# List of shipwrecks in 1788

The List of shipwrecks in 1788 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1788.
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## January
### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | British East India Company | The sloop was wrecked on the east coast of Krakatoa. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to China. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delight | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Bridgwater, Somerset. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Experiment | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Rotterdam. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Ireland | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Cork to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Sicily. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to London. |
| Alexander | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Hoylake, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Anna Margretta | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Marseille, France. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Ostend. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. |
| Conway | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on Jersey with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Jersey. |
| Dowson | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. |
| Duke of Cornwall | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Isles of Scilly. All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Cork, Ireland and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. |
| Farmer and Janet | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hollesley, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to London. |
| Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Rouen, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Flanders, Dutch Republic. |
| Jackie | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ostend. |
| John & Hannah | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on The Skerries. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork, Ireland to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Jonge Peter | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered off North Foreland, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam. |
| Louise | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the mouth of the Garonne. She was on a voyage from St. Domingo to Bourdeaux. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea. |
| New Loyalty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Dundrum, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Nimrod | Great Britain | Whaler belonging to Mather & Co. lost in the Falkland Islands. Waterford Packet ( Great Britain) rescued her crew and took them to Faial. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Ramhead. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship sank in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from London to Rouen. |

## February
### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mersey | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Wicklow Bank, in the Irish Sea with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ayre. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to the Clyde. |
| Brothers | Ireland | The ship was lost near Sligo. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sligo. |
| Goed Verwachting | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Amsterdam. |
| Hawke | Ireland | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dublin. |
| Heart of Oak | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst of a voyage from Carmarthen to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Hersterling | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Amsterdam. |
| Hiligheid | Norway | The ship was lost near Stavanger with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Christiansand to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |
| Nile | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Marseille, France, and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and taken in to Marseille. Nile was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Nice, France. |
| Pallas | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked 20 leagues (60 nautical miles (110 km)) from Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Greenock. |
| Patriot | Hamburg | The ship was lost near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Hamburg. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
| Sally | Ireland | The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank. She was on a voyage from Cork to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Sun | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Embden, Hanover to Liverpool. |
| Twee Goed Broeders | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Groningen to London. |
| William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Strangford, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire to Londonderry. |

## March
### 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Francis | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent while on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Epanronidas | Dutch Republic | African slave trade: The dogger was seized by the nineteen slaves on board. They murdered all but two of the crew and ran the ship ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cape Sierra Leone. The ship was wrecked. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Good-Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore between Falsterbo and Ystadt, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Anna Maria Ann | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Killina Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Dublin. |
| Dilligence | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pool, Dorset and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Pool to Newfoundland, British America. |
| Marechal de Mouchy | France | The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bourdeaux. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth. |
| Rebecca | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the River Ribble. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Lancaster, Lancashire. |
| Wallfish | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Regesfjord, Sweden. |
| Union | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Ouessant, France. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship struck the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. |

### 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mally | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghall, County Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wade | Great Britain | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Success ( Great Britain). Wade came ashore and was wrecked at Newport Pratt, County Mayo, Ireland. Thirteen people drowned when their boat capsized going to the assistance of Wade. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. |
| Earl of Chatham | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. |
| Jane and Eleanor | Great Britain | The ship sank at Ramsgate, Kent, She was on a voyage from London to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. |
| Kitty | France | The ship was dismasted and was abandoned by her crew. She was later taken in to Ramsgate. Kitty was on a voyage from London to Havre de Grâce. |
| Norfolk | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Providence | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Vigilantia | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost near Camaret-sur-Mer, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Nantz, France. |

## May
### 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good Hope | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

### 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marechal de Castries | France | The ship was wrecked on the African coast. She was on a voyage from the Île de France, Mauritius to L'Orient. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dick | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Benin River. |
| Godfrey | Great Britain | The ship was lost near New Romney, Kent. |
| Maria Elizabeth | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel. |
| Russia Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on "The Spit". She was on a voyage from Memel to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| William and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Carolina, United States to Cowes, Isle of Wight and Bremen. |

