List of shipwrecks in 1787
The List of shipwrecks in 1787 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1787.
January
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1787
Ship
State
Description
Barbara
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz , Spain. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz.[ 1]
John and Mary
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Genoa .[ 1]
L'Amedée Théodore
France The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg to Alicante , Spain.[ 1]
Les Pleyades
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Cádiz.[ 1]
Maria
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Norway to Genoa.[ 1]
Mira
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cádiz.[ 1]
Neptune
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 1]
Severver
Spain
The ship was driven ashore at Cádiz with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Seville Spain.[ 1]
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Ship
State
Description
Adelaid
Great Britain The ship was lost near Port St. Mary , Isle of Man .[ 2]
Ann
Great Britain The ship was lost near Alicante , Spain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Alicante.[ 3]
Aurora
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Greenock , Renfrewshire . She was on a voyage from Greenock to Jamaica.[ 4]
Betsey
Great Britain Captain Murphy's ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cádiz , Spain.[ 2]
Betsey
Great Britain Captain Wilson's ship was lost between Gibraltar and Málaga.[ 5]
Betty
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Conil de la Frontera , Spain. She was on a voyage from Altea to London.[ 2]
Bilboa Packet
Great Britain The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from Gallipoly , Ottoman Empire to London.[ 3]
Christie
Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Conil de la Frontera. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dublin .[ 3]
Confidence
France The ship was lost in Málaga Bay. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Havre de Grâce .[ 2]
Endeavour
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Arzilla". She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Gibraltar.[ 3]
Esperanza
Spain
The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of St. Mary's.[ 2]
Gustaff
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , Great Britain and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate , Kent. Gustaff was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Saint-Malo , France .[ 6]
Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish coast.[ 2]
Henry
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hurst Castle , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Oporto , Portugal to Dundee , Perthshire .[ 5] Henry was later refloated and taken in to Cowes , Isle of Wight for repairs.[ 6]
Kent
Great Britain The ship was lost near Cape Spartel , Morocco with the loss of ten of the eighteen people on board.[ 3]
Lily of the Valley
Ireland The ship foundered off the French coast. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Bourdeaux.[ 5]
London Packet
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne , France. She was on a voyage from Guernsey , Channel Islands to London .[ 7]
Mary
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Spain to London.[ 5]
Nathaniel and Mary
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Firth of Forth in early January.[ 8] Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to Leith , Lothian .[ 7]
Neptune
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Ballycastle, County Antrim , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Londonderry , Ireland.[ 7]
Neptune
Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Tingmouth , County Durham .[ 3]
Neptune
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore at Ostend . She was on a voyage from Cette , France to Ostend.[ 4]
Peggy
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Alloa , Clackmannanshire to London.[ 3]
Penelope
Republic of Venice
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar .[ 5]
Perseverance
Great Britain The ship capsized off Carrickfergus , County Antrim , Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[ 5]
Providence
Great Britain The brigantine was wrecked at Vilassar de Mar , Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 9]
Star Cross
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Bilboa , Spain to Exeter , Devon .[ 4]
Sykes
Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex , Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Rouen , France to Dublin .[ 6]
Union
Great Britain The ship was lost near St. Andero , Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilboa to Tingmouth , Devon.[ 10]
William
Great Britain The ship was lost in the Black River, Jamaica . She was on a voyage from the Musquito Shore to London.[ 11]
February
9 February
11 February
12 February
15 February
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Ship
State
Description
City of Wologda
Norway
The ship was lost on "Keilden Island". She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Bergen .[ 17]
Friends
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Studland , Dorset . She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , France to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 16]
Friendship
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Arcasson , France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to San Sebastián , Spain.[ 18]
Janus
France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Cap-François , Saint-Domingue .[ 19]
Oak
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Civita Vecchia , Papal States .[ 20]
Providence's Endeavour
Great Britain The ship struck the pier and sank at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Hull, Yorkshire .[ 17]
Rebecca
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Wolf Rock, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville , Spain to London .[ 16]
Rose
Isle of Man
The ship struck a rock and sank at Europa Point , Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to the Isle of Man.[ 17]
St. Michael's Packet
