List of shipwrecks in 1750
# 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at St. Lucar, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Vencador | Spanish Navy | The Africa-class ship of the line was destroyed by fire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| 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. |