## June
### 7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed vessel | United States | The Virginian sailing vessel was lost in the Gilstone area of the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal while on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Gibraltar. |
| Hector | Ireland | The ship was lost on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newry, County Antrim. |

## July
### 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fanny | United States | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Ocracock, North Carolina. |
| Favourite John | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. |
| Hero | Great Britain | The brig was driven ashore at Norfolk. |
| Mermaid | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Norfolk. |
| Nancy | United States | The sloop was driven ashore at Ocracock. |
| Polly | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and dismasted at Ocracock. |
| Reward | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on Marsh Island, North Carolina. |

### 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Federalist | United States | The miniature ship sank in a storm while moored in the Potomac River near Mount Vernon shortly after being delivered as a gift to George Washington. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to a Baltic port. |
| Ellen | Great Britain | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool. |
| Endracht | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Brest, France. |
| Fort William | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. |
| Hope | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Blackrock, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cork and Newfoundland, British America. |
| Six Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ostend. |
| Triton | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Lap Shoal and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Zant, Republic of Venice to Stettin. Triton was taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. |

## August
### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vosmislav | Imperial Russian Navy | The frigate was driven ashore and wrecked on Naissaar with the loss of a crew member. |

### 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortitude | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| La Blonde | French Navy | The frigate was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola and was wrecked. |
| Trois Frères | France | The ship was wrecked at Port-au-Prince. She was on a voyage from Angola to Havre de Grâce. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amable Suzette | France | The ship was lost near Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue. |
| Tycho de Brake | Dantzick | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. |
| Ulysses | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool. |

## September
### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John and Samuel | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Málaga, Spain. John and Samuel was anchored off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |

### 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship departed from North Carolina, United States for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Severn at Newnham's Nab, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Newnham, Gloucestershire to Chepstow, Monmouthshire. |
| Dorothea | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain. |
| Fortuna | Stettin | The ship was lost in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bristol. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was lost on "Handay Island" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Livorno, Tuscany. |

## October
### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enigkeit | Stettin | The ship was lost on the "Island of Zylh". She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, Great Britain. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| De Jonge Frederick | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Nantz, France. |

### 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Patience | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Port Patrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Dartmouth, Devon. |
| Ann and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Dutch Republic to London. |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. |
| Endeavour | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend. She was later refloated and taken in to Ostend. |
| Henrietta | Stettin | The ship was lost near Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux, France. |
| Isabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Christiania, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Perth. |
| Jane and James | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Antrim, Ireland to Liverpool. |
| Matilda Maria | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bengal, India. Matilda Maria subsequently put into Portsmouth, Hampshire, Great Britain. |
| Minerva | Stettin | The ship was lost near Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bourdeaux. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Runnel Stone. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Norwich | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Memel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from London to Memel. |
| Olive | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London. Her crew were rescued by Miller ( Great Britain). |
| Shetland | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from the Shetland Islands to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Susannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Libava. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Havre de Grâce, France. |
| Welcome Messenger | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Wingo". She was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Saint Petersburg. |

