# List of shipwrecks in 1771

The list of shipwrecks in 1771 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1771.
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## January
### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Binney | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian and Hull, Yorkshire to London. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The ship departed from Georgia, British America for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and foundered on the Flemish coast. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to Bourdeaux, France. |

### 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cleveland | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to a port in the north of England. |
| Hazard | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the River Thames. |
| John & Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jamaica Paquet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Milford, Pembrokeshire and Cork, Ireland. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Molaine, French coast. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to London. |

### 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal. |
| Annabella | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River. |
| Charlotte | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the South of the Piles, County Dublin with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic, to Dublin. |
| Charming Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to London. |
| Devonshire | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at London Bridge. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dantzick. |
| Galicia Packet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St Ives Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. |
| Jane | Ireland | The sloop was lost near A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin. |
| John & Lydia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Spaniard Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to London. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Christchurch, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America. |
| L'Onconomie | France | The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Dunkerque. |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Prince of Wales | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain, to Cork. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the South of the Piles. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
| Rebekah | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice in the River Thames. |
| St. Joseph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter, Devon and Bilboa, Spain. |
| St. Peter | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Exeter. |
| Vermandois | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Martinico. |

## February
### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Juliana | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Clogherhead, County Louth, Ireland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dundalk, County Louth. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jacob and Sarah | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Black River, Africa. Her crew were rescued. |

### 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Luce. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Dumfries. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abraham | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Ostend. |
| Dee Gree | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Lisbon. |
| Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Imtrepide | France | The ship was lost at Cette. She was on a voyage from Honfleur to Cette. |
| Joseph & Betsey | Great Britain | The tender foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. |
| Seville Trader | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Sicily. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| St. Vallery | France | The ship was lost between Quilleboeuf and Villequier. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Rouen. |
| Thames | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness, Lothian, to London. |
| Thomas & Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire, to Amsterdam. |
| William & Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Wilkes | Great Britain | The ship departed from Virginia, British America for London in early February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## March
### 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petworth | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks and was wrecked off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prussian Hero | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°50′N 9°09′W﻿ / ﻿48.833°N 9.150°W﻿ / 48.833; -9.150). She was on a voyage from London to Tobago. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St Bridget | France | The ship was lost near Brest. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland, to Bourdeaux. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George & Margaret | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |

### 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Princess Island, Africa. She was on a voyage from London to Africa. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast. She was on a voyage from Toulon, France, to Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Betsey | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Duncannon, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Waterford. She was later refloated and taken in to Passage Pier. |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
| Dorothy-Elizabeth | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Bourdeaux, France. |
| Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and sank at Salcombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London. Good Intent was later refloated. |
| Hereford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to London. She was later refloated. |
| Patty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque. |
| Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. |
| Sally & Polly | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Amelia ( Guernsey). Sally & Polly was on a voyage from "Saloe" to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Submission | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Swin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |

## April
### 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kesgrove | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (41°20′N 45°00′W﻿ / ﻿41.333°N 45.000°W﻿ / 41.333; -45.000) with the loss of nine of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Philadelphia Packet ( British America). Peggy was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Verelst | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost off Mauritius. Thirty of her crew were rescued. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Palliser | Ireland | The ship departed from Waterford for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colonel Walpole | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford, Pembrokeshire, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Christiana", Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Calais, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Palliser | Ireland | The ship departed from Waterford for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Priscilla | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## May
### 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beaver | British America | The schooner was wrecked 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) south of Sandusky, Ohio with the loss of all fifteen people on board. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pensilvania Paquet | British America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Dunkerque. |

### 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cornwall with the loss of five of her eight crew. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pervyi | Imperial Russian Navy | The bomb vessel was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of 31 of her 37 crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to the Petrovsky Fortress. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to King's Lynn, Norfolk. Hope was later refloated and taken in to King's Lynn. |

## June
### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Cette, France, to Hamburg. |

### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Generous Planter | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock in the Cattewater and capsized. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts. |

### 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince Edward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. |
| Three Brothers | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the English Channel 12 leagues (36 nautical miles (67 km)) off Beachy Head, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued by Morant Bay ( Great Britain). Three Brothers was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, France, to Amsterdam. |

### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to the Strait of Gibraltar. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emanuel | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rømø. Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France, to Hamburg. |
| Flora | France | The ship sank in the Loire. She was on a voyage from Léogâne, Hispaniola, to Nantz. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. |
| Lark | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| St. Julian | Great Britain | The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Isle of Corises, Africa. |
| Young Isaac | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gallipoly, Ottoman Empire, to Hamburg. |

## July
### 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Favourite Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (37°N 61°W﻿ / ﻿37°N 61°W﻿ / 37; -61). Her crew were rescued by Generous Friends ( Great Britain). Favourite Betsey was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Georgia, British America. |

### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Defiance | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, to Swansey, Glamorgan. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 40 unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy | A fire at Saint Petersburg destroyed 25 galleys, a brigantine, 3 dubel boats, 3 kaikas, 4 10-oar boats and 4 other vessels. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Ireland | The ship was lost at Killala, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Galway. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleanor | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 350 leagues (1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) west of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New England, British America. |

## August
### 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Dutch Republic | The dogger was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France, to Gothenburg, Sweden. |

### 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince Frederick | Great Britain | The packet boat sank off Ostend, Dutch Republic. All on board were rescued. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Urienden | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Bayonne, France. |

### 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship departed from Maryland, British America for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Chester, Cheshire. |
| Edingburg Paquet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Friends Desire | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wolverton, Norfolk. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Hamburg. |
| Phenix | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Nyad. She was on a voyage from Königsburg, Prussia, to London. |
| Truelove | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Hellevoetsluis and Rotterdam, Dutch Republic with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Marseille, France, to Rotterdam. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Exeter, Devon. |
| Virgin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## September
### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Francis | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Mary's, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Travemünde, Lübeck She was on a voyage from Travemünde to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constantia | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Christiansand. |
| Elizabeth | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Guernsey. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship capsized at Chatham, Kent. |
| Hambro Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Colne, Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| Hannah Johanna | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland, to Hamburg. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Juno | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames 14 nautical miles (26 km) downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. |
| Trial | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Fogo, Newfoundland, British America. |

## October
### 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bacchus | | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from St. Remo, Republic of Genoa to Hamburg. |
| Edward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | Ireland | The ship was run into by another vessel in The Downs and was consequently beached in Pegwell Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. |

### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Elizabeth Dorothea | Sweden | The ship was lost near the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France, to Christianstadt. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vrouw Maria | Dutch Republic | The brig foundered off Nagu, Sweden having run aground on 3 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Osterley | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was wrecked off The Needles, Isle of Wight. |

### 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jason | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Norrköping. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Bridport, Dorset with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bethia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to London. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pomona | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (48°58′N 10°28′W﻿ / ﻿48.967°N 10.467°W﻿ / 48.967; -10.467). Her crew were rescued by HMS Salisbury ( Royal Navy). |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Triangles. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Great Britain | The ship departed from the Grenades for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James and Mary | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 leagues (120 nautical miles (220 km)) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew took to the boat and were rescued three days later by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Cork. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junge Tobias | Imperial Russian Navy | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Hogland with the loss of all but two of those on board. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Reval. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharine | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, to London. |
| Cato | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Casco Bay, British America, to Biddiford. |
| Coalition | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Conolly | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Dauphin | France | The ship was lost during October. |
| Deliana Maria | Prussia | The ship was lost about 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) from Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Memel to Oporto. |
| Diana | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Barnstaple, Devon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Goldsborough, North Carolina, British America to London. |
| Douglass | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off the Isles of Scilly. |
| Earl of Shannon | Ireland | The ship was lost near Milford, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Cork. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cherbourg, France. Her crew were rescued by La Madamosele ( France). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. |
| George | Great Britain | The Guineaman was driven ashore near Workington, Cumberland. |
| Glory | Great Britain | The ship driven ashore at Milford. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool. |
| Henrietta | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. |
| Henry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at "Pilla Fowdry". She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool. |
| Hibernia | Ireland | The ship was lost near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dublin. |
| Integrity | Great Britain | The ship was run into by another vessel in The Downs and was consequently beached. She was later taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs. |
| Latham | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Swin. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dantzick. |
| Mary & James | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst of a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Ayre and Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Milford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Milford. |
| Pitt | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. |
| Rose Hall | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked off Sandwich, Kent. |
| Ross | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Belfast. |
| Sophia Margueretta | France | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Great Britain for Bourdeaux in early October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Joannes | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Saint Petersburg. |
| Tweed | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Harwich. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Triton | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Newcastle upon Tyne. |

## November
### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santorin | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Turkish War. The frigate ran aground at Mytilene, Greece and was captured. She was burnt by the frigate Severnyy Orel ( Imperial Russian Navy) |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Banks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John & William | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Dover, Kent. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Black Rocks, near Leith, Lothian. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sturn Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |

### 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth & Mary | Guernsey | The ship was lost near Texel, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Guernsey. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castilla | Spanish Navy | The third rate ship-of-the-line was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Cádiz. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederica Maria | Stettin | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain, to Stettin. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to Königsburg, Prussia. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from St Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire. |
| Lady Mitla | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Bourdeaux, France. |
| London Packet | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to London. She was later refloated and taken in to St. Mary's. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Fair Ness Rock, off Margate, Kent. She s on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dunkerque, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London. |
| Pelican | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore in the Garonne 18 nautical miles (33 km) downstream of Bourdeaux, France. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Bourdeaux. |
| Primrose | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Borrowstounness, Lothian. |
| Printemps | France | The ship was lost at Brest with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Nantz. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Borrowstounness to Riga. |
| Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool. |
| Vrow Englina | Russia | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to the Straits of Gibraltar. |
| Will | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Tralie, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. |

