List of shipwrecks in 1769
# List of shipwrecks in 1769

The List of shipwrecks in 1769 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1769.

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## January

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| St. Antonio | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. |

### 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Royal Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London. |

### 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Billy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Balbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Savage | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by Nancy and William and Mary (both Great Britain). Savage was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, British America to Madeira. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ann & Betty | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Duchess of Leinster | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Waterford with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. |
| Earl of Sandwich | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and capsized near "Monpistown", Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica. |
| La Concorde | France | The ship capsized in the Bristol Channel off Aberthaw, Glamorgan. The local inhabitants plundered the wreck, 35 of them are said to have drunk themselves to death on her cargo of brandy and rum. |
| Le Marquis de Foudoucer | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Brittany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain to Bordeaux. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk off Madeira by Magnacarta ( Great Britain). |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. |
| Prins Frederick | Denmark | The East Indiaman was driven ashore near Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| St. Andrew | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Cork. |
| Valasco | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texell, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Messina to Hamburg. |
| Williams | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. |

## February

### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Britannia | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km) from "the Groyne". She was on a voyage from Cork to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Gustavus Adolphus | Sweden | The ship was lost near Callais, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork, Kingdom of Ireland. |
| John & Andrew | Ireland | The ship was lost near Callais with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Africa | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto, Portugal with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America to Oporto. |
| Eltham | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Oporto with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Oporto. |
| Labonne Esperanza | Portugal | The ship was lost at Oporto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Maria | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool and Galway. |
| Montrose Herring Buss | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Appledore, Devon to Lisbon Portugal. |
| St. Michael | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Arcasson, France. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bordeaux, France. |
| Susannah | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cork. |
| Swan | Sweden | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Callais, France with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Madeira. |

## March

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was run down in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of two of her four crew. |

### 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Prince George | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock at Douglas, Isle of Man and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland. |
| Two Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in Trawmore Bay with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford, Ireland. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nancy | Ireland | The ship was lost near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Ireland to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship departed from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Active | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Chance | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Christchurch, Hampshire. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. |
| Harrietta | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogadore. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jennett | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portaferry, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Virginia, British America. |
| Little Franck | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ferrol, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to A Coruña and Cádiz, Spain. |
| St Antonio de Padeca | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from [Mogadore to Marseille, France. |
| Thomas & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered. |

## April

    14 April

List of shipwrecks: April 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Harmosize | Great Britain | The ship was driven out to sea crewless and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal. |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Porland | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Manchiniel Rocks, Jamaica. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mary | British America | The schooner struck the Gridiron Rock and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to New York. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Three Friends | Great Britain | The ship was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adriana Luppas | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Amsterdam. |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on rocks in the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated and beached. Liberty was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Manners | Great Britain | The ship foundered off "St Se Luca". She was on a voyage from San Sebastián to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland in late April. Her crew were rescued by Jenny ( Great Britain). |
| Ricksenstander | Swedish East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost off the coast of Norway. |
| Silver Eel | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in Riga Bay. |

## May

### 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Rainbow | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Greyhound. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to London. |

### 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Friendship | British America | The sloop was wrecked on the "Colleradoes". All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to North Carolina. |

### 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Seaflower | British America | The sloop was wrecked on Cape Florida. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Honduras to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |

### 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nancy | British America | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St Nichola Mole", Hispaniola to Georgia. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sieralion Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Senegal. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Advice | Great Britain | The ship caught fire in the North Sea off Hornsey, Yorkshire. She was beached on the Holderness coast but was destroyed. Advice was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Jane | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Madeira. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire before 16 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to North Carolina, British America. |

## June

### 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sally | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore in Grand Roy Bay, Grenades and severely damaged. The slaves were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dartmouth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Rigbury Bay. |
| Felicity | Dantzick | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Dantzick. |

## July

### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Graham | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Back Reef, off Saint Croix. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London. |

### 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Liberty | Royal Navy | The sloop was set afire and sunk off Goat Island, Rhode Island, British America by a mob of Rhode Islanders. |

### 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland with the loss of all hands. |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice in the Greenland Sea. Her 49 crew were rescued by North-star ( Great Britain) and another vessel. |

### 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Edward & Ann | Great Britain | The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at Dominica. |
| Mary | Ireland | The ship departed from Jamaica for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## August

### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sathe Hambro Arms | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Lizard Rocks, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Hamburg. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| La Père de Famille | France | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |

