# List of shipwrecks in 1773

The List of shipwrecks in 1773 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1773.
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## January
### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ufrow Margarita | Dutch Republic | The ship was in collision with Amy ( Great Britain) in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, Great Britain and sank. Two of her crew were rescued by Amy. Ufrow Margarita was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam. |

### 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hibernia | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Dutch Republic and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Campveer, Dutch Republic. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Ireland | The ship was lost in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Drogheda, County Louth |

### 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blandford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Ayr and Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| Christian | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to a French port. |
| Juno | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the west Scottish coast with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare, North Carolina, British America to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Cette, France. |
| Phœbe & Peggy | Ireland | The ship struck rocks in St Bride's Bay near Solva, Pembrokeshire, Great Britain and was wrecked with the loss of fifteen passengers and crew. Four rescuers were also lost. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America to Newry, County Antrim. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Walworth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Londonderry, Ireland. |

### 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Britannia | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was destroyed by an explosion off the coast of Africa. A total of 222 slaves, 90 free natives and thirteen crew were killed. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned on the Blasques, County Kerry, Ireland. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sukey & Rachel | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to London. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Port Maria | Great Britain | The ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 17°36′W﻿ / ﻿49.000°N 17.600°W﻿ / 49.000; -17.600). She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Woodbridge ( Great Britain). Port Maria was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Kinsale and Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. |
| Amity | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Ribble and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Kings Lynn, Norfolk to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Argo | Great Britain | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at the Tower of London and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to London. |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Stromness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Crosbis | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Glenluce Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Windward Passage. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthelly, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. |
| John & Esther | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Ireland. |
| Kitty | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Rock Point with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Liverpool. |
| Louisa | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam. |
| Mary Ann | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the east coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Surry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from the Grenades and Montserrat to London. |
| Tapley | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of nine lives. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Tom | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. |
| Unity | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Spain to London. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ranger | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Fingers. Three of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

### 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dragon | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Venice. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aziia | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship departed from Mykonos, Greece for Imbros, Ottoman Empire. Subsequently foundered after 9 February with the loss of all 439 people on board. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Mykonos. |

### 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to London. |

### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dellawar | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Ionian Islands. She was on a voyage from Salonica, Greece to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Sarah | Guernsey | The ship departed from Guernsey for Saint Croix. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to South Carolina, British America. |

### 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. Michael | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | Ireland | The ship was lost near Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London. |

### 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was in collision with another vessel in The Swin and was abandoned by her crew. She subsequently came ashore at Orford Suffolk. Industry was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Sweden | The ship was lost near Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork, Ireland. |
| Catharine & Grace | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cherburgh, France. She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to the Dutch Republic. |
| Deux Amie | France | The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Westerwick, Sweden to Nantz. |
| Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Ouessant, France. She was on a voyage from "Guyon" to London. |
| Duke of Gloucester | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Galloway | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London. |
| Hope | Sweden | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. |
| Phenix | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Teignmouth. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the French Coast. She was on a voyage from Porto Rico to London. |
| Polly & Nancy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Alicante to London. |
| Pompey | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Pembrey Sands, Carmarthenshire. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to London. |
| Queen of Naples | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Newhaven, Sussex with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to London. |
| Salisbury | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Sally | Great Britain | The ship struck a sandbank in Liverpool Bay and was consequently beached near Hoylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah and Esther | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante to London. |
| St Johannes | Sweden | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cork. |
| Venus | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Dingle Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## March
### 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmony | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |

### 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| London | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cantabria Paquet | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship was lost at Camarina with the loss of all but six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru to Camarina. |
| Hibernia | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Camarina. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Marseille, France. |

### 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cádiz Bay. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crosby | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Elenora | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the French coast with the loss of all but five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Nantz. |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Balsee Cliff". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Loch Ryan. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, Ireland to London. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bourdeaux, France. |

### 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked a league (3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) east of the Mew Stone, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to London. |

### 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Charlotte | Ireland | The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Drumroe, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Lyon | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Drumroe. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland. |
| Thetis | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Chinchon Point. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada to Cádiz. |
| Venus | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at Drumroe. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newfoundland. |