Great Britain The ship was lost in Málaga Bay. She was on a voyage from Bona , Algeria to Málaga , Spain.[ 21]
St. Promand
France The ship ran aground at Cette. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Cette.[ 22]
Swift
Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Waterford .[ 19]
March
4 March
6 March
9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1787
Ship
State
Description
Johanna Florentina
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stutton Gut, County Dublin , Ireland .[ 23]
Nicholas Conolly
Guernsey
The ship was lost at Guernsey with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Guernsey.[ 25]
St Pedro Martyr
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bayonne , France .[ 26]
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Ship
State
Description
Agnes
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Virginia , United States.[ 13]
Alert
Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Schevering Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London .[ 13]
Ann
Ireland The ship was wrecked near "Broom Hill". She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Cádiz , Spain and Newry , County Antrim .[ 25]
Barbara
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cadiz and was wrecked.[ 27]
Charlotte
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Grenada .[ 24]
Darnel
Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wexford , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[ 28]
Friends
Ireland The ship was wrecked at Notre-Dame-de-Monts , France with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux .[ 25]
Hope
Denmark
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Lucar , Spain.[ 27]
Hope
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Pool , Dorset . She was on a voyage from London to Barcelona , Spain. Hope was later refloated and taken in to Pool.[ 13] [ 14] [ 29]
Jane
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Heneagua .[ 30]
John and Bella
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitehaven , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Virginia , United States.[ 28]
Mars
Ireland The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Dublin .[ 28]
Mercurius
Stettin
The ship was cut by ice and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[ 14]
Piltown
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Scar Weather Sands, in the Irish Sea , with the loss of all but one or two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Waterford , Ireland to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 15] [ 24]
Rachael
Great Britain The ship was wrecked with the loss of 23 lives.[ 31]
Seven Stars
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighthelmstone , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Ostend , Dutch Republic to Nantz , France .[ 22]
Speculation
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off County Dublin , Ireland.[ 24]
St. Pedro
Spain
The ship was driven ashore 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) from Bilboa . She was on a voyage from London to Bilboa.[ 26]
Susannah
Ireland The ship foundered off Dumaney Bay, County Cork . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Dublin .[ 32]
Telemacque
Spain
The ship ran aground on the Folstrup Sand. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Cádiz.[ 33]
Two Brothers
France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkerque .[ 22]
April
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1787
Ship
State
Description
Betsey
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dantzick . She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London .[ 34]
21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1787
Ship
State
Description
Thompson
Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 35]
28 April
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Ship
State
Description
Ceres
Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (46°N 25°W / 46°N 25°W / 46; -25 Commerce (Great Britain Newfoundland , British America to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 37]
Chance
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Vannes , France . She was on a voyage from a French port to Newfoundland.[ 38]
Flora
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Ventava , Duchy of Courland and Semigallia .[ 39]
Helena Anna
Dutch Republic
The ship was driven ashore on Texel . She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam .[ 39]
Hope
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Africa.[ 11] [ 40]
Irene
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stornoway , Isle of Lewis . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel , Prussia .[ 40]
Sisters
Great Britain The ship was lost at Dunkerque , France.[ 38]
Success
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near "Wingo".[ 38]
May
17 May
20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1787
Ship
State
Description
Garland
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Gold Coast, Africa.[ 42]
24 May
Unknown date
June
1 June
2 June
6 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1787
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Alicante , Spain.[ 35]
Unknown date
July
6 July
Unknown date
August
2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1787
Ship
State
Description
Hannah
Ireland The ship struck a rock north east of the Colleradoes and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork .[ 54]
16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1787
Ship
State
Description
Tobago Tobago
The sloop was wrecked in Englishman's Bay, Tobago.[ 55]
23 August
24 August
30 August
31 August
Unknown date
September
2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1787
Ship
State
Description
Ann
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore during a hurricane in British Honduras .[ 42]
Bellisarius Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked at the mouth of the Belize River , British Honduras.[ 42] [ 66]
Bermuda
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore during a hurricane in British Honduras.[ 42]
Betsey
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 67]
Catherine
Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked at the mouth of the Belize River.[ 68]
