# List of shipwrecks in 1782

The List of shipwrecks in 1782 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1782.
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## January
### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fly | France | The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne with the loss of 55 of the 61 people on board. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Lucia. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wolle Commisée | France | The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon, Great Britain. |

### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joseph | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain). |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Will | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | Great Britain | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the River Shannon. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Hinchinbrook | Royal Navy | The sixth-rate frigate ran aground and sank in St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Blonde | Royal Navy | The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. The crew and their American prisoners were rescued by the privateers Lively and Scammell (both United States). They were landed 30 miles (48 km) from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in exchange for the release of the Americans. |

### 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Carmarthen Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Splitwiskers | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Ostend. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Solebay | Royal Navy | The Mermaid-class frigate was wrecked off Nevis. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dankbaarheid | Dutch East India Company ship, captured by Royal Navy | Loss of the Dankbaarheyt The East Indiaman, a prize of HMS Romney ( Royal Navy), foundered in the English Channel. She had been captured following the Battle of Saldanha Bay on 21 July 1781. Dankbaarheit had been on a voyage from Bengal, Dutch India to Rotterdam. |
| Honkoop | Dutch East India Company ship, captured by Royal Navy | The East Indiaman, a prize of ( Royal Navy), lost as the result of a gale in the Indian Ocean and believed to have foundered with all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | Dutch Republic | The ship ran aground off Pool, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Pool to Ostend. |
| Baltimore | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost at the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catharina | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Ostend. |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. |
| Diligente | French Navy | The frigate was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Uphill, Somerset with the loss of 30 lives. |
| Fortuna | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Gothenburg to Leith, Lothian, Great Britain. |
| Frederick Wilhelm | Prussia | The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. |
| Gordon | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with HMS Jamaica ( Royal Navy). She was beached near Sandown Castle, Kent in a severely damaged condition and was consequently declared a total loss. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua. Gordon was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Kullen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Köngsberg, Prussia. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| James | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft. |
| James | Great Britain | The transport ship struck rocks and sank in the Bay of Kilmier, Ireland. Her crew survived. |
| Johan | Stettin | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin. |
| Madona del Rosario e St. Antonio de Padova e Stella Delle Mare | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London. |
| Pomona | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to London and had been captured and recaptured twice. |
| Rhoda | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft. |
| Sally | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by Anti-Briton ( France). She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked near Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Santo Jesus do Bonfim | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce, France. |
| Santa Rota | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Cork, Ireland. |
| Saulnier | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Wales. |
| Sophia Alertina | Spain | The brig was driven ashore at Sandwich, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Seville to London. |
| St Anna Nossa Senhora Bom Successo | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London. |
| Swallow | Great Britain | The collier foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Four of her crew survived. |
| Tempest | United States | The privateer sank in the Gulf Stream in a gale. All 40 crew were killed. |
| Three Sisters | Russia | The ship was wrecked at the Calf of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Triton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Ostend. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship, a cartel, was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to a French port. |
| Walfisch | Prussia | The ship was lost near Kullen. She was on a voyage from Hull to Königsberg. |

## February
### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Orford, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora, Burke and Venus | All Great Britain | The ships were lost on Barbuda whilst engaged with Active ( Great Britain), which they mistook for an enemy vessel. Active exploded and sank whilst engaging one of her attackers. There were eighteen survivors from her crew of about 50. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Slyne Head, County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Ostend. |
| Cronberg | Danish Asiatic Company | The East Indiaman departed from Copenhagen for Madeira and the East Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on St Ninian's Isle, Shetland Islands with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hannah | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Jesus and Joseph | Portugal | The ship was lost near Castro. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
| Lusitania | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Ostend and London. |
| Nossa Senhora do Carmo | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto. |
| Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Appledore, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Cork, Ireland. |
| Prince Frederick | Denmark | The ship foundered off Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice in Steenden Bay, Denmark with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Aberdeen. |
| Tyne | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the West coast of Ireland. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Portreath, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## March
### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vrow Anna Maria | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Londonderry, Ireland. |

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon. |

### 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lively | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to the Clyde. |

