List of shipwrecks in 1773

The List of shipwrecks in 1773 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1773.

January

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.^[1]
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.^[1]
Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Sète, Hérault, France.^[1]

Ranger ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on "The Fingers". She was on a voyage from North Carolina, British America to Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[2]

Jonge Thomas.

Jonge Thomas ( Dutch East India Company): The East Indiaman, a frigate, was driven ashore and wrecked in Tafelbaai, Dutch Cape Colony with the loss of 140 of the 193 people on board.^[3]

Salvaterra ( Portugal): The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Shannon, Ireland with the loss of all hands.^[4]

Lord Mansfield ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River.^[5]

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.^[6]

Industry ( British America): The sloop foundered whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to North Carolina.^[7]
Royal Captain ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman, a full-rigged ship, struck a reef in the South China Sea off Palawan,^[5] Spanish East Indies and was wrecked with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Whampoa, China to Balambangan Island, Borneo.

Charming Betsey ( Great Britain): The ship was lost on the coast of North Carolina, British America before 5 July.^[8]

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Extract of a letter from Greenock, Jan. 21.". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 23 January 1773.
↑ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 8 March 1773.
↑ "Jonge Thomas (+1773)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
↑ "Salvaterra". Irish Shipwrecks. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "(untitled)". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 20 November 1773.
↑ "BOSTON, January 20.". Pennsylvania Gazette. 2 February 1774.
↑ "(untitled)". Edinburg Evening Courant. 5 July 1773.