The List of shipwrecks in 1758  includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1758.
 
January 
14 January 
19 January 
26 January 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Aurora 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Guernsey , Channel Islands , to Bilbao  with the loss of a crew member.[ 3]  
  
Duke Packet 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The privateer  was destroyed off Hispaniola  by HMS Assistance   (  Royal Navy ).[ 4]  
  
Earl of Granville 
 
  Jersey 
 
The privateer  foundered off Portland, Dorset . Her crew were rescued.[ 5]  
  
Emanuel 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Padstow , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville , Spain, to London .[ 1]  
  
Frime 
 
  France  
 
The ship, a prize  of HMS Dolphin   (  Royal Navy ), ran onto that ship's anchor and sank at Waterford , Ireland .[ 1]  
  
George 
 
  British America 
 
The ship was lost off Barbados .[ 6]  
  
Jesu Nazareno 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was lost near San Lucar . She was on a voyage from Seville to Morlaix , France .[ 7]  
  
Kingston 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 8]  
  
Neptune 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Cádiz , Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar  to Seville.[ 7]  
  
Nostra Señora del Rosario 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked near San Lucar with the loss of about 150 of her 200 crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena , Viceroyalty of Peru .[ 7]  
  
Nossa Senhora da Nazaré 
 
  Portugal 
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Porto  to London.[ 9]  
  
Rotation 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the Colorados. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 8]  
  
Rotterdam Packet 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  off Cape Finisterre , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[ 10]  
  
St Francis 
 
  British America 
 
The ship was lost on Sandy Island, South Carolina . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to Antigua .[ 6]  
  
 
February 
16 February 
18 February 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Boscawen 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost off Cádiz , Spain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon , to Seville , Spain.[ 13]  
  
Cicelia 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews , Fife . Her crew were rescued.[ 14]  
  
Cyprus 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of the Isle of Wight  and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire , to Amsterdam , Dutch Republic .[ 6]  
  
Elizabeth and Janet 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Virginia , British America , to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 15]  
  
Fortrose 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint Andrews with the loss of three of her crew.[ 14]  
  
Furnace 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship ran aground off the Isles of Scilly  and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London  to Newry , County Down , Ireland .[ 2]  
  
Hibernia 
 
  Ireland  
 
The ship was lost near Caernarfon , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to Dublin .[ 13]  
  
HMS Invincible  
 
  Royal Navy 
 
The third rate  ship of the line  ran aground and sank in the Solent . Her crew survived.
  
Mermaid 
 
  Ireland  
 
The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Dublin  to Rotterdam , Dutch Republic .[ 2]  
  
Molly 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the south west coast of Ireland .[ 16]  
  
Santa Speredon 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship ran aground off Cádiz and was wrecked. She was bound for Lima , Viceroyalty of Peru .[ 15]  
  
 
March 
7 March 
10 March 
27 March 
Unknown date 
April 
13 April 
14 April 
15 April 
28 April 
29 April 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Elizabeth 
 
  Ireland  
 
The ship was lost near Cádiz , Spain. She was on a voyage from Cork  to Gibraltar .[ 30]  
  
Faithful 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near South Yarmouth , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Salcombe , Devon , to London .[ 25]  
  
Nostra Señora L' Africa 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was driven ashore at Málaga . She was on a voyage from Málaga to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 25]  
  
Stephen 
 
  Dutch Republic 
 
The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam  to Newry , County Antrim , Ireland .[ 25]  
  
Swift 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the coast of Sardinia . She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , to London.[ 31]  
  
Unity 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin , Ireland .[ 32]  
  
 
May 
12 May 
Unknown date 
June 
13 June 
Unknown date 
July 
2 July 
6 July 
11 July 
21 July 
Unknown date 
August 
5 August 
20 August 
23 August 
Unknown date 
September 
6 September 
16 September 
19 September 
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Not named
 
  Russian Empire 
 
The uncommissioned battleship  ran aground on a reef off Skagen , Denmark and capsized with the loss of sixteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Kronstadt .[ 57]  
  