## November
### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bella | Great Britain | The ship foundered 25 leagues (75 nautical miles (139 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Bourdeaux, France. |
| William | Isle of Man | The ship was wrecked in Sheep Haven Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship departed from Boston, Lincolnshire for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nelly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry, Ireland. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bordeloise | France | The ship capsized in the Garonne. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bourdeaux. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annabella | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Zirkza, near Kronstadt, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Baltiysk, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridget | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of five of her thirteen crew. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tarleton | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Africa. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dnepr | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued. |
| Krichev | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vasilii Vekikii | Imperial Russian Navy | The Piatyi-class frigate was holed by ice and sank off the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued. |
| No. 2 | Russia | The lighter was holed by ice and sank of the Kinburn Spit. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was holed by ice and sank of the Kinburg Spit. Her crew survived. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltick | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. |
| Commerce | Great Britain | The ship was lost near the "Hasebori Gut". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Countess of Hopetown | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian. |
| Diamond | Great Britain | The light collier was lost whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Workington, Cumberland with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Eliza | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to London. |
| Fredrick van Bergen | Prussia | The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Pillau to London. |
| Friends | Great Britain | Captain Maxwell's ship was wrecked off Great Yarmouth She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Friends | Great Britain | Captain Park's ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. |
| Jonge Ruerd Dick | Dutch Republic | The ship departed from Stockholm, Sweden for Amsterdam. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Jonge Vrow Berent Diena | Dutch Republic | The ship was wrecked on the Pan Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from "Apingaandam" to London. |
| Judith and Jane | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Mary and Michael | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore near Ventava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto. |
| Plain Dealing | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Valencia, Spain with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Resolution | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool. |
| Robert | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. |
| Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked near Ostend. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. |
| St Juan Baptista | Spain | The ship was lost on the Spanish coast. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Bristol, Gloucestershire, Greqat Britain. |
| Trial | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Libava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was on a voyage from Landskrona to Helsingfors, Sweden. |
| Two Brothers | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lowestoft. |

## December
### 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amazon | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Alicante, Spain. |

### 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good-Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated. |
| Heart of Oak | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was later refloated. |

### 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends Industry | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to France and Jamaica. |
| Rachael | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames near Northfleet, Kent. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ranger | Great Britain | The crewless sloop was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Señora de Rozario St Joze E Almas | Spain | The ship departed from Viveiro for Viana do Castelo, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Hannah | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Madeira. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to Madeira. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Beckford | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Duchess of Buccleugh | Great Britain | The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benn | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate Kent. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. She was later refloated. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMRC Prince of Wales | Great Britain | The revenue cutter ran aground off Girvan, Ayrshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |

### 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Ireland | The ship was wrecked at Cork. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vénus | French Navy | The Hébé-class frigate was wrecked in the Indian Ocean. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridget | Guernsey | The ship was lost on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Cork, Ireland. |
| Catherine | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Valencia, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Centurion | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on South Holm, Denmark. |
| Dannebrog | Danish Asiatic Company | The East Indiaman was driven ashore by ice in the Øresund. |
| Fly | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Isle of Man and Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Four Brothers | Great Britain | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Mary ( Great Britain). Four Brothers was on a voyage from Liverpool to London. |
| Friendship | Ireland | The ship was driven ashore near Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to the Strait of Gibraltar. |
| General Elliot | Great Britain | The whaler sprang a leak and put into Saint Helena, where she was wrecked. |
| Hero | Great Britain | The whaler foundered in the English Channel off Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey and the South Seas. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the North Brake Head. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jonge Jan Dockson | Dutch Republic | The ship was driven ashore near Elsinore, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam. |
| Jonge Wilhelm | Swedish Pomerania | The ship was driven ashore at Rügenwalde. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Rügenwalde. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. Liberty was later taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Liberty | Great Britain | The ship struck a rock off the Isle of Arran and sank. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, British America to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Martha | Great Britain | The ship was lost in Riga Bay. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. |
| Morant | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Key of the Cockscombs, off the North Cuban coast. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol. Trelawney rescued the crew and brought them into Liverpool in July. |
| Nautilous | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Pool, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Pool to Bilboa, Spain. |
| Nymph | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Málaga Bay. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay, Newfoundland, British America to Málaga. |
| Rachel | Great Britain | The ship sank on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. |
| Rebecca Wendola | Lübeck | The ship was sunk by ice between Cronstadt and Saint Petersburg. |
| Serapis | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Ostend. |
| Smyrna | Great Britain | The galley foundered. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( Great Britain). Smyrna was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to a British port. |
| St. Johannes | Hamburg | The ship was cut by ice. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London. |
| St. Joseph | France | The ship was lost near Harwich, Essex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Morlaix. |
| Success | Jersey | The ship was lost at San Sebastián, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to San Sebastián. |
| Susannah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 5°00′W﻿ / ﻿49.267°N 5.000°W﻿ / 49.267; -5.000). her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain. |
| Three Friends | Russia | The ship was lost near Swinemünde, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bordeaux, France. |
| Wakende Oog | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to the Øresund. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1788 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriatick | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Northern Triangles. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, Dutch Republic and British Honduras. |
| Amity Hall | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Ann | Great Britain | The ship was lost between New Brunswick and Port Shelburne, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Port Shelburne. |
| Arch Dutchess Marie Christine | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Dunkerque. |
| Astrolabe | French Navy | The frigate was wrecked in the Solomon Islands after 10 March. |
| Attempt | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Falkland Islands. |
| Baltick | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Saint Petersburg, Russia while on a voyage from Russia to London. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Musquito Shore. She was on a voyage from New Providence, New Jersey, United States to Florida, New Spain. |
| Betsey | Great Britain | The sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rodney ( Great Britain). Betsey was on a voyage from Tortola to New York, United States. |
| Betsy | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal while on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betsey and Amy | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Long Island, Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. |
| Boussole | French Navy | The ship was wrecked in the Solomon Islands after 10 March. |
| Chance | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Clementina | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the rock of Chesserow with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Bourdeaux, France. |
| Diligence | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York. |
| Dolphin | United States | The sloop was wrecked on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 19 November. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dudaloy | Great Britain | The ship was lost at "Ladroon" with the loss of 70 lives. |
| Elizabeth | Prussia | The ship was lost on a voyage from Norway to Königsberg. |
| Emperor | Great Britain | The ship struck rocks in the Leeward Channel and was damaged beyond repair. She was on a voyage from Rockley Bay to Little Courland Bay, Tobago. |
| Elizabeth and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Newfoundland. |
| Enterprize | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Everley | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore on the Florida Keys, New Spain. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was lost near British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |
| Fame | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of New Jersey. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Fanny | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Calypso ( United States). Fanny was on a voyage from Virginia to London or Hull. |
| Favourite | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec. |
| Friends | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered while on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Friendship | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Her crew were rescued by Alexander ( British East India Company). Friendship was on a voyage from Botany Bay to London. |
| Hastings | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay, India. |
| Ioann Zlatoust | Imperial Russian Navy | The Vosmoi-class frigate was holed by ice and sank in the Dnieper in the Autumn of 1788. |
| Juno | United States | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to the Cape of Good Hope. |
| King Jos | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa. |
| London | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Lord North | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Watlings Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Providence. |
| Lydia | Great Britain | The ship was lost between Virginia and North Carolina with the loss of most of her crew. |
| Maria | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman was lost at the Cape of Good Hope. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. |
| Mary and Jane | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Florida, New Spain while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nancy | Great Britain | The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. |
| Neckar | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay. |
| Nimrod | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued by Waterford Packet ( Ireland). |
| Olive Branch | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peggy | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Labrador, British America. |
| Resolution | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool. |
| Richard | Great Britain | The ship was lost on St Andreas Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Musquito Shore. |
| Robert | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Wilmington, Delaware, United States. |
| San Fernando | Spain | ): The ship was wrecked on Corvo Island, Azores. |
| Santa Rosalina | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Capes, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Havana, Cuba. |
| Sisters | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Ostend. |
| St. Aubin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Cape L'Anguille" with the loss of six of her crew. |
| St John's Paquet | Great Britain | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Norman's Pond Kay, Bahamas to North Carolina. |
| Surate | Bremen | The ship was lost at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Charleston. |
| Susannah | Great Britain | The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 5°00′W﻿ / ﻿49.267°N 5.000°W﻿ / 49.267; -5.000﻿ (Susannah)). Her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain). |
| Trial | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Baltic Sea off Ventspils, Latvia. |
| Tryal | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Walsingham | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Sunda Strait. |