# List of shipwrecks in 1762

The List of shipwrecks in 1762 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1762.
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## January
### 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Biddiford | Royal Navy | The sixth rate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with some loss of life. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dragon | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Barbadoes by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The tender was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. |
| Granville | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin, Ireland. |
| John & Sukey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Cork, Ireland and the West Indies. |
| Nossa Senhora de Padrão da Serra | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
| Prussian Hero | Great Britain | The victualling ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. |
| Seanymph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Cattewater. |
| Zénobie | French Navy | The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of 40 of her 110 crew. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amiable | France | The privateer was lost with the loss of 27 lives. |
| Delight | Ireland | The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin. |
| Helen | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Cape Sambro, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Pearl | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Genoa and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Sarah & Katherine | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. she was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Three Friends | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford with the loss of one of the thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Senegal to London. |

## February
### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe near Glückstadt, Duchy of Holstein. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cumgilly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Carmarthen. |
| Edinburgh | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from London to Leith. |

### 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Retrelle | France | The ship, which had been captured by HMS Bellona ( Royal Navy) on 17 February, was driven ashore and wrecked on the Île de Batz with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were taken prisoner by the French. |

### 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen, Norway to Sunderland, County Durham. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barnard | Great Britain | The ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean (48°N 26°W﻿ / ﻿48°N 26°W﻿ / 48; -26) on 10 February by the privateer Diana ( France) whilst on a voyage from Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America to London. She was sent in to Bayonne, France but was lost off that port. |
| Lady Katharina | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea between Fraserburgh and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Syren | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Eyemouth, Berwickshire to Campvere or Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven, Electorate of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |

## March
### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charming Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was sunk at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Dublin and Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora de Piedade | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from St Georges to London. |

### 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andreas | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Martins to Warberg. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherina Margaretta | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. |
| Duke of York | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Tynemouth. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields. |
| Jeun Sultan | France | The privateer was captured by Scipio ( Great Britain). She was later driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Sussex, Great Britain, with the loss of a crew member. |
| Laurel | Great Britain | The transport ship was sunk by a collision with Houghton ( British East India Company) in the English Channel 5 leagues (24 km) west of Portland Bill, Dorset. |
| Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Youghall, County Cork, Ireland, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
| Mohawke | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Tagus. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Nostra Señora del Rosario | Spain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Bilboa. |
| Santissima Trinita & St. Pedro D'Alantara | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Exeter, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Exeter to Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. |

## April
### 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phaeton | flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, British America. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bacchus | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Posset Point Rocks, in the Bristol Channel. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Guinea. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Bremen. |
| Young Adrian | Ireland | The ship was lost near Portaferry, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, France to Dublin. |

## May
### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Achilles | Great Britain | The ship caught fire off Carthagena, Spain and was beached. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Buffoon | Great Britain | The frigate was lost in the Hamoaze. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship was captured by the privateer Revenge ( France). She was later driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter. |
| Revenge | France | The privateer was driven ashore on the Dutch coast by a British armed cutter and was then burnt. |

## June
### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lytchett | Great Britain | The ship was captured in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by Greyhound ( French Navy) and was burnt. |

## July
### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hercules | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Riga. |
| Middleton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Liverpool. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Bremen. |
| St. João Baptista | Portugal | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Postillion ( Royal Navy). She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and foundered off the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. |
| Unity | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen. |

## August
### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | Spanish Navy | Battle of Havana: The ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. |
| Europa | Spanish Navy | Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana . |
| Neptuno | Spanish Navy | Battle of Havana: The ship-of-the-line was scuttled at Havana. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Savage | France | The ship privateer, a cutter, was captured and sunk by HMS Hazard ( Royal Navy). |

### 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indian Prince | Great Britain | The ship was captured off Madeira by a French Navy frigate, reported to be the Modeste, and was burnt. Her crew were put aboard the Greyhound ( Great Britain), which was also captured but was released with her rigging partly disabled. Indian Prince was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa. |

### 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship parted from a convoy on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 leagues (72 km) west of Belle Île, France. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diligence | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Gibraltar | Great Britain | The ship was run down and sunk by another vessel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Judith Maria | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

## September
### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jufro Francina | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam. |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Stirling Castle | Royal Navy | The second-rate ship of the line was scuttled at Havana, Cuba. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Joseph de Goyesechea | Spain | The ship was driven ashore in Avilés Bay by HMS Aeolus ( Royal Navy) and was burnt. She was on a voyage from Caracas, Viceroyalty of Peru to "Port Passage". |

### 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Humber | Royal Navy | The fifth rate was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |
| St Paul | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian | Danzig | The dogger was driven ashore and wrecked in Liverpool Bay. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Ribble and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland. |

### 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Badger | Royal Navy | The Merlin-class sloop was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Lancaster, Lancashire, her crew wishing to avoid impressment. She came ashore and was wrecked. Eagle was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Lancaster. |
| Fenwick | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Jennet | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Kingstone | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Baltic Sea and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Selsey Island, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg. |
| Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Highlakes, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## October
### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emelia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Backton, Norfolk. |
| Hopestill | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. |
| John and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Backton. |
| John and Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, Dutch Republic to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Lively Nanny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Backton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Cammas" to London. |
| Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| St George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. |
| Unity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Martinico and Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost at Havana. |

