List of shipwrecks in 1773
The List of shipwrecks in 1773 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1773.
January
4 January
15 January
17 January
19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1773
Ship
State
Description
Blandford
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore between Ayr and Irvine, Ayrshire .[ 4]
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.[ 5]
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 .[ 5]
Peggy
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Cette , France.[ 5]
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 .[ 6]
20 January
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.[ 7]
25 January
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.[ 6]
30 January
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 .[ 10]
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 .[ 11]
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 .[ 12]
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 .[ 13]
Crosbis
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore in Glenluce Bay . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 4]
Dispatch
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Windward Passage . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 14]
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.[ 2]
John & Esther
Ireland
The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay . She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to Ireland.[ 12]
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.[ 4]
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 .[ 12]
Mary Ann
Great Britain
The ship foundered off the east coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[ 14]
Surry
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on Flores Island , Azores . She was on a voyage from the Grenades and Montserrat to London.[ 15]
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 .[ 12]
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.[ 2]
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.[ 12]
February
1 February
2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1773
Ship
State
Description
Dragon
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Venice .[ 14]
7 February
9 February
18 February
22 February
23 February
24 February
26 February
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 .[ 25]
Catharine & Grace
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Cherburgh , France . She was on a voyage from "Saloe" to the Dutch Republic .[ 6]
Deux Amie
France
The ship was driven ashore at Bridport , Dorset , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Westerwick, Sweden to Nantz .[ 24]
Dispatch
Great Britain
The ship was lost off Ouessant , France. She was on a voyage from "Guyon" to London .[ 6]
Duke of Gloucester
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Falmouth, Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Genoa to Hamburg .[ 26]
Friendship
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Montrose, Forfarshire .[ 6]
Galloway
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne , France. She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America to London.[ 9] [ 27]
Hope
Sweden
The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London.[ 25]
Phenix
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Teignmouth , Devon . She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Teignmouth.[ 26]
Polly
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the French Coast. She was on a voyage from Porto Rico to London.[ 6]
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.[ 17]
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.[ 17] [ 23]
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.[ 26]
Salisbury
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon .[ 17]
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.[ 9]
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.[ 24]
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.[ 26]
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 .[ 14]
March
8 March
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.[ 28]
21 March
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1773
Ship
State
Description
Fortune
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cádiz Bay.[ 30]
Unknown date
April
1 April
7 April
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1773
Ship
State
Description
Royal Charlotte
Ireland
The ship was destroyed by fire at Dublin .[ 30]
Unknown date
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 .[ 33]
10 May
11 May
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.[ 37]
29 May
Unknown date
June
1 June
Unknown date
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 .[ 43]
August
13 August
18 August
28 August
Unknown date
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.[ 49]
7 September
8 September
11 September
15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1773
Ship
State
Description
Fate
Great Britain
The ship was destroyed by an onboard explosion.[ 53]
20 September
22 September
23 September
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 .[ 57]
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.[ 58]
Jacobus
Stettin
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Norway. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Chatham, Kent , Great Britain .[ 59]
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 .[ 60]
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.[ 61]
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 .[ 56]
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 .[ 59]
Will
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 57]
October
4 October
8 October
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.[ 20]
12 October
27 October
29 October
30 October
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 .[ 67]
Good Intent
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Wexford between 25 and 31 October with the loss of a crew member.[ 68]
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 .[ 67]
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.[ 20]
Jonge Frederick
flag unknown
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Texel , Dutch Republic .[ 20]
L'Heureux Clairon
France
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea . She was on a voyage from Marseille to Cádiz , Spain.[ 69]
Mary
Great Britain
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend , Dutch Republic .[ 64]
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 .[ 70]
St Pierre
Great Britain
The ship was burnt in the Loire . A deliberate act by her captain.[ 65]
Trial
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea .[ 20]
November
6 November
11 November
12 November
15 November
16 November
17 November
18 November
24 November
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship
State
Description
Blessing
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats, Kent .[ 72]
Bridlington
