List of shipwrecks in 1778
The List of shipwrecks in 1778 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1778.
1778 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Unknown date |
February
11 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Liverpool | Royal Navy | The Coventry-class frigate was wrecked in Jamaica Bay, off Long Island, New York, United States. |
16 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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HM hired armed ship Lord Amherst | Royal Navy | The hospital ship ran aground on a reef off Bermuda and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London[1] |
March
7 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Randolph | Continental Navy | The frigate was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in an engagement with HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 311 of her 315 crew. |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Columbus | Continental Navy | American Revolutionary War: The frigate ran aground at Point Judith, Rhode Island whilst under pursuit and was abandoned. She was subsequently burnt by the British. |
April
24 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Independence | Continental Navy | The sloop was wrecked in the Oracoke Inlet, North Carolina. |
July
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Mermaid | Royal Navy | The Mermaid-class frigate was driven ashore to prevent her being captured. |
August
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Cerberus | Royal Navy | American Revolutionary War: The sixth rate frigate was set afire and destroyed in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by the French |
HMS Lark | Royal Navy | American Revolutionary War: The Richmond-class frigate was set afire and destroyed in Narragansett Bay to avoid capture by the French. |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charlotte | United States | American Revolutionary War: The schooner ran aground in Bull Island Bay, South Carolina whilst being chased by the privateer Revenge Great Britain). She was consequently captured by the British.[2] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Colebrooke | British East India Company | The East Indiaman struck Anvil Rock, in Kogel Bay and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Bombay, India.[3] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lord Sandwich | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The prison ship, a barque, was scuttled at Newport, Rhode Island, United States between 3 and 6 August. |
September
25 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Raleigh | United States Navy | The Hancock-class frigate ran aground on Wooden Ball Island, Maine whilst in an engagement with HMS Experiment and HMS Unicorn (both Royal Navy) and was abandoned. She was captured by the British, refloated on 28 September and taken in to service as HMS Raleigh. |
October
3 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Mary | Royal Navy | The 4-gun smack was lost in Plymouth Sound.[4] |
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, British America.[5] |
Sarah and Elizabeth | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Pensacola.[6] |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Zebra | Royal Navy | American Revolutionary War: The Swan-class ship sloop ran aground in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. She was destroyed by explosived to avoid her being captured. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dispatch | Great Britain | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7] |
November
2 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Somerset | Royal Navy | The third rate ship of the line ran aground off Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States and was wrecked with the loss of 21 of her crew. |
December
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Martha | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Egg Harbor, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to New York, United States[8] |
26 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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General Arnold | United States | The privateer, a brig, was wrecked at Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts with the loss of 70 of her 105 crew.[9] |
28 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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London | British East India Company | The East Indiaman was run down and sunk off Berry Head, Devon by HMS Russell ( Royal Navy).[10] |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Cupid | Royal Navy | The Sloop-of-War foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of nine of her crew.[11] |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | Great Britain | The transport ship foundered in the Nore.[12] |
Marianna Charlotta | Kingdom of Sicily | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Naples.[12] |
Ruby | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked at Jersey, Channel Islands.[11] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fame | Great Britain | The ship was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America.[13] |
Jenny | Great Britain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Staten Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York City to London.[14] |
Lady Catharina | Ireland | The ship was lost near Holyhead, Anglesey, Great Britain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the West Indies.[15] |
Mary | Great Britain | American Revolutionary War: The ship was lost off Cape Florida, British America whilst evading tow American privateers.[16] |
Nouvelle Abondance | France | The ship, a prize, foundered in the English Channel off Calais. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
Rose | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Staten Island in late December.[14] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minerva | United States | The ship was lost near "Westerley". She was on a voyage from Rhode Island to New York.[17] |
Neptune | Dutch Republic | The ship was lost at Tortola.[18] |
Rockingham | Great Britain | The transport ship was lost.[19] |
References
- ↑ "LORD AMHERST". Aqua Explorers. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "The Colebrooke 1778". South African Historical Wreck Society. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "HMS Mary (+1778)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1041). 12 March 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1040). 9 March 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1081). 3 August 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1028). 29 January 1779.
- ↑ "PLYMOUTH IN THE REVOLUTION" (PDF). Plymouth Hall Museum. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- 1 2 "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1027). 26 January 1779.
- 1 2 "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1024). 15 January 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1087). 24 August 1779.
- 1 2 "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1034). 19 February 1779.
- 1 2 "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1020). 1 January 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1075). 13 July 1779.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1031). 9 February 1779.
- ↑ Towle, Edward L.; Marx, Robert F.; Albright, Alan B. (December 1976). "Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825" (PDF). Virgin Islands: Island Resources Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (1032). 12 February 1779.
Ship events in 1778 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 |
Ship commissionings: | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 |
Shipwrecks: | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 |
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