Craft
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Dick
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 67]
Ellen
Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked in British Honduras.[ 68]
Ellon
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Fortune
Great Britain The schooner capsized during a hurricane at the mouth of the Belize River and sank with the loss of all hands.[ 68]
Galloway
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
General Campbel
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at British Honduras.[ 42] [ 69]
George
Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked on the Magna Kas Reef off British Honduras.[ 68]
Harriot
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Honduras
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 67]
Hope
Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on a reef during a hurricane and wrecked of St George's Kay, British Honduras.[ 68]
Jamaica
Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked in British Honduras.[ 68]
Jenny
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged during a hurricane in British Honduras. She was later refloated.[ 42]
John
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked during a hurricane in British Honduras.[ 42] [ 69]
Joseph
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Krym Imperial Russian Navy
The Vosmoi -classfrigate foundered off Kaliakra with the loss of all hands.[ 60]
Little Ben
Great Britain The sloop foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all but one of her crew.[ 68] [ 67]
Mary
Great Britain The schooner foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 68] [ 67]
Mary and Betsey
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 67]
Peggy
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Polly
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Sudden Death
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane.[ 67]
Superbe
Great Britain The ship foundered off British Honduras during a hurricane with the loss of all hands.[ 67]
Susanna
Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore during a hurricane and wrecked at the mouth of the Belize River.[ 68]
Thomas
Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven onto a reef and wrecked off St. Georges Kay during a hurricane.[ 68]
11 September
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1787
Ship
State
Description
Duke of York Great Britain The ship was lost at "New Years Harbour". Her crew were rescued.[ 70]
12 September
16 September
19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1787
Ship
State
Description
Hector
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Plymouth Hoe , Devon. Her crew survived.[ 74] London .[ 75]
21 September
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Britannia
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Memel , Prussia .[ 71]
Favourite Nancy
Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dublin . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bourdeaux , France .[ 76]
Fortitude
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from "Wyburg" to King's Lynn , Norfolk .[ 77]
Helena Maria
Great Britain The ship was lost near "Warbury", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent , Great Britain to Gamla Carleby .[ 78]
Henny
Great Britain The ship ran aground in the River Ribble and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Lancaster, Lancashire .[ 73]
Hope
Great Britain The ship departed from Drontheim , Norway for Naples , Kingdom of Sicily . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 79]
Joseph
Ireland The ship was lost at Fayal , Azores . She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Barbadoes and Dublin .[ 75]
Lightning
Imperial Russian Navy
The transport ship was wrecked in the Moonsund . She was on a voyage from Riga to Cronstadt .[ 60]
Mariya Magdalina
Imperial Russian Navy
Russo-Turkish War : The transport ship was damaged off Cape Kaliakra in a storm that lasted from 8–13 September. She was captured in the Dardanelles on the latter date.[ 60]
Thames
Great Britain The ship was driven ashoreat Newry , County Antrim , Ireland . She was on a voyage from London to Newry.[ 56] Thames was later refloated.[ 78]
October
3 October
4 October
18 October
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Astrolabe
France The ship departed from "Awathoa", Japan . No further trace, presumed subsequently wrecked in the Vanikoro Islands .[ 68]
Ellen
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 54]
Euhorn
Denmark
The ship sprang a leak in the River Thames and was beached at Northfleet , Kent , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from London to Elsinore .[ 47]
Freden
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 82] Gothenburg to Newry , County Antrim , Ireland .[ 83]
Industry
Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead , Anglesey , Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux , France to Drogheda , County Louth .[ 84]
Kitty & Mary
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Newry to Liverpool.[ 80]
Lowestoft
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from London to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 85]
Nossa Senhora Da Bonviance
Portugal
The ship was lost in the Vlie . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto .[ 59]
Notre Dame Begone
Spain
The ship was driven ashore near Bilboa . She was on a voyage from Bilboa to London.[ 86]
Sally
Great Britain The ship ran aground at Tingmouth , Devon and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tingmouth.[ 47]
Unity
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake , Cheshire . She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Liverpool.[ 54] [ 81]
November
2 November
6 November
8 November
14 November
18 November
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Ship
State
Description
Adventure
Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne , France with the loss of all hands.[ 90]
Alfred
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea with the loss of four of her crew.[ 94]
Ann & Elizabeth