### 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charming Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea with the loss of two of her crew. |
| James and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| John and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phœnix | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of at least 332 lives. Thirty-six crew were rescued by King George ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Africa to Virginia, British America. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne & Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Bona Fortuna | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from North Bergen to London. |
| Charming Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Charming Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore north of Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Schiedam, Dutch Republic. |
| Grandburg | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Strangford Lough in mid-October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Haston | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Hamoaze. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| London | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands via Madeira and Gibraltar. |
| Louisa | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Minerve | French Navy | The frigate was lost at Vila Franca do Campo, Azores with the loss of most of her crew. |
| Molly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Watchet, Somerset. |
| Pro Patria | Sweden | The ship foundered in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Åbo. |
| Richard and Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney. She was on a voyage from Burlington, New Jersey, British America to London. |
| Scott | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Granadoes to London. |
| "Three Good Friends" | Dutch Republic | The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Tyger | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

## November
### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ferdinand | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Downs with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Friends Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Hawke | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Pool, Dorset. |
| Queen of Portugal | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Senegal. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pocock | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the snow Joanna. She was n a voyage from New Providence, Rhode Island to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore betweenCalais and Boulogne, Kingdom of France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Marlborough | Royal Navy | The second rate ship of the line sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Antelope ( Royal Navy). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Ann and Francis | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Anne | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of four lives. |
| | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was driven ashore in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Charles | flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Figueira, Portugal. |
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Duke of York | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to London. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull to London. |
| Endeavoua | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool. |
| Finder | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gorey. She was on a voyage from Angola to Rotterdam. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York, British America. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pool, Dorset. |
| Hopewell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London. |
| Mayflower | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Long Oversall Sand, in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk. The only survivor was her captain, who was rescued by a coble from Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Pennington | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. |
| Quince Tree | British America | The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 11 November. All seventeen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cape Fear, North Carolina. |
| Samuel and Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, British America to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Samuel & Lydia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from "Blythnock" to London. |
| Sarah | Hamburg | The galley foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| St George | Great Britain | The ship was lost off "Pilasouthery". She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Tarleton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| True Briton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all hands. |

## December
### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Temple | Royal Navy | The third-rate ship-of-the-line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arnold | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Maitanzes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Havana Captaincy General of Cuba. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pretty | Guernsey | The sloop departed from Saint-Malo for Guernsey. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Anna Maria | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Bien Amie | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary off Whitstable, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship sank on The Gallions. She was on a voyage from London to Madeira and Jamaica. She was later refloated and taken in to the River Thames. |
| Royal Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Quebec, New France to London. She was beached in the River Corrib, Ireland. |
| HMS Temple | Royal Navy | The third-rate ship of the line foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1762 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Culloden ( Royal Navy. She was on a voyage from Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Adventure | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Sandy Island. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Antigua. |
| Blessing | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Brilliant | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Martinico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship bulged whilst being heaved at Quebec, New France. She was declared a total loss. |
| Brotherhood | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cesar | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana to New York, British America. |
| Cato | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Guadeloupe. |
| Charming Nancy | Great Britain | The ship sank near Halifax, Nova Scotia, French America. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax. |
| Charming Sally | Great Britain | The ship capsized with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London. |
| Defiance | Great Britain | The ship was lost at New Calabar. |
| General Amherst | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to London. |
| General Wolfe | Great Britain | The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana. |
| Happy Return | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Christi, San Domingo to New York. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of New England, British America. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Intrepide | Great Britain | The ship was sunk off the coast of Africa in an engagement with a French privateer. There were four survivors. |
| Lark | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Bulls whilst evading a French Navy man-of-war. |
| Lark | Great Britain | The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana. |
| Lion | Great Britain | The transport ship was wrecked on the Morro Rocks, Havana. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Gibraltar. |
| Oldbury | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by explosives at Bonny, Nigeria. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peggy | | The brig foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Phæton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (190 km) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Pitt | Great Britain | The transport ship, a galley, foundered. |
| Pretty Betsey | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prince George | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Martha Bacca, Jamaica at the end of a voyage from London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prince Ferdinand | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, to Providence, Rhode Island, British America. |
| Recovery | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. |
| Richard | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Royal Duke | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by HMS Intrepid ( Royal Navy). |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship was captured by four French Navy Men-of-War and burnt. She was on a voyage from London to New York. |
| St Joseph | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Trani to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Streckland Castle | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered. |
| Sv. Pëtr I Pavel | Russian Empire | The vessel was wrecked off Shemya in the Near Islands in the western Catherine Archipelago. Most of her crew survived. |
| Tortola | Great Britain | The ship capsized off Tortola. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Tortola to London. |
| Unidentified | Unidentified | Russian explorers reported a two-masted foreign vessel abandoned in the Catherine Archipelago. Inhabitants of Unalaska Island and Umnak Island reported it to be on Chikhmil Island. |
| Victoria | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Naples. |
| William and Ann | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. |