### 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore north of Cape Florida, British America and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The brig was in collision with Providence ( Great Britain) and was consequently beached at Sharp Point, Isle of Wight. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. |

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stadt Antwerpen | Dutch Republic | The ship departed from Margate, Kent, Great Britain for Amsterdam and Embden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |

### 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sophia Magdalena | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N 27°30′W﻿ / ﻿40.000°N 27.500°W﻿ / 40.000; -27.500). Her crew were rescued by Mermaid ( Great Britain). Commerce was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Hopewell | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. |

### 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juffrow Henrietta | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goree with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Rotterdam. |

### 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Bourdeaux, France. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. |
| Princess Louisa | Denmark | The ship was sunk by ice in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix. |

### 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emmet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rigernes Onske | Danish Asiatic Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore in the Øresund. |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Rebecca | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at the east end of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Elizabeth | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburg. |
| Tortington | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Plymouth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Plymouth. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore east of Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Admiral Keppel | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. |
| Carolina Matilda | Dutch Republic | The ship sank at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Nantz, France. |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The ship, a prize of La Madame ( France), was driven ashore and wrecked near Ouessant, France. |
| Chepstow | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. |
| Drie Gebroeders | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Brest, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Cowes. |
| Emmanuel | Denmark | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 28 March. She was on a voyage from "Fredericksmald" to Great Yarmouth. |
| Esdale | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Oporto to London. |
| Falmouth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Blankenberge, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Frederick | Great Britain | The ship departed from Lancaster, Lancashire for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London. |
| Goede Vrienden | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London. |
| Good Samaritan | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast on Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Henley | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the English Channel. |
| Hercules | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Antigua. |
| Highland | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered off the coast of France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hoppet | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Norway to London. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Down Patrick, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Londonderry. |
| Johannas | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent before 28 March. She was on a voyage from Ostend to an African port. |
| Johannes | Denmark | The ship capsized and was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Elsinore. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America. |
| John and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool to London. |
| Jufrow Thriesa | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to San Sebastián. |
| London | Great Britain | The ship was reported missing on a voyage from Oporto to London. |
| Loven | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Sligo. |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend to London. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent by two Dutch privateers. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth. |
| Sandy Point | Great Britain | The ship sank at St. Andero, Spain. |
| Schelde | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ostend to the Charente, France. |
| Shrewsbury | Great Britain | The stores ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowes. |
| St Eloy | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brittany. She was on a voyage from Ostend to the Île d'Yeu. |
| St John Baptist | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Killough, County Down. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Theresa | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Loire. She was on a voyage from Pool to Lisbon. |
| Thomas & Matthew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to London. |
| Three Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Kincardine to Ostend. |
| Young Jacob | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked at Mogadore, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Mogadore. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Santa Monica | Royal Navy | The sixth rate frigate was wrecked on Tortola with the loss of a crew member. |
| Three Phillises | Republic of Genoa | The ship was driven ashore near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |

### 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pomona | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Clovelly, Devon. |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| César | French Navy | César. American Revolutionary War, Battle of the Saintes: The César-class ship of the line exploded and sank with the loss of about 450 lives. |
| Hetnelveron | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bernstoff | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bombay, India. |
| Cudalore | Great Britain | The armed grabb was lost at Bombay. |

### 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin and Ann | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peter | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Beerhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Jamaica. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bourdeaux | Ireland | The yacht was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France. |
| Edward & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Expédition | French Navy | The corvette was run aground between Karaikal and Tharangambadi, India to avoid capture by the Royal Navy. |
| Laurel | Dutch Republic | The ship sank at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Marseille, France to Ostend. |
| Minerea | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields, County Durham. |
| Patty | Ireland | The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Tertius | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Exon, Devon to Naples. |
| Three Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Bourdeaux. |
| Trusty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Dublin. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. |

## May
### 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good-Design | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lowther and Senhouse | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by the privateer Vanqueur ( France) on 10 May. She was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Truro, Cornwall. Lowther and Senhouse had been on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland |

### 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prudence | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost near Tellicherry, India. Prudence and Union were ordnance store ships and a storm wrecked them on Cotta Point. |
| Union | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost near Tellicherry. Union and Prudence were ordnance store ships and a storm wrecked them on Cotta Point |

