# List of shipwrecks in the 1750s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1750s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1750s.

## 1754
### May
   #### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queen Caroline | British America | The schooner was wrecked at Ockracock, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. |

### September
   #### 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Iermiia | Russia | The ship was wrecked on Adak Island, Alaska, Russian America. Survivors constructed a vessel from the wreckage and sailed away later that year. |

### October
   #### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charming Polly | British America | The ship, which had sprung a leak six days previously, was beached north of the Currituck Inlet, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |

### December
   #### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Granville | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, British America, to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brittania | British America | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts September, 1753, last heard from December, 1754 lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all hands. |
| Christian & Peter | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam. |
| Honourable Friend | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Guinea. |
| Marischall Keith | Russia | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Stillo, Ottoman Albania. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice. |
| Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Venice. |
| Ryder | British America | The ship was lost before 25 July with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to North Carolina. |
| Sarah | British America | The ship foundered before 30 May whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island to the Piscataqua River. Her crew were rescued. |

## 1756
### January
   #### 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1756 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified boats | | A landslide into the Langfjorden in Norway generated three megatsunamis with heights of 40 to 50 metres (131 to 164 ft) in the Langfjorden and the Eresfjorden that destroyed 196 boats. |

### March
   #### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1756 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stad Bergen | Dutch Republic | While on voyage to Norway with a cargo of Frisian roof tiles and bricks she wrecked near the Dutch island Griend on the east wall of the Vliestroom. |

### October
   #### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1756 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Swift | Royal Navy | The Drake-class sloop foundered at sea. |

### November
   #### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1756 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lucy | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 13 November whilst on a voyage from "Cape Fare" to Hull, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Catherine ( Great Britain). |

### December
   #### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Young Victory | France | The ship exploded and sank during a battle with HMS Tryal ( Royal Navy) off Barbadoes with the loss of about 30 crew. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1750 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Antigua whilst evading a French privateer. |
| Four ships | | Next to Stad Bergen (see 28 March) four other vessels wrecked near Griend, the Netherlands in 1756. |

## 1759
### April
   #### 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Falcon | Royal Navy | The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Saintes, off Guadeloupe. |

### July
   #### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tyrrel | British America | The brig was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of sixteen lives. |

### August
   #### 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Océan | French Navy | Battle of Lagos: The third rate was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |
| Redoutable | French Navy | Battle of Lagos: The Téméraire-class ship of the line was run ashore and burnt in Almadora Bay. |

### September
   #### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Courier | Imperial Russian Navy | The packet boat ran aground and was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Danzig with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cronstadt. |

   #### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Looe Hulk | Royal Navy | The fifth rate was sunk as a breakwater at Harwich, Essex. |

### October
   #### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec, New France, to London. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London. |

### November
   #### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mason | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, New France. Her crew were rescued. |

   #### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Resolution | Royal Navy | HMS Resolution (right). Battle of Quiberon Bay: The third rate ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on the Le Four Shoal, in Quiberon Bay. |

   #### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Héros | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |
| Juste | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and sank in the Loire. |
| Soleil-Royal | French Navy | Battle of Quiberon Bay: The ship of the line ran aground and was scuttled in Quiberon Bay. |

   #### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annanime | France | The privateer was lost off Cherbourg on or after 20 November. |
| Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was captured by the privateer Annanime ( France) on 19 November whilst on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port. |
| William | Great Britain | The sloop was captured by the privateer Annanime ( France) on 20 November whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland, French America to Poole, Dorset. She was sent in to Cherbourg but was lost off that port. |

### December
   #### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Mermaid | Royal Navy | The sixth rate ran aground on Big Grand Cay, Bahamas. She was abandoned as a total loss on 6 January 1760. |

   #### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dubree Nombre de Jesus | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Málaga. |
| Maria Magdalena | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucar. |
| Nossa Senhora do Bonfim | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. |
| Santa Joseph Mawein | Spain | The snow was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. |
| Southtalt | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar. |

   #### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nossa Senhora da Penha de França | Portugal | The ship sank at Lisbon. |

   #### 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora Madre de Dios e Son Joze | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Cape Verde Islands. |

   #### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Jan Jacob | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the coast of Brittany, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, to Bordeaux, France. |

   #### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Limerick, Ireland. |
| Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland, to Cork, Ireland. |
| Nostra Señora Piedade de Almas | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Salvator | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Stafford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Plymouth for repairs. |
| Susanna | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1759 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ancona | Great Britain | The galley foundered in the Gulf of Venice with the loss of most of her crew. |
| Armstrong | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Turk Island. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Guadeloupe. |
| Judith | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Cape Roman, Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to London. |
| Le Comte de la Rivière | Kingdom of France | The privateer was lost at sea with all hands. |
| Marlborough | Ireland | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Derry. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Swan | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |