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List of shipwrecks in 1751

The List of shipwrecks in 1751 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1751.

Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1750 was followed by 25 March 1751. 1751 was a special case, only having 282 days, per the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, meaning that 31 December 1751 was followed by 1 January 1752.

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March

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26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1751
Ship State Description
Lamb   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Shannon, Ireland and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Kilrush, County Cork or Limerick. Lamb was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America, to London.[1][2]

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20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1751
Ship State Description
Johanna   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly.[3]
Kingston   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly.[3]

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Ship State Description
Diepe Packet   Great Britain The ship was lost off Folkestone, Kent, before 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to London.[2]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Irish Sea with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Waterford, Ireland.[2]

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Ship State Description
Allan   Great Britain The ship foundered in The Swin, off the coast of Essex before 14 May. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[3]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar, Spain, before 10 May.[4]
Rose in June   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at St. Lucar before 10 May.[4]

June

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25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1751
Ship State Description
Hibernia   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore east of Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Gibraltar.[5]

27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1751
Ship State Description
Diamond   Great Britain The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 120 leagues (360 nautical miles (670 km)) off the Virginia Capes, British America. Her crew were rescued.[5]

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Ship State Description
Mary Kingdom of Great Britain  Jersey The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Bilbao, Spain.[6]
Seanymph   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before 18 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Carmarthen.[6]

July

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24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1751
Ship State Description
Friendship   Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Kitts.[7]

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Ship State Description
Bacchus   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, Kingdom of France before 19 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Falmouth, Cornwall.[8]
Duncanon   Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef before 29 July. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[9]

August

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8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1751
Ship State Description
Warwick Kingdom of Great Britain  British America The ship was lost on Atwood's Keys. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Hispaniola.[10]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1751
Ship State Description
Magdalena   France The ship foundered in the Windward Passage. Some of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[11]

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Ship State Description
Alice and Betty   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of the Isle of Man before 23 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to and African port.[12]
Alida   Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain, before 20 August. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Carthagena, Spain.[13]
Ducalion   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to London.[14]
Duke of Cumberland   Great Britain The ship exploded in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Ireland before 16 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland, to Virginia, British America.[15]
Flower   Ireland The ship was driven ashore on St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, Great Britain, before 23 August. She was on a voyage from "Dram", Norway to Cork.[12]
Providence   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Port-Louis, Morbihan and Brest, Finistère, France, before 27 August with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to Chester, Cheshire.[16]

September

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8 September

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List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1751
Ship State Description
Mary   Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Drunton" to Dublin.[17]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1751
Ship State Description
HMS Fox Kingdom of Great Britain  Royal Navy The sixth rate was wrecked in a hurricane at Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[18]

14 September

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List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1751
Ship State Description
Stanhope   Great Britain The brig was wrecked on the coast of Scotland with the loss of two of her crew.[19]

18 September

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List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1751
Ship State Description
Amstelland   Dutch East India Company The fluyt was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Schleswig.[20]

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Ship State Description
Christiana   Great Britain The ship was lost on the African coast with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Sierra Leone.[21]
Katherine-Elizabeth   Hamburg The ship was lost on the Dutch coast before 20 September. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cádiz, Spain.[9]
Phenix   Russia The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland before 24 September. She was on a voyage from Riga to Venice.[22]

October

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2 October

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List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1751
Ship State Description
Friendship   Great Britain The ship was lost near Carlscroon, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Chester, Cheshire.[23]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1751
Ship State Description
Lyon Kingdom of Great Britain  British America The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Speedwell (  Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Barbadoes.[24]

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Eustace   Great Britain The ship was lost near Dunkerque, Nord, France, before 8 October. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque.[25]
Fox   Ireland The cutter foundered off Margate, Kent, Great Britain, before 29 October with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Dublin.[26][27]