### 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Dover, Kent. |

### 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Brazen Rock, in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esperance | Prussia | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Harwich, Essex, Great Britain. |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland. |
| Lion | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. All on board were rescued. |
| Pilhead | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Union | Great Britain | The transport ship was driven ashore at Chichester, Sussex. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London. |

## June
### 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dundee | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew survived. |

### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concord | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Friends | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sutree" to Embden, Electorate of Hanover. |

### 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Felicity | Ireland | The ship was lost in Dungarvan Bay. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Cork and the West Indies. |

### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mersey | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica. |

### 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Major | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Culpee, India. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Jannet | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and sunk by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick or Cork, Ireland. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on rocks off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War:The privateer was destroyed at Sandy Hook. |

### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William & James | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and burnt off Waterford, Ireland by the privateer Sophia ( France). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brutus | Great Britain | The ship departed from the Gambia for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bienfaisant | France | The ship, a prize of HMS Cerberus ( Royal Navy), was driven ashore at Marazion, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Brest, France. |
| Brayton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to a Baltic port. |
| Charles | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Dove | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and burnt off Dublin, Ireland by the privateer Sophia ( France). She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon to Cork, Ireland. |
| Emperor | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Gracioza Annetta | Republic of Venice | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Zant to London, Great Britain. |
| Major | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Neptune | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Marazion. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Sint Eustatius and Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| St Anna | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Success | Great Britain | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was captured and burnt by a Dutch privateer. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex to Plymouth, Devon and Waterford, Ireland. |
| Tyne | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Wigan", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port. |

## August
### 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grosvenor | British East India Company | Grosvenor. The East Indiaman was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, Africa, with the loss of eighteen on the 141 people on board. Of the 123 survivors, 105 were subsequently killed by Bantu tribesmen. |

### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorothy and Alice | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. |
| Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Deal. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal. |

### 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providentia Divina | France | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magnifique | French Navy | The Magnifique-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on a sandbar off Lovells Island in Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts, United States. |

### 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point, in the River Shannon. |
| Cotton Planter | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point. |
| Kammer Herre Inden | Denmark | The ship sprang a leak and was beached the next day on Crab Island. All on board survived but the ship was declared a total loss. She was on a voyaged from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point. |

### 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilliant | British East India Company | The East Indiaman struck a rock and foundered off Johanna, Comoros Islands. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Western Islands. Fourteen crew were rescued by Albion ( Great Britain). Endeavour was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to London. |
| HMS Royal George | Royal Navy | HMS Royal George.The first-rate ship of the line capsized and sank in the Solent with the loss of around 900 lives. There were 255 survivors. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. |
| Cornwall | Great Britain | The ship ran aground at Bristol, Gloucestershire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
| Fanny | Ireland | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Londonderry. |
| Good-Intent | Great Britain | The ship foundered off "Preston Island". She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Keppel | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tinmouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |

## September
### 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprize | Guernsey | The ship departed from Guernsey for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Resolution | Guernsey | The ship departed from Guernsey for Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aigle | French Navy | American Revolutionary War, Action of 15 September 1782: After she was sighted by a Royal Navy squadron while at anchor in Delaware Bay off Cape Henlopen Light at Cape Henlopen on the coast of Delaware, the frigate got underway but ran aground in the bay. After an attempt to lighten her by cutting away her masts failed, her captain ordered holes drilled in her hull to scuttle her, then surrendered her to the British on 15 September. The British refloated her and commissioned her into the Royal Navy as HMS Aigle. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Centaur | Royal Navy | HMS Centaur. 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of over 400 lives. There were twelve survivors. |
| Dutton | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The stores ship foundered off Newfoundland. There were twelve or thirteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Elizabeth | Dutch Republic | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Seudre, France to Dort. Elizabeth was subsequently taken in to Normantier, France by some fishermen. |
| HMS Glorieux | Royal Navy | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland with the loss of all hands. |
| HMS Ville de Paris | Royal Navy | HMS Ville de Paris. 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The first rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

