List of shipwrecks in 1749
The List of shipwrecks in 1749 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1749.
April
1749 did not begin on 1 January![Note 1]
14 April
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May
4 May
14 May
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June
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July
25 July
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August
13 August
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September
19 September
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Ship | Country | Description |
Content |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 26 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[18] |
Duke of Cumberland |
Ireland |
The ship was lost at Waterford before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Waterford.[20] |
Loyal Consort |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Plimouth, Devon before 22 September. She was on a voyage from London to Gibraltar and Naples.[21] |
Prosperous |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France before 22 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[21] |
Swallow |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk before 12 September. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch ship. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to London.[22] |
Unity |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Hull to London.[20] |
October
8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1749
Ship | Country | Description |
Dolphin |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Cape Fare.[23] |
15 October
18 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1749
Ship | Country | Description |
Charming Molly |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[27] |
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November
2 November
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December
1 December
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1749
Ship | Country | Description |
Ranger |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay, Ireland.[32] |
13 December
18 December
29 December
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Ship | Country | Description |
Expedition |
France |
The ship was wrecked at Newhaven, East Sussex, Great Britain before 19 December. She was on a voyage from the Charante to Dunkerque, Nord.[36] |
Francis |
Ireland |
The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Seville, Spain to Dublin.[37] |
Henry |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the North Sea before 29 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[37] |
John and Hasnnah |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of Pomerania before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London.[37] |
Lisbon Packet |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Rye, East Sussex before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London.[34] |
Nuestra Señora de Nazareth |
Portugal |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kimridge, Dorset, Great Britain before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France.[34] |
Prince William |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque before 26 December. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend, West Flanders, Dutch Republic.[32] |
St. Laurence |
Ireland |
The ship was lost in the Irish coast before 29 December. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dublin.[37] |
Two Brothers |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the French coast before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[38] |
January
19 January
26 January
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Ship | Country | Description |
Concordia |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore near Zurickzee, Zeeland before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Rotterdam, South Holland.[41] |
Ebenezer |
Ireland |
The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Hamburg.[42] |
Endeavour |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Loo, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Topsham, Devon to Cádiz, Spain.[43] |
Fleece |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near St. Ives, Cornwall before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Plimouth, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[35] |
Friendship |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered off Flores Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by a Portuguese sloop. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[44] |
La Carp |
France |
The ship was lost 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain with the loss of fourteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime to Rochford, Essex, Great Britain.[43] |
Mary and Anne |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Bristol.[41] |
Swift |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Looe, Cornwall before 30 January with the loss of all but one of her crew.[1] |
Warren |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near "Brixton", Isle of Wight before 30 January. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to London.[1] |
February
11 February
21 February
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Ship | Country | Description |
Concord |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Four or five of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honduras to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[46] |
Duke |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Hull, Yorkshire before 23 February. She was on a voyage from Hull to Lisbon, Portugal.[45] |
Happy |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in Bootle Bay before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to British America.[47] |
Jane |
British America |
The snow was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York.[48] |
Lord Strange |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Cobh, County Cork before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[49] |
Memland |
Great Britain |
The ship lost on the Scottish coast before 20 February.[50] |
Molly |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool before 27 February.[47] |
Nuestra Señora de Verecundia |
Spain |
The ship was lost on the Irish coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from Seville to Bristol.[33] |
Restoration |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Tenby, Pembrokeshire before 13 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to London.[33] |
Rotterdam Packet |
Ireland |
The ship foundered off Cape Clear Island, County Cork before 27 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antigua.[47] |
Speedwell |
Ireland |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Youghal, County Cork before 16 February with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[49] |
Squirrel |
British America |
The ship was wrecked west of Weymouth, Dorset, Great Britain before 9 February, Dorset with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Maryland to London.[46] |
Three Brothers |
Ireland |
The ship was driven ashore near Cobh before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Madeira and Carolina, British America.[49] |
Two Brothers |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire before 9 February.[46] |
Two Friends |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the English Channel west of Plimouth, Devon before 16 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London.[49] |
Wilhelmina |
Dutch Republic |
The ship was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent, Grear Britain before 20 February. She wason a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.[50] |
March
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Ship | Country | Description |
Albany |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes, British America before 19 December. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[36] |
Anne |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 May. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Carolina. British America.[9] |
Atlas |
France |
The ship foundered off Cape Francois, Saint-Domingue before 28 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux, Gironde.[56] |
Cannings |
Great Britain |
The frigate foundered within 100 leagues (300 nautical miles (560 km)) of Barbados before 13 February with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston to Barbadoes.[33] |
Delawar |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 leagure (600 nautical miles (1,100 km)) off the Virginia Capes before 18 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[57] |
Diamond |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America to London.[58] |
Dispatch |
Ireland |
The ship was lost off St. Lucar, Spain before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Cork to Seville, Spain.[46] |
Dolphin |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Corunna, Spain before 5 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bilbao, Spain.[38] |
Duke of Queensborough |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the Barbary Coast before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to an African port.[59] |
Eagle |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km) off Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany before 20 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London.[10] |
Edward Augustus |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Arless, Bouches-du-Rhône, France before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[33] |
Endeavour |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered off the Barbary Coast before 21 July. Her crew were rescued by Molly ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sicily to Falmouth, Cornwall.[15] |
Great Britain |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[35] |
John and Jane |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered 9 leagues (27 nautical miles (50 km) off "Cape Fare" before 12 December. Her crew were rescued by HMS Rye ( Royal Navy).[24] |
Lamplugh |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of Virginia before 25 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Virginia.[60] |
Margaret |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost off Bermuda before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London th the Bahamas.[35] |
Memland |
Great Britain |
The ship was driven ashore near Seville, Spain before 5 January. She was on a voyage from London to Seville.[35] Memland was later refloated.[23] |
Prince Henry |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost near Scilla, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Skanderoon, Ottoman Empire to Venice.[35] |
Prince William |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the coast of Africa before 9 February.[46] |
Polly and Nancy |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost on the French coast before 13 February. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux.[33] |
Purcell |
Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Tortola before 7 July. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Tortola.[61] |
Resolution |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea.[62] |
Ruth |
Great Britain |
The ship was lost at Benin before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Benin to British America.[63] |
Scipio |
Great Britain |
African slave trade: The ship was carrying slaves to America. They overthrew the crew and blew the ship up before 5 January.[35] |
Two Brothers |
Great Britain |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Alicante, Spain.[64] |
Notes
- ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1748 was followed by 25 March 1749. 31 December 1749 was followed by 1 January 1749.
- ^ Issue is misdated 1749.
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