# List of shipwrecks in 1747

The List of shipwrecks in 1747 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1747.
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## April

1747 did not begin on 1 January!

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fredericksburg | Denmark | The ship foundered in Mount's Bay. before 7 April |
| Jane | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland before 7 April. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon, to Newfoundland, British America. |

## May
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blanchard's Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Dungeness, Kent, before 8 May. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Ghent Packet | Dutch Republic | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 22 May. She was on a voyage from Dort, South Holland, to London, Great Britain. |
| Neptune | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Figueira, Portugal, before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal. |

## June
### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| L'Étoile | French Navy | The 46-gun Man-of-war ran aground near Cape Finisterre. She was set afire and scuttled to prevent her being captured by HMS Ambuscade, HMS Monmouth and HMS Portland (all Royal Navy). |

### 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Maidstone | Royal Navy | The fourth rate ship of the line ran aground off Saint-Malo, Finistère, France, and was wrecked. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The privateer was lost on the French coast before 19 June with some loss of life. |
| Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was lost in the Tagus before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| L'Orient | Portugal | The ship was lost at Peniche before 23 June. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon. |

## July
### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Le Grand Grenon | Kingdom of France | The privateer was wrecked. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Expedition | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, before 24 July. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London |
| Reginald & Jacob | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 24 July. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to a French port. |
| Saint Esprit | France | The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 14 July. |

## August
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liefde | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, Great Britain before 28 August. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| HMS Whitehaven | Royal Navy | The Man-of-war was destroyed by an explosion about 8 leagues (24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland before 21 August with the loss of seventeen of her crew. |

## September
### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Horner | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| John and Martha | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| Katherine | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| HMS Lyme | Royal Navy | The Man-of-war capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her crew. |
| Polly | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool. |
| Scroupe | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| Unicorn | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| William & Anne | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London. |
| William & Jane | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornwally | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Duke of Marlborough | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Emra | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Friend's Goodwill | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. |
| Imperial Anne | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Nevis. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Owen | Great Britain | The galley was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Pretty Patsey | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Rising Sun | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Rowlandson | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Swallow | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |

## October
### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Dartmouth | Royal Navy | HMS Dartmouth. War of the Austrian Succession, Voyage of the Glorioso: The fourth rate ship of the line was sunk by Glorioso ( Spanish Navy) off Cape Finisterre with the loss of most of her crew. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Defire | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Bowell | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Happy | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| King David | France | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Little George | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| LOndon Pcket | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat. |
| Nisbitt | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Otley | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Parham | Great Britain | The pink was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Pearl | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |
| Planter | Great Britain | The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reijgersdaal | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered between Robben Island and Dassen Island, Cape Colony with the loss of 277 of her 297 crew. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Hunter | Great Britain | The privateer was wrecked on the Nass Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of 110 lives. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Concord | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber before 9 October. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Speedwell | Ireland | The ship was lost on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Great Britain before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to Dublin. |

## November
### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheerwater | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Hylake, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Tortola to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Little Benjamin | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dover, Kent Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dover. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nymphs Prize | Great Britain | Also known as Nympha Americana, she was lost near Beachy Head, on the coast of Sussex on 29 November. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Norfolk before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian, to London. |
| Francis | Ireland | The ship was lost on the coast of County Kerry before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Cork. |
| Gilpin | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands before 24 November. |
| Nasthaniel and John | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blessing | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elizabeth and Sarah | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway, to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Expedition | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Vlissingen, South Holland, Dutch Republic. |
| God's Help | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth. to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| Hetty | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. |
| King George | Great Britain | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Mary | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic. |
| Patriarch | Lübeck | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to "Northcopen". |
| Postbrook | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate. |
| Susannah | Dantzick | The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain. |
| Trial | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Virginia Packet | British America | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Margate, Kent. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Dublin, Ireland. |
| Buck | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, before 11 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London. |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to London. |
| Golden Sarah | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 22 December with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to London. |
| Good Intent | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic before 15 December She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic. |
| Hammond | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire, before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia, to London. |
| Hannah | Great Britain | The ship capsized off Lowestoft, Suffolk, before 15 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London. |
| Hope | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to Zierikzee, Zeeland, Dutch Republic. |
| Love | Great Britain | The galley was driven ashore and sank near The Needles, Isle of Wight, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. |
| Loyal Jane | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Vlissingen, South Holland, before 15 December. |
| Mayflower | Great Britain | The ship capsized at King's Lynn, Norfolk, before 8 December. |
| Phenix | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. |