### 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Queen | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship was wrecked off Newfoundland, British North America. Survivors were rescued on 19 September by Catharine ( Great Britain). |
| HMS Ramillies | Royal Navy | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line, which had been wrecked by the hurricane, was set afire and abandoned off Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Belle, Ellen (both Great Britain), Silver Eel ( Great Britain) and other vessels. |
| Rodney | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juno | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Cork, Ireland. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Rotterdam with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Ostend. |

### 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Helena Maria | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain to a Danish port. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Arstothelis | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Ostend. |
| Black Cat | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London. |
| Dumfries | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea. |
| Frow Tibeta | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Ostend with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. |
| Goede Verwachten | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Amsterdam. |
| Jonge Alloder | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Amsterdam. |
| Juffrow Henrietta | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Bayonne, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bilboa, Spain. |
| Juno | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Cork. |
| Mentor | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 31 of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by Sarah ( Great Britain). Mentor was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Minerva | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde. |
| Nossa Senhora da Piedade | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Avon at Pill, Somerset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Lisbon. |
| Sarah Golborn | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Victoria | Portugal | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to a Baltic port. |
| Waeren Vriendz | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to L'Orient and Nantz. |

## October
### 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hoffnung | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain. |

### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bizarre | French Navy | The ship ran aground near Cuddalore, India and was wrecked. |
| HMS Hector | Royal Navy | The Hector-class ship of the line foundered following damage sustained in the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane. The privateer Hawke ( Great Britain) rescued two hundred survivors |

### 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Salt River | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| San Miguel | Spanish Navy | Great Siege of Gibraltar: The 74-gun ship of the line was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was consequently captured by the British. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Hertford | British East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered off Fort St. George, Madras, India. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Scipion | French Navy | Action of 18 October 1782: The Scipion-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked in Samaná Bay whilst evading HMS London and HMS Torbay (both Royal Navy). |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vigilant | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and capsized in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mius | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Kherson. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. she was on a voyage from "Stranyford" to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Three Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cranford Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Down, Ireland. |

### 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belmont Castle | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Perth to London. |
| "Unknown" | Great Britain | The ship went ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. |

### 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unity | Great Britain | The ship was lost in St Ives Bay. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flora | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Walmer Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was driven ashore in the Bahama Passage by an American privateer and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Augustine, Florida, British America to Jamaica. |
| Catherine van Memel | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Memel to Limerick, Ireland. |
| Edward | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool. |
| Morning Star | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ostend. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Ostend. |
| Seven Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dunkerque, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Ostend. |
| Sophia Albertina | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool. |
| Stadt Revall | Russia | The ship was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to London. |
| St Paulus | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Bowness-on-Solway, Cumberland, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bowness-in-Solway. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool. |
| Withywood | Great Britain | 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Thetis ( Great Britain). Withywood was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

