# List of shipwrecks in 1783

The List of shipwrecks in 1783 includes some ship sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1783.
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## January
### 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Youghall, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to London. |

### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graaf Schimmelmann | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on Heneaga and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola to Hamburg. |
| Jonge Frederick | Denmark | The ship ran aground on Heneaga and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg. |

### 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swift | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Royal, Jamaica to London. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship foundered off "Hisker Point". She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ooste Ernes | Dutch Republic (correct) Russia (displayed) | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Texel, Dutch Republic to Batavia, Indonesia.Ooste Ernes was abandoned the next day and became a wreck. |
| Prince de Kaunitz | France | The ship was wrecked on reefs off Corvo Island, Azores. |

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bernsteen Bruch | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Memel. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Memel. |
| Bos Van Ghitel | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to a port in Flanders, Dutch Republic. |
| Chester | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Concordia | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on the Seven Schaar, off Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Cornwall | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Swansey, Glamorgan with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Swansey. |
| Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. |
| Josephus | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend and the West Indies. |
| Mars | France | The ship, a prize of Lightning ( Great Britain), was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. |
| Salisbury | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Traveller | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked by a privateer at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Demerary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to London. |

### 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Devonshire | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Llandovery ( Great Britain). |
| Vlaamschee Zoen | Dutch Republic | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocane 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km)) off Flores Island, Azores. Eleven of the seventeen people on board ultimately survived. |

### 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bourgogne | French Navy | The ship-of-the-line was wrecked at Curaçao with the loss of 80 of her 840 crew. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| York | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Four Friends | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset. |
| Vlaenderen | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked at St. Andero, Spain with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from San Sebastián to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. |

### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jufrow Maria Anna | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dudgeon Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Tobago. |
| Young de Henloss Christient Hendrick | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Livorno. |
| Young Ferdinand | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Portland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Sint Maarten. |

### 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Pallas | Royal Navy | The fifth rate frigate was beached in Calheta Bay, Azores. She was set afire and destroyed on 24 February. |

### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Den Keyser van Deeyzsland | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Saint Kitts. Den Keyser van Deeyzsland broke up on 4 March. |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empress of Germany | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Ostend and Saint Kitts. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HM Hired armed ship William | Royal Navy | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Black Rock, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool for repairs. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loyalty | Great Britain | The ship was driven onto the Mount Batten Rocks, in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to London. Loyalty was refloated in early March. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Cerberus | Royal Navy | The fifth rate frigate was wrecked at Castle Harbour, Bermuda. |

### 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roode Gaarde | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to London, Great Britain. |
| Verbo Eterno Incarnado | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce, France. |

### 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Whitburn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Robin Hood's Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carriere de Salonico | Ottoman Greece | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Bruges, Dutch Republic. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| James | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Ayre to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Leopold | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Kingdom of Great Britain with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Morlaix, France to Ostend. |
| Luiza and Ann | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Appledore, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Biddiford, Devon. |
| Maglagard | Dutch Republic | The ship was damaged in a storm and put into Ilfracombe, Devon, Great Britain, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Ostend. |
| Marquis of Rockingham | Great Britain | The ship was captured and sunk by a privateer. she was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Cork, Ireland. |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Saint Tudwal's Islands, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nossa Senhora do Carmo | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Glocuestershire, Great Britain to Oporto. |
| Oldenburger | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. |
| St Antonio e Almas | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Towin, Merionethshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London, Great Britain. |

## March
### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Londonderry, Ireland. |

### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Holker | United States | American Revolutionary War: The privateer capsized in a squall whilst engaged with HMS Alcmene ( Royal Navy). Fourteen survivors were rescued by HMS Alcmene, but over 100 of her crew were lost. |

### 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Count Belgioioso | British East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered in Dublin Bay with the loss of all 147 crew. Charles Spalding died whilst engaged in the salvage of her cargo in June 1783. |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) off Berry Head, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to a Welsh port. Her crew were rescued by HMS Jackal ( Royal Navy). |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The sloop struck rocks off Ramsgate, Kent and was abandoned by her five crew. They all drowned when their boat capsized. Endeavour was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Jane and Isabella | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Vigilant | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk by HMS Minerva ( Royal Navy). Her crew were rescued. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graziosa Annetta | Republic of Venice | The ship ran aground and sank off Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall. Great Britain to Venice. |
| Inaver Sophia Elizabeth | Sweden | The snow was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Thirteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Málaga, Spain. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged north of Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Whitby. |

### 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine the Second | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain to Ostend. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina Maria | Rostock | The ship was wrecked at Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London, Great Britain. |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alida en Dirk | Dutch Republic | The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk, Great Britain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Compte de Neny | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain to Ostend. |
| Frow Catharina | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Great Yarmouth. |
| Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Cork, Ireland and Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Guernsey, Channel Islands and the West Indies. |
| Vriendschap | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam. |
| Warmley | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool. Warmley was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |

## April
### 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pomona | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port. |

### 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wellingbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Prussia. |

### 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Atholl | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire and exploded at Madras, India with some loss of life. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Saint Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from Saint Augustine to London. |