 
Unknown date 
October 
19 October 
23 October 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Anne 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Kronstadt , Russia . She was on a voyage from London  to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 65]  
  
Bell 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portleaven , Cornwall.[ 66]  
  
Deborah 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the North Sea  off the mouth of the Humber  with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica  to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 67]  
  
Elizabeth 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the English Channel  off St Mawes , Cornwall, with the loss of one life.[ 66]  
  
Four Sisters 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in Studland Bay .[ 56]  
  
Gracia Divina 
 
  Republic of Venice 
 
The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Cádiz , Spain, to London.[ 68]  
  
Hopewell 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Seaford, Sussex . She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain, to London.[ 68]  
  
Joseph 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in Studland Bay.[ 56]  
  
Katherine 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered off Castlehaven , County Cork , Ireland .[ 56]  
  
Lydia 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Shetland Islands . She was on a voyage from South Carolina , British America , to Hamburg .[ 56]  
  
Morning Star 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portsmouth , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from London  to South Carolina , British America .[ 69]  
  
Nelly 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia , British America, to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 47]  
  
Princess of Wales 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Constadt. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg.[ 65]  
  
Queen of Sheba 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  70 leagues  (210 nautical miles (390 km)) west of The Lizard , Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Mary  (  Great Britain  ). She was on a voyage from London to New York , British America.[ 68]  
  
Shaftesbury 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The cutter  came ashore near Porthleaven whilst pursuing Bell  (  Great Britain  ).[ 66]  
  
Santa Bueno 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agamonte.[ 56]  
  
St. George 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Brighthelmston , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Dénia , Spain, to London.[ 56]  
  
Unity 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mears  (  Great Britain  ).[ 70]  
  
Venus 
 
flag unknown
 
The ship foundered in The Downs . Her crew were rescued.[ 67]  
  
William & Mary 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship sank at Dublin , Ireland.[ 56]  
  
 
November 
1 November 
8 November 
19 November 
20 November 
28 November 
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
HMS Lichfield  
 
  Royal Navy 
 
HMS Lichfield .   The fourth rate  was wrecked on the Barbary Coast  with the loss of about 130 of her 350 crew. Survivors were captured and held as slaves until ransomed in April 1760.
 
 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Betty 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Waterford , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire , to Jamaica.[ 73]  
  
Chance 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness . She was on a voyage from Christiansand , Norway, to the Moray Firth .[ 71]  
  
Christopher 
 
  France  
 
The ship was lost on Spanish Island , County Cork , Ireland.[ 74]  
  
Eliza & Antonia 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was lost near Lyme , Dorset , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands  to Hamburg .[ 52]  
  
Fortune 
 
  Denmark 
 
The ship was lost near Ventava , Duchy of Courland and Semigallia . She was on a voyage from Copenhagen  to Riga , Russia.[ 75]  
  
Friendship 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire .[ 76]  
  
Huntingdon 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked on Spanish Island with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Venice  and Zant , Kari-Eli to London.[ 74]  
  
Isaac 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Sligo , Ireland.[ 73]  
  
Italian Merchant 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Riga , Russia .[ 52]  
  
Magdalen 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen  to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 73]  
  
Mary 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia, to London.[ 75]  
  
Nostra Señora de la Conception 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was lost near Waterford , Ireland , with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin , Ireland, to Cádiz .[ 52]  
  
Nostra Señora de la Guarda 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship foundered in the English Channel  off Beachy Head , Sussex , Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Havre de Grâce , France .[ 47]  
  
Robert 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked at "Wessarcoig". She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , to Hamburg .[ 47]  
  
Santa Sebastian 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was lost at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to London.[ 73]  
  
Santa Vincent 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was wrecked near Porto , Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Cádiz.[ 64]  
  
Santissima Anunciata Santa Nicholas san Speridon 
 
  Republic of Venice 
 
The ship was wrecked on a rock off Kinsale , County Cork , Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , Great Britain, to Venice.[ 74]  
  
Sincere Friend 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia, to London. Her crew were rescued.[ 52]  
  
York 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship capsized at Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 47]  
  
York 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Limerick , Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[ 52]  
  
 
December 
11 December 
12 December 
13 December 
16 December 
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Ruby  
 
  Great Britain  
 
The transport ship  struck rocks and sank off the Azores , Portugal, with the loss of 116 of the 259 people on board.
  