## November
### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christianstadt | Denmark | The ship was lost in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Tranquebar, Danish India. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Telemacho | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from London to Nevis and Saint Kitts. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| No. 3 | Russia | The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked on Naissaar with the loss of one life. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cork Packet | Ireland | The ship departed from Quebec, British North America for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Oldenburger | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the North Brake with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the West Indies. |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St Andre | Russia | The ship was lost at Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, Great Britain. |
| Tweed | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Swinemünde, Prussia. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated in December and taken in to "Wolgat" for repairs. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coron | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship was holed by ice and sank in the Sea of Azov with the loss of 32 of her 100 crew. She was on a voyage from Yenikale to Taganrog. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christiana Frederica | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France to Christiana. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Plymouth. |
| St Varlem | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at "Fromoe", Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, Great Britain. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Knas Demetriy Babetschiff | Russia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dame Esperance | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Oporto. |
| Dixon | Great Britain | The victualling ship was lost at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Grasina Severnai | Russia | The ship was wrecked on the Lisknar Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Hardiesse | flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orford Haven, Suffolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Kidney | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Reino dos Anjos | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto. |
| Rose | Great Britain | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was captured by a Dutch vessel operating under a Letter of Marque. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. Rose was on a voyage from Montserrat to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Santíssimo Sacramento | Portugal | The ship was lost near Alderney, Channel Islands. |
| St. Theresa | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship was driven ashore at Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and London. St. Theresa was later refloated and taken in to Stangate Creek. |
| Wandringsmanden | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. |
| Wendan Castle | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Cable Grounds, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Wyburgh". |
| Weser | Bremen | The ship was lost near Calais, France. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was lost 25 leagues (75 nautical miles (139 km)) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Quebec City, British North America. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Poisson Volant | France | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The privateer was sunk in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, Great Britain by Speedwell ( Great Britain). Her 31 crew were rescued by Speedwell. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora Del Carmen | Spain | The ship, a cartel, struck a log and sank in the Garonne at Bourdeaux. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to New Orleans, New Spain. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Albany | Royal Navy | The prison ship, a former 16-gun sloop-of-war, grounded on a ledge in the Northern Triangles (43°55′39″N 69°01′04″W﻿ / ﻿43.92750°N 69.01778°W﻿ / 43.92750; -69.01778) in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Massachusetts (now Maine), broke up, and sank. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Penobscot, Massachusetts (now Maine), United States. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at St. Augustine. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ostend. |
| De Sonne | Dutch Republic | The ship was destroyed by fire off Ostend. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Ostend and the West Indies. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayl, Cornwall to Swansey, Glamorgan. |
| Georgina Gustava | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on Öland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. |
| Good-intent | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in The Downs. |
| Hope | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Skagen. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the East Indies. |
| Lucia | France | The ship was lost near Nieuwpoort, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Rouen. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Katchups, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Lisbon. |
| Swerr | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Aspa". she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Vrow Christiana | Denmark | The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to the West Indies. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | Great Britain | The whaler was lost in the Greenland Sea. Her crew survived. |
| Beatton | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, British America. She was on a voyage from a British port to Quebec, British America. |
| Bellona | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec, British America. |
| Blagrove | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Buckeners Bay, Jamaica. |
| Brothers | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec. |
| Christie | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. |
| De Sci | France | The brig was wrecked near Portrush, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Desire | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost on Long Island, Rhode Island, United States. |
| Douglass | Great Britain | Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was burnt at Saint Kitts by the French. |
| Earl of Dartmouth | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost in the East Indies. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The victualling ship was lost near Long Island. |
| El Rosario | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores. |
| Emanuel and Hercules | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Florida. She was burnt to prevent capture. |
| Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Red Island, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec. |
| Fly | Great Britain | The ship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands whilst on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to the West Indies. |
| Forth | Great Britain | The cargo sloop was wrecked off Great Yarmouth. |
| Freeman | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
| Free Trade | Ireland | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec. |
| George and Jane | Ireland | The ship exploded and sank whilst on a voyage from Cork to Quebec. Her crew were rescued. |
| General Dalling | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jamaica. |
| Hare | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Newfoundland. |
| HDMS Indfødstretten | Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy | The ship of the line foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
| Jason | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Guinea. |
| Lark | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was lost near Barbadoes. Three hundred and twenty slaves were rescued. |
| Liberty | United States | American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured, but was recaptured by the privateer Virginia ( United States). She was subsequently burnt. Liberty was on a voyage from East Florida to London. |
| London | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. |
| Maidstone | Great Britain | The privateer capsized in a whirlwind with the loss of all but eight of her crew. |
| Nadezhda na Protsevaniye | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship was wrecked in the Kuril Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Nizhnekamchatsk. |
| Philip | Great Britain | The ship capsized whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes. |
| Pilgrim | United States | American Revolution: The privateer was run aground on Cape Cod while being pursued by frigate HMS Chatham ( Royal Navy) sometime in June, July, or August. |
| Priscilla | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. |
| Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Bequia. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Barbadoes and London. |
| Reynolds | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 leagues (450 nautical miles (830 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Scanderoon | Great Britain | The galley sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (40°55′N 56°42′W﻿ / ﻿40.917°N 56.700°W﻿ / 40.917; -56.700) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to Cork. |
| Tom | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Halifax. |
| York | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bay d'Espoir. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to New York. |
| Young Hendrick | Prussia | The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Lapland. Her crew were rescued by Stephen ( Great Britain). |