## January
### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cerf | France | Frigate constructed and based in Saint Malo (Brittany, France). Probably privateer. Sank in the mist at the Minquiers, Channel Islands. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Cranbury | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay before 29 January. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Lisbon, Portugal |
| Hannah | Ireland | The ship was lost near Limerick before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Limerick |

## February
### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matthew | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 38 leagues (114 nautical miles (211 km)) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch vessel. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to an English port. |

### 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty | Great Britain | The ship foundered in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |

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| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London. |
| HMS Lizard | Royal Navy | The sloop-of-war was lost off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands |
| Recovery | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore south of Oporto, Portugal, by a Spanish privateer before 16 February and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto. |
| Sarah | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore near Dundrum, County Down, Ireland before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to the West Indies. |
| Swarthe | Great Britain | The ship foundered in Dundrum Bay before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tortola. |

## March
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | Great Britain | The ship was destroyed by fire at Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 29 March 1748. |
| John and Mary | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Marshall | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Rye, Sussex, before 8 March. She was on a voyage from Maryland to London. |
| Nuestra Señora Domonte e San Joseph | Spain | The ship was lost on the coast of Galicia before 22 March. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland, to Viana do Bolo. |
| Speedwell | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 11 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon, Portugal. |

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1747 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was lost before 22 December. |
| Content | Great Britain | The ship was chased ashore by a privateer and wrecked on Barbados before 16 October. |
| Culloden | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Port Morant, Jamaica, before 25 August She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Dolphin | British America | The ship was lost on the coast of Florida before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Antigua. |
| Dolphin | Great Britain | The ship foundered near Livorno. Grand Duchy of Tuscany before 15 March. |
| Dorothy & Elizabeth | British America | The ship was lost on a reef off Bermuda before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to the Leeward Islands. |
| Duke of Cumberland | Great Britain | The snow was lost in Withywood Bay before 25 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Earl of Derby | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Jamaica before 22 December. |
| George | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 350 leagues (1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall, before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Pool, Dorset. |
| Greyhound | Great Britain | The ship was chased ashore near Cape Morant, Jamaica, by two Spanish privateers before 29 March 1748 and was lost. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Heathcote | Great Britain | The ship was lost near "Mocha" before 15 March. She was on a voyage from London to a port in the east of India. |
| Industry | Great Britain | The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland some time before 24 November. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to London. |
| John and William | Great Britain | The ship was captured by a French privateer before 5 March but was subsequently lost before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London. |
| King William | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Twillingate, British America, before 22 December. |
| Kitty | Ireland | The ship was captured by the privateer Greyhound ( Spain) before 4 September. After being plundered of her cargo, she was sunk by the privateer. Kitty was on a voyage from Cork to Cape Fare. |
| Lapwing | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. |
| Leed's Merchant | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. |
| Lewis | Great Britain | The ship was lost off Newfoundland before 8 December. |
| Margaret | Great Britain | The ship foundered before 5 April 1748. She was om a voyage from London to Mahone, Menorca. |
| Massonia del Rosario | Republic of Venice | The ship exploded whilst fighting an Algerine cruiser off Gibraltar before 1 March. |
| Merchant Adventure | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December. |
| Ogden | Great Britain | The ship was captured by a Spanish privateer east of Jamaica before 23 June. She sank shortly after being captured, with nine survivors. Ogden was on a voyage from an African port to Jamaica. |
| Pemberton | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Port Morant before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Pepperel | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Maryland, British America |
| Pilchard | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, British America, before 23 October. She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon, to Boston, Massachusetts, British America. |
| Prince Arthur | Great Britain | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 8 April 1748. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Priscilla | Great Britain | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London |
| Rose | Great Britain | The ship was lost before 26 May. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Scarborough | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of New England, British America, before 1 April 1748. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Success | Great Britain | The ship was lost at Antigua before 5 May. |
| Tryton | Great Britain | The ship was lost near Bermuda before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London. |
| Vlissingen | Dutch East India Company | The East Indiaman foundered in Meob Bay, off what is now Namibia, Africa, with the loss of all hands. |
| William & Mary | British America | The ship foundered before 26 June. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica. |
| Willis | Great Britain | The ship was lost on the coast of New England, British America, before 27 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. |
| Unnamed | France | The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain whilst in pursuit of Fanny ( Great Britain). There were thirteen survivors. |
| Unnamed | France | The privateer sank at Morlaix. |