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea .[ 77]
Diana
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore near Rye, Sussex . She was on a voyage from "Musquita Shore" to London .[ 77]
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 .[ 78]
Happy Return
Ireland
The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin .[ 77]
Jan Cornelis Holm
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Blankenberge . She was on a voyage from "Turo" to Ostend .[ 79]
Mary & Sally
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore near Wexford . She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Dublin .[ 68]
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 .[ 71]
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.[ 58]
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.[ 58]
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.[ 78]
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 .[ 77]
Providence
Great Britain
The ship struck a sandbank off Great Yarmouth and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 79]
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 .[ 77]
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 .[ 80]
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.[ 78]
Tom
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Orkney Islands . She was on a voyage from Bremen to Liverpool.[ 71] She was refloated in October 1774 and taken in to Liverpool.[ 61]
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.[ 79]
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 .[ 81]
9 December
17 December
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.[ 83]
26 December
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.[ 85]
Bee
Ireland
The ship was lost near Ferrol , Spain. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cádiz , Spain.[ 86]
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 .[ 76]
Aston
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Wexford , Ireland. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool.[ 73]
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.[ 85]
Good Hope
Great Britain
The ship was driven onto rocks at Dysart, Fife and wrecked.[ 76]
Nancy
Great Britain
The ship was driven ashore on the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from "Pilafoundrey" to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 85]
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 .[ 87]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1773
Ship
State
Description
Ann
Grenada
The drogher sloop was lost off Grenada.[ 46]
Britannia
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Maryland , British America to Newry , County Antrim , Ireland .[ 88]
Britannia
Great Britain
The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts , British America.[ 89]
Charlotte
Great Britain
The ship foundered off Saint Kitts . She was on a voyage from London to the Leeward Islands .[ 90]
Charming Betsey
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the coast of North Carolina , British America before 5 July.[ 91]
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.[ 92]
Dunbar
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 93]
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.[ 74]
Elizabeth
Great Britain
The ship was lost near New Calabar . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Africa.[ 20]
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 .[ 31]
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.[ 52]
George
Great Britain
The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 94]
George & Edward
Great Britain
The ship was lost at "Fermose", Newfoundland.[ 65]
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 .[ 88]
Hill
Great Britain
The ship was lost at Barbadoes .[ 15]
Hope
Ireland
The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York.[ 39]
Hope
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 95]
Hope
Great Britain
The ship was lost on Candia . Her crew were rescued.[ 86]
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.[ 96]
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 .[ 97]
Jenny
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 95]
John
Great Britain
The ship was lost on the Bahama Banks . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[ 15]
King George
Great Britain
African slave trade : The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Calabar. Her crew and 30 slaves were rescued.[ 26]
Kingston
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Westward Passage . She was on a voyage from South Carolina to Jamaica.[ 77]
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.[ 98]
Lord Mansfield
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Bengal River . Her crew were rescued.[ 99]
Maria
Great Britain
The ship was lost in the Bay of Honduras . Her crew were rescued.[ 100]
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.[ 34]
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.[ 101]
Nester
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Antigua. She was on a voyage from New England , British America to the Leeward Islands.[ 102]
Palliser
Great Britain
The ship was lost at New Providence, New Jersey , British America.[ 100]
Peggy
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, British America to Belfast , County Antrim.[ 31]
Rio Tamego
Portugal
The ship was lost off Cape St Roque, Brazil . She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.[ 103]
Royal Captain
British East India Company
The East Indiaman was lost in Chinese waters with the loss of three of her crew.[ 104]
Royal Exchange
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 95]
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.[ 79]
Speedwell
Great Britain
The ship was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued.[ 105]
Springfield
Great Britain
The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 95]
Steady
Great Britain
The whaler foundered off the coast of Greenland.[ 89]
St Joseph
Spain
The ship was lost at Carthagena , Viceroyalty of Peru . She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena.[ 106]
St Paul
France
The ship was lost on Ratan Island. She was on a voyage from Montserrat to the Bay of Honduras .[ 107]
Susannah
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Georgia , British America.[ 85]
Tom
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Cape Mount, Africa. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[ 85]
Townside
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Cape Mount. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[ 85]
William
Great Britain
The ship was lost near Anguilla .[ 26]
William
Great Britain
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod , Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts.[ 105]
William and Catharine
Ireland
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from the Grenades to Dublin.[ 59]
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