 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown in December date 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Beauford 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked at Gourock , Renfrewshire . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire , to Saint Kitts .[ 77]  
  
Betty 
 
  Sweden 
 
The ship was lost near Londonderry , Ireland .[ 77]  
  
Castleton 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship ran aground at Dunmore, County Galway , Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire , to Barbados .[ 78]  
  
Charles 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost at Carlscroon , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia , to Leith , Lothian .[ 79]  
  
Constantine 
 
  Danzig 
 
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , Great Britain , to Danzig.[ 79]  
  
Fortune 
 
  Ireland  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bristol Channel . Her crew were rescued.[ 79]  
  
Gottenburg 
 
  Sweden 
 
The ship was destroyed by fire in The Downs . Her crew were rescued.[ 77]  
  
Nancy 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lindisfarne , Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , to Aberdeen .[ 79]  
  
Nancy 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Black Prince  (  Great Britain  ). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[ 77]  
  
Nossa Senhora de Porto Santo António 
 
  Portugal 
 
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Galicia , Spain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon  to Havre de Grâce , France .[ 78]  
  
Onacabesla 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean  300 leagues  (900 nautical miles (1,700 km)) west of The Lizard , Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 72]  
  
Oswego 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost off Youghal , County Cork , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire , to New York , British America .[ 80]  
  
Pembroke 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered off Robert's Cove, County Cork, with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol to New York.[ 80]  
  
Rising Sun 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost at Carlscroon. She was on a voyage from Riga to London .[ 79]  
  
Robert 
 
  Ireland  
 
The ship capsized near Dublin  and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua .[ 80]  
  
Scipio 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly  with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 36]  
  
 
Unknown date 
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1758
 
Ship 
State 
Description
  
Adventure 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Lord Howe  (  Great Britain  ). She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 66]  
  
Anton 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The whaler  was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. Some of her crew were rescued by Golden Lyon  (  Great Britain  ).[ 81]  
  
Britannia 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship ran aground and sank at Bermuda . She was on a voyage from Bermuda to London .[ 82]  
  
Caesar 
 
  Spain 
 
The ship was lost on "Annagabes Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Spain.[ 83]  
  
Duke Compagni 
 
  Dutch Republic 
 
The ship was lost off St. Eustatius . She was on a voyage from St. Eustatius to Amsterdam .[ 64]  
  
Duke of Cumberland 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost at Louisbourg , Nova Scotia , French America .[ 78]  
  
Friendship 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the coast of South Carolina , British America . Her crew were rescued.[ 84]  
  
Goulan 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost at Louisbourg.[ 78]  
  
Land Tortoise  
 
  Royal Navy 
 
French and Indian Wars : The radeau  was scuttled in Lake George , New York , British America, with the intention of raising her the following year.
 
Lion 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked on Blanco Island, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 85]  
  
Mars 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The frigate  foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 34 of her 105 crew. Survivors were rescued by Anna  (  Great Britain  ). She was on a voyage from Bristol to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , British America.[ 86]  
  
Mary & Jane 
 
  British America 
 
The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Virginia  to Jamaica.[ 87]  
  
Mercury 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[ 61]  
  
Peggy 
 
  British America 
 
The ship was lost off the coast of North Carolina . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to a port in South Carolina .[ 24]  
  
Phenix 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was wrecked in Casco Bay . She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts , British America.[ 31]  
  
Princess Amelia 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras , South Carolina , British America. She was on a voyage from Halifax , Nova Scotia , British America, to a port in South Carolina.[ 67]  
  
Princess Carolina 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost near Venice  with the loss of eight of her crew.[ 23]  
  
Ranger 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River  to Jamaica.[ 88]  
  
Ross 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was lost on the coast of New England . She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[ 25]  
  
Unity 
 
  Great Britain  
 
The ship was destroyed by fire in a port in Maryland , British America.[ 88]  
  
 
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