## December
### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concord | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grant | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and London. |
| Royal Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to London. |
| Twee Gesusters | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bourdeaux, France. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Stagg Rocks, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Carolina, British America. |
| Montague | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Knock John Sand, in the Thames Estuary with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane Pierne | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, British America Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sint Eustatius to Amsterdam. |
| Peggy | British America | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Ocracock Island, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued. |

### 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marianna | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Hastings, Sussex, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Dunkerque. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bilboa | Spain | The ship was lost at Bilboa. She was on a voyage from Marblehead, Massachusetts, British America to Bilboa. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was lost at San Sebastián, Spain, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to San Sebastián. |
| Calvert | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. All on board were rescued. |
| Carolus | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. |
| Charlestown | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Concordia | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Gibraltar. |
| Derby | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool. |
| Duke of Cornwall | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire, to Havre de Grâce, France. |
| Five Brothers | Hanover | The ship was wrecked on the Maastersand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Emden. |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was lost in December. |
| Friendship | Prussia | The ship foundered in the Skaggerak. She was on a voyage from "Neckmoncrieff" to Königsburg. |
| Grenada | Great Britain | The gally foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Hawke | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America, to London. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| John | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin. |
| Lowther & Seahorse | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Whitehaven. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks at Bullens Bay and was wrecked. Six of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Whitehaven. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Milford, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Bristol. |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with a collier in the River Thames and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. |
| Neptune | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Virginia. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boston to Hull. |
| Newark | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance. |
| New Blessing | Great Britain | The ship was lost in December. |
| Purse Anna | France | The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cette to La Rochelle. |
| Reading | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Sam | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued by Bridge ( Great Britain). Sam was on a voyage from Africa to Barbadoes and Liverpool. |
| St Nicholas | France | The ship was lost near Ayamonte, Spain. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Tayrles Bay | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent. |
| Three Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Irish coast with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Galway. |
| Tryan | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from New York, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered at Liverpool. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Liverpool. |
| Two Friends | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland, to Pool, Dorset. |
| Vine | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1771 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Hawke | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 leagues (210 nautical miles (390 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Amiable | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cap-François, Saint-Domingue to Dunkerque. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Old Topsail Inlet, North Carolina, British America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to North Carolina. |
| Bonaventura | British America | The ship was lost between St. John's Island and Louisbourgh Island, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Bonaventura, Quebec, to Gaspay, Quebec and the West Indies. |
| Cambleton | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Champion | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Cephalonia, Venetian Republic. She was on a voyage from the Current Islands to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Charming Nelly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua. |
| Duke of Bridgwater | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was captured by the slaves on board and was burnt. |
| Enterprize | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. |
| Fly | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the African coast. Nine slaves were rescued. |
| Granby | British America | The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Boston. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel from Martinico. She was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River, British America to Barbadoes. |
| Jason | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Domingo. |
| Jenny | Jersey | The ship was run down and sunk in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Kitty | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Charles, Virginia, British America. |
| Las Tres Puentes | Spain | The galleon was lost off the coast of Florida, British America. |
| Lively | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of North Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from Grenades to North Carolina. |
| Nassau | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Canso, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| New Hampshire | British America | The ship sank in the Neuse River whilst heading for Goldsborough, North Carolina. |
| New Parham | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua. |
| Nonsuch | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Colleradoes. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to South Carolina, British America. |
| Nuestra Señora del Rosario | Spain | The galleon was lost off the coast of Florida. |
| Orriflame | Spain | The ship was lost near Valparaiso, Chile with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk off the coast of Greenland by ice. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Devoconnus Bay, Grenadoes. |
| Pomona | France | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by an English vessel. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola, to Bourdeaux. |
| Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. |
| Prudent Sally | Great Britain | The ship was presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Bristol to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America. |
| Queen of May | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Delaware River, British America with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Rose | Ireland | The ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River, British America. She was on a voyage from Quebec to Cork. |
| Rubie | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Oakricock, North Carolina, British America before 13 April. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to North Carolina. |
| Rutland | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Philadelphia. |
| St. George & St. Elizabeth | Ottoman Empire | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Smyrna. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Smyrna. |
| Swansey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sable Island, British America. She was on a voyage from Rhode Island, to Newfoundland. |
| Teddington | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Harmony ( Great Britain). Teddington was on a voyage from New England, British America, to London. |
| Tryal | Great Britain | The whaler was lost off the coast of Greenland. |
| Victoria | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Viceroyalty of Peru to Cádiz. |