# List of shipwrecks in 1744

The List of shipwrecks in 1744 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1744.
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## January
### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colinie van Surinam | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. |

## February
### 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Looe | Royal Navy | War of Jenkins' Ear: The fifth rate ran aground on a reef, later to be known as Looe Key, off the coast of Spanish Florida. Her 276 crew survived. She was later set afire to prevent her capture by the Spanish |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prinsesse Louise | Denmark | The Danish Asiatic Company-ship ran aground 1 mile south of Malé in the Maldives on outbound journey to the Malabar Coast. 19 survivors reached the Coromandel Coast and 5 of them returned to Copenhagen. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Anne Galley | Royal Navy | War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fire ship was scuttled off Toulon, France, with the loss of all hands. |

### 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Anne Galley | Royal Navy | HMS Anne Galley. War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fireship was set afire by Hércules ( Spanish Navy). She exploded and sank. |
| Poder | Spanish Navy | War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fourth rate was scuttled following the battle due to damage sustained. |

## April
### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: April 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Brothers | Ireland | The ship was wrecked near Montserrat. She was on a voyage from Cork to Montserrat. |

## July
### 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Somerset | Great Britain | The privateer, a snow, capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel. Eleven of the 97 people on board survived. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: July 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 10 July. Her captain was the only survivor. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Saint-Géran | France | The ship was wrecked off Réunion with the loss of 51 of the 60 people on board. She was on a voyage from Lorient to Réunion. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Happy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Indian Queen | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Lancaster. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: August 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbadoes Packet | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Hale to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Curton | Great Britain | The galley was driven ashore and wrecked near Rye, Sussex, before 31 August. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Duke | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, before 21 August. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Olonets | Imperial Russian Navy | The galiot ran aground on a reef 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Stockholm, Sweden and sank She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Stockholm. > |

## September
### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amoretta | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jamaica Merchant | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Tory Bay, County Donegal, Ireland, with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: September 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire, before 28 September. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. |
| Gertrude | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Venice. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Gottenburg, Sweden, before 18 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gottenburg |
| Kitty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Gottenburg before 18 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gottenburg. |
| Prosperous | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off Weymouth, Dorset, before 25 September and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| St John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Portugal by a Spanish privateer. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal, |

## October
### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Victory | Royal Navy | HMS Victory. The first rate ship of the line foundered between the Channel Islands and the French coast (49°52′30″N 3°33′18″W﻿ / ﻿49.87500°N 3.55500°W﻿ / 49.87500; -3.55500) with the loss of her crew of about 1,100 men. |

### 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Colchester | Royal Navy | The fourth rate ship of the line ran aground on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea and was scuttled. There were about 40 casualties from her crew of about 400. |

### 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wackender Boeye | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Zierikzee to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
| Unidentified | Dutch Republic | The dogger was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: October 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near King's Lynn, Norfolk, before 16 October. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to King's Lynn. |
| Kingston | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, before 5 October. |
| New Foster | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to an African port. |

## November
### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: November 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Robert and John | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, before 13 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool. |

## December
### 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Walmer Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland, and the Leeward Islands. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prospect | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France with the loss of most of her crew. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Swallow | Royal Navy | The 10-gun sloop ran aground and was wrecked on the Bahama Banks near the Abaco Islands while attempting to reach New Providence. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: December 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chatham | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sussex before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Piscataway, Maryland, British America, to London. |
| Eaton | Great Britain | The frigate was driven ashore in the River Thames before 14 December. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Downs before 18 December. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Downs before 21 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames before 14 December, She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| James | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Spaniard Sandbank, in the Thames Estuary before 14 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Martha | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the French coast before 25 December. |
| Providence | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, Great Britain, before 18 December. |
| Ranger | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel before 18 December with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Poole, Dorset. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Chichester, Sussex, to Oporto, Portugal. |

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List of shipwrecks: 1744 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Fare Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Antigua before 5 October. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Antigua. |
| Charming Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered three days into a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. Her crew were rescued by HMS Otter ( Royal Navy). |
| Charming Molly | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Helsingfors, Finland, before 16 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Duc de Chartres | France | The ship was lost in the Rio Grande before 3 July. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Bermuda before 20 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Barbados. |
| Hare | Great Britain | The ship was lost off a port in South Carolina, British America, before 22 June. She was bound for London. |
| Katherine & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Carolina, British America, before 25 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina to London. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost on a sandbank before 29 May. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London. |
| Norris | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered south of Jamaica before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Northampton | British East India Company | The ship was last sighted 50 leagues (150 nautical miles (280 km)) west of Île Bourbon sometime after 20 July. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Prosperity | Imperial Russian Navy | The battleship ran aground at the mouth of the Northern Dvina. She was refloated and taken in to Archangelsk in a severely leaky condition. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Helsingfors, Finland, before 26 October. |
| Tartar | British America | The privateer capsized off the Virginia Capes before 24 August with the loss of most of her crew. |