List of shipwrecks in 1785
The List of shipwrecks in 1785 includes some ship sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1785.
March
15 March
- Industry (flag unknown): The ship foundered during a voyage from Catalonia, Spain to Calais, France. Her crew were rescued by an English vessel.[1]
April
10 April
- Hinchinbrooke (
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British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost in the Bengal River, India.[2]
July
9 July
- Potomack (
Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. Her crew were rescued by Hampshire ( Great Britain) and a Dutch ship.[3]
August
25 August
- Cornwallis ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore in Neava Bay, Hispaniola during a hurricane and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[4]
26 August
- Constantine ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Thatch Island, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[5]
October
15 October
- Le Ferm (
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France): The ship was struck by lightning and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of seven of the 38 passengers and crew on board.[6]
November
5 November
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Varberg, Sweden.[7]
- Jong Rudolph (
Sweden): The ship was wrecked at Varberg.[7] - Little Bair ( Sweden): The ship was wrecked at Varberg.[7]
- Prince Carle ( Sweden): The ship was wrecked at Varberg.[7]
- Sophia Magdalena ( Sweden): The ship was wrecked at Varberg.[7]
- Thesmar ( Sweden): The brig was wrecked at Varberg.[7]
27 November
- James (
United States): The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (27°10′N 68°40′W / 27.167°N 68.667°W). Her crew were rescued by the schooner James ( Great Britain).[8]
December
4 December
- Charming Molly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued three days later by the brig Basil ( Great Britain).[9]
6 December
- Montagu ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was destroyed by an explosion at Diamond Point, Bengal, India.[2]
14 December
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[10]
31 December
- Biddy ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and was wrecked.[11]
Unknown date
- Harriot ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[12]
- Industry ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Galloway with the loss of eight lives.[11]
Unknown date
- Alexander ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the coast of Norway. Her crew were rescued.[13]
- Beaver ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[14]
- Constant Trader ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[13]
- Fanny ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued and landed at Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[15]
- Fanny ( Great Britain): The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to the West Indies. Her crew were rescued by Kitty ( Great Britain)[16]
- Friendly Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[14]
- Fortune ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Wingo. Her crew were rescued.[7]
- Honduras ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°30′N 26°0′W / 48.500°N 26.000°W). Her crew were rescued by the brig Jenny ( Great Britain).[1]
- Hope ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Heligoland, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[7]
- Kelly ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[14]
- Leverpool ( Great Britain): The ship was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan with the loss of five of her crew.[17]
- Lyon ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off Greenland.[14]
- May Flower ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship (
Great Britain). Her crew were rescued.[18] - N. S. del Rosario (
Spain): The ship foundered off New York, United States.[3] - Prince of Wales ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km)) off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[19]
- Providence ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast.[18]
- Sisters ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the Norwegian coast with the loss of her captain.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (98). 20 April 1785. p. 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Losses from the East India Company's ships (1763 - 1815)". Ocean Treasures. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (177). 21 July 1785. p. 4.
- ↑ "West India Intelligence". Daily Universal Register (291). 30 November 1785. p. 3.
- ↑ Towle, Edward L.; Marx, Robert F.; Albright, Alan B. (December 1976). "Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands. An Inventory, 1523 - 1825". Virgin Islands: Island Resources Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "West India Intelligence". Daily Universal Register (304). 30 March 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (279). 16 November 1785. p. 3.
- ↑ "From the Jamaica Gazette". Daily Universal Register (343). 30 January 1786. p. 3.
- ↑ "Extract of a letter from Liverpool, Jan 31.". Daily Universal Register (346). 2 February 1786. p. 3.
- ↑ "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "(untitled)". Daily Universal Register (320). 4 January 1786. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (320). 4 January 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (231). 21 September 1785. p. 3.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (174). 18 July 1785. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (99). 21 April 1785. p. p4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (233). 23 September 1785. p. 4.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (270). 5 November 1785. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (242). 4 October 1785. p. 4.
| Ship events in 1785 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 |