |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to London. |
| Virginia | Great Britain | The ship was lost neat Aberthaw, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## October

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Lyme | Royal Navy | The Lyme-class frigate was wrecked off the Swedish coast. |
| Duc de Choiseul | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The fifth rate frigate was burnt at Port-de-Paix, Saint-Domingue in order to avoid capture by HMS Hampshire and Lively (both Royal Navy). |
| Prince Edouard | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Port-de-Paix by HMS Hampshire ( Royal Navy) and was burnt by her crew. |

### 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Fleur-de-Lys | French Navy | Seven Years' War: The fifth rate frigate was abandoned and burnt by her crew off Port-de-Paix, Saint-Domingue, in order to avoid capture by HMS Hampshire and Lively (both Royal Navy). |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Royal George | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by HMS Bedford ( Royal Navy). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Arch Duke | Republic of Venice | The ship sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was later refloated and taken in to Blackwall, London. |
| HMS Conqueror | Royal Navy | The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on St Nicholas Island, Plymouth, Devon. |
| Hawke | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dundee, Perthshire. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cadzand, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Reward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dundee. |
| Tipping | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. |

## November

### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Hope | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain, to Hamburg. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| John's Adventure | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon with the loss of all hands. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| [?] | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered on Sable Island. Her survivors were rescued by a New England vessel 20 January 1761. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Caesar | Admiralty | The tender was wrecked at Pwlldu Head, Glamorgan. Her crew survived, but 65 pressed men and women, who were locked in the hold, perished. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Plymouth, Devon. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Abraham & Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Port Isaac, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Augustus Cæsar | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Highlake, Cheshire, and wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Caithness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Charming Sally | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cork. |
| Emanuel | Denmark | The ship foundered off Bergen, Norway, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from St Croix to Copenhagen. |
| Hayfield | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gefle, Sweden, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Borkum. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Lady Susanna | Hamburg | The ship was lost on Heligoland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Love and Unity | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Nossa Senhora da Ajuda | Portugal | The ship was lost on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Oporto. |
| Nostra Señora de Begona de Bilboa | Spain | The ship was lost off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, to Seville. |
| Nostra Señora de Muriel | Spain | The ship was lost off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to the Isle of Man. |
| Samuel | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in Lancaster Bay and was wrecked with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| St Esprit | France | The ship was lost near Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Cádiz, Spain |

## December

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sea-post | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Hartland Point, Devon, Great Britain, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to Amsterdam. |
| St Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "St Sebastians" with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

### 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Damsel | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Rotta". She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Assurance | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nostra Segñora Segionora de la Marie | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, Kingdom of Great Britain. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, France, to Havre de Grâce, France. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Scottish Highlands. She was on a voyage from "Drunton" to Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland. |
| Bonetta | flag unknown | The ship was lost on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain, to a port in "Italy". |
| Cæsar | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. |
| Charming Peggy | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Elbe with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to Hamburg. |
| Charming Sally | Great Britain | The victualling ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Concord | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Hurst beach. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Cornwal | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |
| Duke | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle, France. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent. |
| Duke of York | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, to Saint Petersburg. |
| Enighuden | Denmark | The ship was lost near Mandal, Norway, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Guernsey, Channel Islands.> |
| Esther | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Highlake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost near La Rochelle. |
| Friends Love | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Garland | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, to London. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to London. |
| Jannet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Field. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Portsey, Hampshire. |
| Jonge Arnoldus | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked near Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain, to Rotterdam. |
| Kingston | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Hearn Bay, Kent. |
| Montague | British America | The patrol vessel, a brigantine sank in the Canard River, Nova Scotia. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Deal. She was on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Leith. |
| Sea-horse | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at La Rochelle. |
| St Erick | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was lost on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Susanna | Great Britain | The ship was lost near La Rochelle. |
| Thomas and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland, to London. |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near La Rochelle. |
| Windsor | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Plymouth. She put into Lyme, Dorset, where she sank. |
| Young Katherine | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. |

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1760 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Anne | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the coast of Carolina British America. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Carolina. |
| Charming Betty | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, British America, with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Virginia, British America. |
| Charming Sally | Great Britain | The ship struck an anchor and foundered in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Quiberon Bay, France. |
| Charming Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cupid | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. John's, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from St. John's to the Leeward Islands. |
| Denham | Great Britain | The ship was burnt at Bencoolen, Indonesia to prevent capture by the French. |
| Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Guadeloupe whilst departing for London. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Fair American | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Saint Lawrence River and was lost. |
| Four Cantons | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Edenton, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Edenton. |
| Fox | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Antigua. |
| Friend's Adventure | British America | The ship sank in the Piscataqua River. She was bound for Jamaica. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship foundered off "Cape Molo" with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to "Scandereon". |
| HMS Harwich | Royal Navy | The fourth rate was wrecked. |
| Kingston | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Havannah, Captaincy General of Cuba, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mancheoneal | Great Britain | The ship foundered west of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda. |
| Maria | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Senegal. |
| Minerva Packet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hawke ( Great Britain). ~She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from South Carolina to Pool. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras before 28 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cape Fear, North Carolina. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia, British America. |
| Prosperity | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Guadeloupe by a French privateer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Guadeloupe. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Royal George | Great Britain | The victualling ship was lost in the Îles des Saintes. Ten of her crew survived. |
| Santa Martin | Spain | The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |
| St George | Ireland | The ship was lost near New York, British America. She was on a voyage from Cork to New York. |
| Stretham | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Bombay Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas and Richard | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Henry. |
| Union | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the African coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk whilst on a voyage from London to Quebec, New France. Her crew were rescued. |
