List of shipwrecks in 1779

The List of shipwrecks in 1779 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1779.

March

Defense ( Connecticut State Navy): The warship, a brig, ran aground on the Bartlett Reef, off Waterford, Connecticut and was wrecked whilst evading Royal Navy vessels.^[1]^[2]

HMS Arethusa ( Royal Navy): The fifth rate frigate was wrecked on the south cost of Ouessant, Finistère, France.

Fox ( French Navy): The frigate ran aground off Pointe St. Jaques, Morbihan and was wrecked.

Snapper ( Great Britain): The privateer was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cork, Ireland.^[3]

USS Providence ( Continental Navy): American Revolutionary War, Penobscot expedition: The sloop was scuttled in the Penobscot River to prevent her capture by the British.
Tyrannicide ( Massachusetts State Navy): American Revolutionary War, Penobscot expedition: The brig was set afire and destroyed at Bangor, New Ireland to prevent her being captured by the British.

Valentine ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost off Guernsey, Channel Islands.^[4]

Stafford ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India.^[4]

Defence ( United States): American Revolutionary War, Penobscot expedition: The privateer, a brig, was scuttled in the Penobscot River on 12 or 13 Augustto prevent her capture by the British.
USS Warren ( Continental Navy): American Revolutionary War, Penobscot expedition: The frigate was set afire and scuttled in the Penobscot River on 14 or 15 August to prevent her capture by the British.

HMS North ( Royal Navy): The sloop-of-war was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of 170 lives.^[5]
St. Helena ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Halifax.^[6]

HMS Duc de la Vauginon ( Royal Navy): The cutter foundered in the North Sea in mid-December.

HMS Glasgow ( Royal Navy): The sixth rate post ship was destroyed by fire in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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↑ Kaplan, Johnna (3 June 2011). "Shipwrecks, Prisoners and Bombs.". Waterford Patch. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
↑ "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "HMS North - 1779". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
↑ "St. Helena - 1779". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 31 December 2014.