## September

### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, British America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Northam, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Lapolink | Imperial Russian Navy | The pink was wrecked on a reef off Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Lord Holland | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bengal River to Madras, India. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ledbury | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Cape Florida, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bristol | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. |
| British King | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Favourite | Great Britain | The yacht foundered in the Irish Sea off Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cork, Ireland. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged on the coast of Virginia before 29 September. She was later refloated. |
| L'Adelaide | France | The ship was lost near Havre de Grâce. She was on a voyage from Dieppe to Rouen. |
| Latham | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia before 29 September. She was later refloated. |
| Nancy | British America | The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricaneat York, Virginia. |
| New Packett | British America | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Sewell's Point, Virginia. |
| Porgy | British America | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, before 28 September. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Edenton, North Carolina, to New York. |
| Superbe Countess de Argouge | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Havre de Grâce, France. |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Northam, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to La Rochelle, France. |

## October

### 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Chichagov | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was wrecked on the Park Allouda Reef with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to the Mediterranean Sea. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Love Oak | British America | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Squan Beach, New Jersey. |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Kronverk | Imperial Russian Navy | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked near Baltic Port. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Apollo | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Venice. |
| Bland | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Dragon | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America. |
| Drottingham | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Great Britain. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno. |
| John & Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Justitia | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to London. |
| New Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Nice, France. |
| Noble Bounty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Whitings, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |

## November

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Esperance | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Dunkerque. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gertrudyda | Russia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Ferrol, Spain. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Mary Harriott | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The brig struck rocks near Land's End, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Bridge-town | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in Lancaster Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Lancaster, Lancashire. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Field | Great Britain | The ship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from "Grunenne", Spain to London. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |
| Hartly Trader | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Happisburg Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartly, County Durham to London. |
| Houghton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Jane & Betsy | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with a sloop and foundered. She was on a voyage from "Cape Nicholo Molo" to "Sunberry". |
| Juffrow Jannetgie | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Lady Mary | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Hamburg. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Campvier, Dutch Republic and Dunkerque, France. |

## December

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| William | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Framove Bay. |

### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Twee Gebroders | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Stettin. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Afrique | France | The full-rigged ship foundered in Quiberon Bay. |
| Duke of York | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. |

### 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Jupiter | Ireland | The brig struck the East Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, British America and sank. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Dublin. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Admiral Hawke | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Island, County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Eustatius to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Lively | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Cockles, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier at Whitehaven, Cumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Whitehaven. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Glasgow | Great Britain | The schooner was in collision with a Dutch Galliot in the English Channel and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dartmouth, Devon. Glasgow was subsequently discovered off Alderney, Channel Islands and taken in to port there. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Albion | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Wrangeroog, Electorate of Hanover with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | Captain Pup's ship was wrecked on the Hammes, in the Baltic Sea. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | Captain Young's ship was lost near Dantzick. |
| Frederick | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swinemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Stettin. |
| Hope | Ireland | The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Maria | Russia | The ship was lost on "Coso". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg. |
| Thames | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| HMS Winchelsea | Royal Navy | The Niger-class frigate struck rocks at Cádiz and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Gibraltar for repairs. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1769 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Virginia, British America. |
| Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Saint Croix. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Charming Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, British America before 11 October. |
| Doyard | France | The ship was driven ashore at Calicutt, Kingdom of Mysore. She was burnt by the French after her cargo and stores had been salvaged. |
| Earl of Chatham | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Maryland, British America. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia. She was later refloated. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Maryland, British America. |
| Freedom | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Pallisadoes, off Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. |
| John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Virginia, British America. |
| King David | Great Britain | The ship sank at Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| Kitty | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Terrelland". She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Leviathan | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice in the Greenland Sea. |
| Lord Holland | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost on the Eastern Braces. She was on a voyage from Bengal to Madras, India. |
| Lyon | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Auracabesa", on the north coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Blanco, Oregon, British America. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London. |
| Meylor | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the "Caucas's". She was on a voyage from Bristol to Boston, Massachusetts, British America and Jamaica. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered 150 leagues (450 nautical miles (830 km)) off the coast of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Milford, Pembrokeshire. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship sank at Bath, North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bath. |
| Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was lost at St Augustine. She was on a voyage from London to St. Augustine. |
| Priscilla | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Labrador, British America. |
| Providence | France | The ship ran onto rocks and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. |
| Prudence | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia, British America. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Georgia. |
| Randolph | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Maryland. |
| Resource | France | The ship was lost on a voyage from Saint-Domingo to Bordeaux. |
| Richmond | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
| Squirrel | Great Britain | The ship foundered at Bonny, Nigeria with the loss of twelve lives. |
| Windsor | Great Britain | The ship was lost on "Rattuan Island". |