November

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13 November

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List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1751
Ship State Description
Beckford   Great Britain The ship was lost at Bilbao, Spain.[28]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1751
Ship State Description
Paul Katharina   France The snow was driven ashore between The Needles and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[29]
Prospect   Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London[29]

17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1751
Ship State Description
Queen of Hungary   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[30]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1751
Ship State Description
Racer   Great Britain The ship was abandoned in The Downs during a storm. She was later taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. Racer was on a voyage from Madeira to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[23]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1751
Ship State Description
Dolphin   France The ship foundered in the English Channel off South Foreland, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[30]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1751
Ship State Description
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Normandy, France, with the loss of 22 of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[24]

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Charlotte   Hamburg The ship was lost near Calais, France.[31]
Flower   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Barcelona, Spain.[31]
Nightingale   Great Britain The ship foundered in the River Tees before 19 November. She was on a voyage from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, to London.[29]

December

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2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1751
Ship State Description
Providence   Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[28]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1751
Ship State Description
Charm   Great Britain African slave trade: The ship foundered with the loss of all slaves on board. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the snow Captain Brownin (  Great Britain). Charm was on a voyage from the Cape Coast to Barbadoes.[32]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1751
Ship State Description
St. Anthony   Great Britain The ship was lost near Redreeth, Cornwall, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to London.[33]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1751
Ship State Description
Familia Kingdom of Great Britain  British America The schooner was lost on this date. All on board were rescued.[34]

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Andromeda   France The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay before 5 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Nantz, Loire-Atlantique.[2]
Argo   Great Britain The ship was lost at Barbadoes before 19 November. Se was on a voyage from Barbadoes to London.[29]
Charming Molly   Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at St John's, Newfoundland, British America, before 27 September.[35]
Earl of Hopton   Great Britain The ship was lost in ice off Greenland before 6 August.[36]
Elizabeth   Great Britain The ship was foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 10 leagues (30 nautical miles (56 km)) west of Cette, Hérault, France, with the loss of all but four of her crew.[3]
Europa   Dutch Republic The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[37]
Great Britain   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Gulf of Florida before 3 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[31]
Greyhound Kingdom of Great Britain  British America The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in the Chowan River, Virginia, before 24 September. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to North Carolina.[22]
Jane   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Acklens Keys before 13 September. Her crew were rescued by a French vessel She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[38]
Katherine   Great Britain The ship was lost on Heneaga, Virgin Islands, before 27 September. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]
Katherine   Ireland The ship sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France before 3 December.[31]
King's Fisher   Great Britain The convict ship was seized by the convicts on board. They murdered the ship's crew and she was run ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America, where she was wrecked. King's Fisher was on a voyage from Newbury, Massachusetts, to Carolina.[39]
Martha   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Roman Sand, off the coast of South Carolina, British America, before 4 June. She was on a voyage from the Canary Islands to South Carolina.[40]
Monmouth   Great Britain The ship was lost on Glover's Keys before 23 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[12]
Nancy   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Africa before 9 July.[41]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen   Spain The ship was lost near Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Carthagena.[42]
Phenix   Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Spain before 15 November. She was on a voyage from Sicily to Cádiz, Spain.[43]
Prince of Wales   Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 10 leagues west of Cette. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Recovery   Great Britain The ship was lost in the Windward Passage before 22 November. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, British America.[11]
Revenge   Great Britain The ship foundered off Dénia, Spain, before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Dénia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[31]
Ropeyard   Great Britain The ship was lost in Point Lance Bay, Newfoundland before 17 September. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Santa Antonio & Santa Felix   Spain The ship foundered off Havana, Cuba, before 26 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada, to Cádiz.[44]
Speedwell   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia before 15 November. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London.[43]
Susannah   Bremen The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[37]
Swift   Great Britain The ship was lost on the Spanish coast before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany[10]
Tuscany   Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône before 3 December.[31]
Wakend Kraan   Hamburg The ship was lost in ice off the coast of Greenland before 28 June.[37]

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