## May
### 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Patriothen | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on rocks at Niddingen, near Gothenburg, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Dublin, Ireland. |

### 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Northern Triangles. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to New York, British America. |

### 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King George | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Brancaster, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London. |

### 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas | Great Britain | The ship was lost off the east of Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Felicity | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. Eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Havre de Grâce. |
| Maria | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes, Norway. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to France. |
| Restoration | Great Britain | The ship was losy at Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Skye to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Unity | Ireland | The ship foundered off the Banks of Wicklow, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Dublin. |

## June
### 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Thomas | Dutch East India Company | Jonge Thomas. The East Indiaman, a frigate, was driven ashore and wrecked in Tafelbaai, Dutch Cape Colony with the loss of 140 of the 193 people on board. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conway | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. Conway was refloated on 9 June. |
| William & Ann | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. |

## July
### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Monnt Cashell | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Saint Croix. |

## August
### 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St Antonio | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on a rock off Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Oporto. |

### 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David & Ann | Great Britain | The ship departed from Leith, Lothian for Cape Fear, North Carolina, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercury | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of France and severely damaged. She was subsequently refloated. |
| Rosalie Victoire | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Feccamp. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Rouen. |
| Two Sisters | Great Britain | The ship departed from Alicante, Spain for Newfoundland, British America during August. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## September
### 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Salvaterra | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Shannon, Ireland with the loss of all hands. |

### 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Mansfield | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River. |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eight Friends | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Wash off King's Lynn, Norfolk. |

### 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russian Empire to Carlisle, Cumberland. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fate | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by an onboard explosion. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship sank in the Sheep-Cut River, Maine, British America. |

### 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to London. |

### 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norman | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from South Carolina, British America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Henry Carl | flag unknown | The ship departed from "Drunton" for Belfast, County Antrim, Kingdom of Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Jacobus | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Chatham, Kent, Great Britain. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship ran aground off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Kirkcudbright. |
| Liberty | Ireland | The ship departed from "Reney", Newfoundland, British America for Waterford. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| St Jean Baptista | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Bilboa. |
| Vulture | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Africa to the Grenades and Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Will | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |

## October
### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone, Sussex. |

### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John & Mary | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on rocks off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to St Mary's. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anthony | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cádiz, Spain. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matilda | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks in the Saint Lawrence River. She sank on 18 October. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Quebec, British America. |

### 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lovely Cruizer | Great Britain | The coaster struck the anchor of an East Indiaman and sank in the River Thames. |

### 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was driven onto rocks at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man and was wrecked with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland and Jamaica. |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alyda | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Neptune | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Londonderry. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Etherington | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Narva and Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Good Intent | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford between 25 and 31 October with the loss of a crew member. |
| Hannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland off Dagö, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John & Thomas | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool. |
| Jonge Frederick | flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel, Dutch Republic. |
| L'Heureux Clairon | France | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Potomac | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, France with the loss of eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London. |
| St Pierre | Great Britain | The ship was burnt in the Loire. A deliberate act by her captain. |
| Trial | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |

## November
### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Temarnik | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship was driven ashore at Kertch. She was refloated. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Dundalk. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Break Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |

### 12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diligent | France | The ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent, Great Britain She was on a voyage from Marseille to Rouen. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charming Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stratton, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to London. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Squirrel | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was later refloated and taken in to Ostend. Nelly was on a voyage from Hamburg to Marseille, France. |

### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dove | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Florida, British America with the loss of three of her crew and 80 of her 100 slaves. She was on a voyage from Africa to Saint Augustine, Florida. |
| Sally | British America | The ship departed from Canso, Nova Scotia for Bilboa, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blessing | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats, Kent. |
| Bridlington | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. |
| Diana | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from "Musquita Shore" to London. |
| Friends Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Venice. |
| Happy Return | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin. |
| Jan Cornelis Holm | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blankenberge. She was on a voyage from "Turo" to Ostend. |
| Mary & Sally | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Dublin. |
| Mayflower | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Riga, Russia. |
| Nossa Senhora do Porto | Portugal | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Santa Ritta | Portugal | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro for Oporto. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bergen, Norway and Venice. |
| Phenix | Dutch Republic | The ship sprang a leak in the English Channel. She was taken in to Padstow, Cornwall but sank in the River Camel. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship struck a sandbank off Great Yarmouth and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Sandwich Paquet | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charles Town, South Carolina, British America to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Shelborn and Triton | Both Great Britain | The ships were in collision with Kingston ( Great Britain) in The Downs and foundered. Kingston was consequently beached at Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Southampton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) off Memel, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel. |
| Tom | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Liverpool. She was refloated in October 1774 and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Voorsigtigheyd | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore 11 nautical miles (20 km) from Drontheim, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Hamburg. |

## December
### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nostra Señora del Chorto | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Cape Laogue. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to St. Andero. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Dutch Republic to Cork, Kingdom of Ireland. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | British America | The sloop foundered whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to North Carolina. |
| Royal Captain | British East India Company | The East Indiaman, a full-rigged ship, struck a reef in the South China Sea off Palawan, Spanish East Indies and was wrecked with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whampoa, China to Balambangan Island, Borneo. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charming Nancy | British America | The ship (a.k.a. Grand Rivière) was lost 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) west of St. Lucar, Spain. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Georgia, British America to Jamaica. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann & Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bee | Ireland | The ship was lost near Ferrol, Spain. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Chichester | Great Britain | The ship struck the Burbo Rock, in Liverpool Bay and was lost. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Aston | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. |
| George & Molly | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks 4 leagues from Drontheim, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Drontheim. |
| Good Hope | Great Britain | The ship was driven onto rocks at Dysart, Fife and wrecked. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from "Pilafoundrey" to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Susanna | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on one of the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts and Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, British America to London. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Grenada | The drogher sloop was lost off Grenada. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Charlotte | Great Britain | The ship foundered off Saint Kitts. She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands. |
| Charming Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of North Carolina, British America before 5 July. |
| Dalrymple | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Isle of May. Her crew were rescued by Eleanor ( Great Britain). Dalrymple was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. |
| Dunbar | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| East-Florida Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Saint Augustine, Florida, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Augustine. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost near New Calabar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Africa. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to London. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| George & Edward | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Fermose", Newfoundland. |
| Herbert | British America | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (38°04′N 58°00′W﻿ / ﻿38.067°N 58.000°W﻿ / 38.067; -58.000). Her crew were rescued by Betty ( Great Britain). Herbert was on a voyage from the Piscataqua River to Antigua. |
| Hill | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Barbadoes. |
| Hope | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost on Candia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Industry | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was taken over by the slaves on board, who killed all but two of the crew. She was run ashore on the coast of Sierra Leone and wrecked. Industry was on a voyage from Gambia to the West Indies. |
| Infante | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Little Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| John | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Bahama Banks. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. |
| King George | Great Britain | African slave trade: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Calabar. Her crew and 30 slaves were rescued. |
| Kingston | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Westward Passage. She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Jamaica. |
| Kitty | British America | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Newfoundland. |
| Lord Mansfield | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bengal River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maria | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Bay of Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. At least eight of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Mecklenburgh | Admiralty | The cutter was sunk as part of a breakwater at Sheerness, Kent |
| Natty | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool to Newfoundland. |
| Nester | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Antigua. She was on a voyage from New England, British America to the Leeward Islands. |
| Palliser | Great Britain | The ship was lost at New Providence, New Jersey, British America. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Rio Tamego | Portugal | The ship was lost off Cape St Roque, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Royal Captain | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost in Chinese waters with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Royal Exchange | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Sophia | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Quebec, British America. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. |
| Springfield | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Steady | Great Britain | The whaler foundered off the coast of Greenland. |
| St Joseph | Spain | The ship was lost at Carthagena, Viceroyalty of Peru. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena. |
| St Paul | France | The ship was lost on Ratan Island. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to the Bay of Honduras. |
| Susannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Georgia, British America. |
| Tom | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Mount, Africa. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| Townside | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Cape Mount. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Anguilla. |
| William | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| William and Catharine | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to Dublin. |