### 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Watson | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Ostend to London. |
| Bromley | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to New York, United States. |
| Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship capsized in a squall and was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Florida | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from London to Venice. |
| Florida | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend. |
| Helena | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dartmouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Loinge Onsket | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Surinam. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Dantzick and Königsberg, Prussia. She was later refloated. Mary was on a voyage from London to Königsberg. |
| Prince Starenburg | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Guiney. |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship was severely damaged in a storm at Bourdeaux, France. |
| Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Pool, Dorset. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Galway, Ireland with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Galway. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost on this date. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matthew and Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was struck by lightning and consequently destroyed by fire at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Norway to London. |

### 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fidelity | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Great Cumanas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bourdeaux. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carlisle | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Carlisle, Cumberland. |
| Constance | France | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Saint Domingo. |
| Damer | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque. she was on a voyage from "Frederickstal" to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Martha | Denmark | The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Alderney, Channel Islands. |
| Monticucuell | France | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bourdeaux. |
| Pomona | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Memel, Prussia. Pomona was later refloated. |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard sand. She was on a voyage from London to the Isle of Man. |
| Santa Anna | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Málaga. |
| Thomas & Jenny | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. |

## June
### 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delight | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Tortuga. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Havana, Cuba. |

### 10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally and Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin. |

### 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairford | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by a fire and on board explosion at Bombay, India. Her crew were rescued. |

### 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Nymph | Royal Navy | The Swan-class sloop was destroyed by fire at Road Town, Tortola with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) south west of Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |

### 20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Emperor | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°00′N 46°20′W﻿ / ﻿38.000°N 46.333°W﻿ / 38.000; -46.333). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stadt Cortrycht | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Ostend. |

## July
### 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Senhor De Mathizen | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esther | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Beagle ( Great Britain). Esther was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nicobar | Denmark | The ship was wrecked in False Bay with the loss of all but eleven of her crew. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| No. 3 | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Ferabat Spit, in the Caspian Sea. Her crew were rescued and she was set afire. She was on a voyage from Astrakhan to Astrabad, Persia. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hamburg. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to a Cornish port. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blessing | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole. |
| Choice | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Phœnix | Great Britain | African slave trade: The Guineaman was lost at Calabar, Nigeria with the loss of 21 crew and all 420 slaves on board. |

## August
### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. John Baptist | Great Britain | The ship departed from Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland for Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antelope | British East India Company | Antelope.The barque was wrecked off Ulong Island. Her crew survived. |

### 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Kingston | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Ceylon with the loss of 60 to 70 lives. |

### 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of Marstrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Perth. |

### 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French Navy Sloop of War. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Newfoundland, British America. |
| United Friends | Great Britain | The ship departed from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graff Savory | Russia | The ship was wrecked on the Paternoster sand, in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain. |
| Hector | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Liverpool. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship departed from Province of Quebec (1763–91)Quebec, British America for Antigua. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Welvaart van Pruiser | Prussia | The ship was lost off Ameland, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to London, Great Britain. |

## September
### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Tortola to London. |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gottenburg | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. |
| Hero | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. |
| Robert | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to the West Indies. |

### 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Christiana | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Elsinore. She was on a voyage from Elsinore to Stettin. |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercury | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, Delaware, United States with the loss of all but seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Sankousio | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Elsinore with the loss of two of her crew. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angel Gabriel | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Briton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Middelburg, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was later refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Dutch Republic. |
| Financier | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, United States to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Kirkham, Lancashire. |
| Golden Lion | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Rock, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Norway. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Purissima Conceptione | Spain | The ship foundered off "Stratton". Her crew were rescued. |

## October
### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at sea. She arrived at Bermuda on 11 October and was condemned. Commerce was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Giulian | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to New York. |
| Count de Durat | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bourdeaux. |
| Justice | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore on Cape Henlopen. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Philadelphia. |
| New-York | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Cape May, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York and Philadelphia. |
| Nicobar | Danish Asiatic Company | The ship was lost near the Cape of Good Hope. There were twelve survivors. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to India. |
| Patriot du Rouin | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Dunkerque. |
| Sophia | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore on Cape Henlopen. |
| Two Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Cape May. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to New York. |
| Ville de Ostend | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore in the Chesapeake River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Virginia. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Hare Island, in the Saint Lawrence River with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Barbadoes. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adjua | Great Britain | The ship struck an anchor and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London. |
| Amiable Louisa | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloatated and taken in to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. Amiable Louise was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam. |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Constant Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Delight | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from London to Memel, Prussia. |
| Draper | Ireland | The ship was lost near Waterford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Endeavour | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Ilfracombe, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Hilston | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 7 leagues (21 nautical miles (39 km) north of Marstrand, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Johanna | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from the Strait of Gibraltar to Stockholm. |
| John and Nelly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Juffrow Charlotta | Dantzick | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. |
| Owners Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Singleton | Great Britain | The coaster was lost at South Shields. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Argencon". She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Boston. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) west of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |

## November
### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Selina | Great Britain | The salatia was lost at "Alsaques" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Bennicarlo" to Gibraltar. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hendrick | Hamburg | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, off the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |

### 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Superb | Royal Navy | The Bellona-class ship of the line sank at Tellicherry, India with some loss of life. |

### 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Deal, Kent, where she was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swanage, Dorset to Ramsgate, Kent. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Oars sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora de la Conception | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada to Cádiz. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fruitful Vine | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Havre de Grâce, France. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eigenheit | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pegersick Cove, Cornwall, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburg. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The brigantine was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Pool, Dorset. She was later refloated and taken in to Weymouth. |
| Linderhurst | Dutch Republic | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Amsterdam. |
| Sampson | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Amsterdam. |

### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Floret Commercium | Ottoman Empire | The ship was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Louis Auguste | France | The brig was driven ashore at Worthing, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce. |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Assistance | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St Kitts Planter | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham and Saint Kitts. |
| Triton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Plymouth, Devon. |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Resolution | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Drakoe". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity's Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkerque, France. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Audierne. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Dunkerque. |
| Ann & Amelia | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Madras, India. |
| Cornelia Petronella | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Amsterdam. |
| Dundee | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Narva, Russia with the loss of all on board. |
| George and James | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to London. |
| Lady Mary | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost off "Hamlock". She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Orion | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. |
| Prudentia | Russia | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Venice. |
| Seaflower | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in St Magnus Bay, Shetland Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Limerick. |
| Triton | flag unknown | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Weser. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. |

## December
### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Maria Mayor | Portugal | The ship was lost on the Bank of Cajerie. She was on a voyage from Bengal to India to Lisbon. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Steadingsbay, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Königsberg, Prussia. She had been refloated by 20 December and taken in to Copenhagen for repairs. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Snap Dragon | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Roquetas, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Alicante, Spain. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rodney | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amiable Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore on the Île d'Oléron. She was on a voyage from St. Andero, Spain to Bourdeaux. |
| Dona Maria Primeira | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Königsberg, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Riga, Russia. |
| Dudige Sophia | Russia | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Ancona, Papal States. |
| Jonge Jacobus | Russia | The ship foundered off Mandahl, Norway. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Saint Petersburg. |
| Juffrow Helena Christina | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Quimper, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bayonne, France. |
| Lady Gray | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend. She was on a voyage from Portsoy, Aberdeenshire to Dunkerque. |
| Marquess de Castries | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hythe, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Nantz. |
| Mayflower | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, Dutch Republic. |
| Sally | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Baltimore, County Cork. |
| Sophia | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Stephen | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Riga Bay. |
| Titus | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Schagen, Dutch Republic with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cork, Ireland. |
| Upland | Sweden | The ship was lost at Cherbourg, France. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. |
| Vrow Catherina | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Amsterdam. |
| Whitby | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1783 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Addison | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off Greenland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (65°N 35°W﻿ / ﻿65°N 35°W﻿ / 65; -35) between 27 November and 8 December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ann and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston to London. |
| Aurora | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States. |
| Barbara | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes. |
| Bella | Great Britain | The ship was lost on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Blandford | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde. |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Micone, Ottoman Greece, She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at the "Cominas". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Den Keyser | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by an explosion at the "Isles de Loss". Most of her crew and 380 slaves were killed. |
| Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Livorno. |
| Dragón | Spanish Navy | The 60-gun ship-of-the-line was wrecked. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | Captain Massey's ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | Captain Tozer's ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) east of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. |
| Fawn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at St. John's, Newfoundland. |
| Fly | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Grace | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Africa. |
| Griffin | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Africa. |
| Hinchinbrook | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore at Culpee, India. |
| Hope | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured by two American Letters of Marque and was subsequently lost. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Newfoundland. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Tortola to Quebec. |
| Huzzar | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. |
| Indfødsretten | Denmark | The ship-of-the-line was on its way home from Tranquebar in 1783 and had called at Cape of Good Hope. She disappeared with all hands in the Atlantic. Some identifiable wreckage was washed up in southern Ireland in 1784 |
| John | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. |
| Jupiter | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost off Cape May, Delaware, United States with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York. |
| Lady Howe | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Quebec City, British America. |
| Lion | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost off Cape Sable, Florida, British America. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and was wrecked at Tobago. |
| Myrtle | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Bencoolen, India. |
| Noble | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Quebec City. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Quebec City. |
| Othello | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was wrecked at Tortola before 8 July. A total of 213 slaves were rescued. |
| Peace and Plenty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. All on board were rescued. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Tortola to New York. |
| Peter | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Halifax. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost on St Peter's Island with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Quebec. |
| Reward | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Gambia River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rodney | Great Britain | The snow was lost on the "Grand Camaines". She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock off the coast of Cuba. She put into Havana, where she was condemned. Sally was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Sampson | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Quebec. |
| Septentrión | Spanish Navy | The 60-gun ship-of-the-line was wrecked. |
| St. James | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore on Staten Island, New York, United States. |
| Success | Ireland | The ship was lost on Cape Henlopen. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Philadelphia. |
| Tonyn | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Saint Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, United States to Saint Augustine and London. |
| Warren | British East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Richmond ( Great Britain). |