Great Britain The ship was lost near Margate , Kent . Sheas on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to London .[ 95]
Bilboa Packet
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal, Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Bilboa , Spain.[ 95]
Blessing
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged in the River Thames at Woolwich , Kent . She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham .[ 96]
Bourdeaux Trader
France The ship was driven ashore in the Garonne . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Bourdeaux .[ 96] Bourdeaux Trader was later refloated and taken in to Bourdeaux.[ 92]
Christiana Frederick
Norway
The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany .[ 95]
Concord
Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Finland . Her crew were rescued.[ 92]
Daniel
Great Britain The ship was lost near Margate. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol.[ 95]
Eliza
Great Britain The ship was lost at Aveiro, Portugal . She was on a voyage from Newfoundland , British America to Aveiro.[ 90]
Forrester
Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and put into Ramsgate , Kent, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Limmington , Hampshire to London.[ 97]
Friendship
Great Britain The ship was lost off Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to London.[ 96]
Garland
Great Britain The ship was lost near Sandown Castle, Kent . She was on a voyage from London to Seville , Spain.[ 95]
Good Expectations
Bremen
The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , Great Britain . She was on a voyage from Bremen to Bourdeaux or Nantz , France.[ 97]
Industry
Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Campveer , Dutch Republic .[ 89]
Janet
Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Wicklow , Ireland .[ 98]
Lady Francis
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Caithness .[ 99]
Laurel
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 90] [ 98]
Manchester
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno. Manchester was later refloated.[ 99]
Margaret and Ann
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Whitby. She was on a voyage from Leith to Campveer.[ 90] Margaret and Ann was later refloated.[ 98]
Margret
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Leith.[ 94]
Maria Charlotta
Norway
The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from London to Norrköping .[ 97]
Mary
Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Sandholms, in the Baltic Sea.[ 98]
Molly
Great Britain The ship was lost near St. David's Head , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Bristol to Liverpool.[ 100]
Nelly
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at "Wigan". She was on a voyage from Leith to Memel , Prussia .[ 95]
Phœnix
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Deva , Spain to London.[ 89]
Prince William Henry Paquet
Great Britain The ship was lost near Boulogne. She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Dieppe , France.[ 89]
Recovery
Great Britain The ship was lost near Rosinstown , County Wexford , Ireland with the loss of six of her crew. she was on a voyage from London to Dublin.[ 100]
Richard
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Jura .[ 100] [ 92]
Rose
Great Britain The ship foundered in Pegwell Bay . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Sandwich, Kent .[ 95]
Sally
Great Britain The ship was lost near Leigh-on-Sea , Essex . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar .[ 89]
Senegalia
Great Britain The ship was wrecked near Boulogne with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[ 89]
Tendenstrickt
Denmark
The ship was wrecked on the Bree Bank with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Santa Cruz.[ 94]
Thomas and Richard
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Memel , Prussia with the loss of five of her crew.[ 98]
December
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1787
Ship
State
Description
Mary Ann
Great Britain The ship was lost at Grenada . She was on a voyage from Virginia , United States to Grenada.[ 101]
8 December
9 December
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1787
Ship
State
Description
Friends Goodwill
Ireland The ship departed from Cork for Havre de Grâce , France . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 104]
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1787
Ship
State
Description
Nancy
Great Britain The ship departed from Virginia , United States for Lisbon , Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[ 105]
17 December
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1787
Ship
State
Description
Gideon
Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira .[ 106]
Harmony
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira.[ 106]
Maria
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Madeira.[ 106]
Nossa Senhora Conceicao Santa Rita
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira.[ 106]
Sally
Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira.[ 106]
22 December
24 December
28 December
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Amphion
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France whilst on a voyage from Stockholm , Sweden to Havre de Grace , Seine-Maritime , France.[ 67]
Flora
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz , Spain.[ 55]
Good-Intent
Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua and Jamaica.[ 107]
Little Betsey
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Thames at Rotherhithe , Kent . She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to London.[ 100]
Marian
Great Britain The ship was lost near Figueira da Foz , Portugal. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Messina , Sicily .[ 91]
Mary
Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to Cork .[ 107]
Mary Ann
Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Newhaven, Sussex .[ 91]
Nancy
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Londonderry , Ireland to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 91]
Peace & Plenty
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Wicklow , Ireland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Boston.[ 42]
Venus
Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a French brig . Her crew were rescued.[ 92]
Unknown date
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Ship
State
Description
Active
Great Britain The ship was lost at the mouth of the Gabon River , Africa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Africa to London.[ 39]
Active
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from South Carolina , United States to Bristol , Gloucestershire . Her crew were rescued.[ 111]
Albion
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gulf of Florida . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London .[ 84]
Alfred Stopart
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gulf of Florida. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 84]
Avanture
France The ship was lost due to an insurrection. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux to Africa and the West Indies .[ 76]
Baltic Merchant
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Kattegat . Her crew were rescued.[ 112]
Betsey
Ireland The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Baffin Bay to Newry , County Antrim .[ 30]
Betsey
Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Nova Scotia , British America / Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Halifax , Nova Scotia.[ 113]
Betsey
Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 35]
Betsey
Ireland The ship was lost 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Egg Harbour, New Jersey , United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to New York , United States.[ 62]
Carnatic
British East India Company
The East Indiaman ran aground at Falta , India and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London the Tranquebar and Bengal , India.[ 114]
Cato
Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[ 100]
Charlotte
Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at New Providence, New Jersey , United States.[ 86]
Dutchess of Argyle
Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Cumberland Island , Georgia , United States. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.[ 115]
Eagle
Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from British Honduras to Liverpool.[ 27]
Enterprize
Great Britain The ship was lost at Jamaica.[ 116]
Experiment
Ireland The ship was lost on the coast of Nova Scotia , British America. She was on a voyage from Cork to Halifax.[ 86]
Favourite
Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 35]
Fox
Great Britain The ship was severely damaged by fire at "Tracadegash".[ 117]
Generous Friends
Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 35]
Hastings
British East India Company
The East Indiaman was lost in the China Seas. She was on a voyage from China to Bengal , India .[ 118]
Holcomb
Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 35]
Hope
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Charleston, South Carolina , United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Hamburg.[ 43]
Hope
Great Britain The ship was lost near "Traverse". Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
James
Great Britain The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Pidgeon Island . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 81]
Jenny
Ireland The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Everley (Great Britain Jenny was on a voyage from North Carolina , United States to Cork.[ 107]
Lady Hill
Great Britain The ship was lost on the north east coast of Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to Jamaica.[ 30]
Lady Hughes
Great Britain The ship was lost at Grenada . Her crew were rescued.[ 119]
Lord Shelburne
Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland . All on board were rescued by Catharine (Great Britain [ 55] [ 120]
Marianne
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Port Royal , Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint Domingo .[ 33]
Mary
Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Africa to the West Indies and back.[ 119]
Mary
Great Britain Captain Nelles's whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 35]
Mary
Great Britain Captain Carpenter's whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland.[ 121]
Mercury
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Heneaga . She was on a voyage from Charleston to Jamaica.[ 122]
Minerva
Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from North Carolina to Dublin. Her crew were rescued.[ 112]
Neckar
British East India Company
The East Indiaman was lost in the China Seas. She was on a voyage from China to Bengal.[ 118]
Noble Bounty
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cape Florida , New Spain . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[ 123]
Nonsuch
Great Britain The ship was lost at the Virginia Capes , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia .[ 124]
Peggy
Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from London to British Honduras .[ 125]
Ranger
Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Colleradoes with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bermuda .[ 37]
Recovery
Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Wexford , Ireland .[ 126]
Rose
Great Britain The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Quebec. Her crew were rescued.[ 97]
Success
Great Britain The whaler was sunk in the Davis Straits .[ 121]
Swift
Great Britain The ship foundered off Bermuda . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Newfoundland , British America.[ 51]
Thames
Great Britain The ship was lost in the Gulf of Venice . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Trieste , Republic of Venice .[ 14]
Three Friends
Great Britain The ship was lost near Charleston. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Charleston.[ 127]
Tigris
Ireland The ship struck a rock and sank whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Montreal .[ 77]
Turnchapell
Great Britain The ship was lost on a voyage from Newfoundland to Halifax.[ 64]
White
Great Britain The ship was lost off Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Cowes , Isle of Wight to Quebec , British America.[ 73]
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