List of shipwrecks in 1786
The List of shipwrecks in 1786 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1786.
January
6 January
Halsewell
- Halsewell (
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British East India Company): The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at St Alban's Head, Dorset and wrecked with the loss of over 240 lives. There were 74 survivors.
7 January
- Jonge Ricke (
Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in the North Sea west of Ostend, West Flanders, France. Her crew were rescued.[1] - L'Aimable Desirée (
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France): The brigantine was wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2]
10 January
- Thomas and Wiliam (
Great Britain): The ship capsized and sank at Cork, Ireland.[3]
15 January
- Ross ( Great Britain): The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Thistle ( Great Britain).[4]
17 January
- William and Margaret ( Great Britain): The ship was lost near Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Unknown date
- Crescent (
French Navy): The Enterprise-class frigate) was wrecked off Petit-Goâve, Saint-Domingue. - Notre-Dame-de-Montserrat (
Spain): The polacca was wrecked at Cadiz.[2] - Rose ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island County Cork, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[5]
February
2 February
- San Pedro de Alcantara (
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Spanish Navy): The 64-gun ship-of-the-line sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche, Portugal with the loss of 128 of the 398 people on board.
March
15 March
- Friends Adventure ( Great Britain): The brigantine was wrecked on Sandy Key, off Grand Bahama. All on board survived. The made a small boat from the wreckaged and reached the Abaco Islands on 7 June.[6]
16 March
- Nancy (
United States): The sloop was driven ashore at Swansborough, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York.[7]
April
10 April
- Carolina ( United States): The ship foundered on this date. Her crew were rescued.[8]
24 April
- Fly ( Jersey): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Jersey to Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[9]
August
29 August
- Three Cranes ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 37°N 60°W / 37°N 60°W) whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued.[10]
September
3 September
- Cruger ( United States): The ship was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef, off Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.[11]
22 September
- La Laurette ( France): The ship was wrecked at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime.[12]
October
20 October
- Sally ( Great Britain): The schooner capsized at Kingston, Jamaica during a gale with the loss of seven lives.[13]
November
14 November
- L'Aimable Marthe ( France): The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.[12]
26 November
30 November
- Le Pressigny ( France): The ship was wrecked at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche.[12]
December
8 December
- Swallow ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from America to Greenock, Ayrshire with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Brothers ( Great Britain).[14]
10 December
- Thistle ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Kenmare River, Ireland.[15]
17 December
- Whalefisher ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Broad Bay, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis with the loss of four of her crew.[16]
Unknown date
- Congress ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Prince Frederick ( Great Britain), which sprang a leak three days later and was abandoned. The crews from both ships reached Flores Island, Azores.[17]
Unknown date
- Assistance ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at the Black River, Belize.[18]
- Commerce ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage fron Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[19]
- Enterprize ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Rhode Island, United States to Dublin, Ireland. Her crew were rescued by Blackthorn Troop ( Great Britain):[20]
- La Brunette de Nantes ( France): The ship was wrecked on Aiglenau whilst of a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola to France. Her crew were rescued.[12]
- L'Aimable Thèrese ( France): The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[12]
- La Ville de Havre ( France): The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Cape Town, Dutch Cape Colony to Le Havre, Seine-Maritime.[12]
- Les Deux Amis de Havre ( France): The ship was wrecked at Guernsey, Channel Islands.[12]
- Nuestra Señora del Rosário ( Spain): The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[21]
- Peggy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Shelburne, Nova Scotia to New York, United States.[22]
- Success ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked off Dublin, Ireland.[23][24]
- Theodore de Nantes ( France): The ship struck a rock and was wrecked.[12]
- Uu Terre Neuvier ( France): The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime.[12]
- Warren's Town ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Cadiz, Spain.[19]
References
- ↑ "Foreign Intelligence". Daily Universal Register (344). 31 January 1786. p. 2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Foreign Intelligence". Daily Universal Register (360). 18 February 1786. p. 2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ireland". Daily Universal Register (337). 23 January 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (337). 23 January 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "From the Bahama Gazette". Daily Universal Register (512). 12 August 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "PHILADELPHIA, May 10.". Philadelphia Gazette. 10 May 1786.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (509). 9 August 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (522). 24 August 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (551). 10 October 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 "(untitled)". Daily Universal Register (656). 23 January 1787. p. 3.
- ↑ "Jamaica News". Daily Universal Register (578). 22 December 1786. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (632). 6 January 1787. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (627). 1 January 1787. p. 3.
- ↑ "Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, Jan. 9.". Daily Universal Register (648). 13 January 1787. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (701). 17 March 1787. p. 4.
- ↑ "Shipwrecks in Belize". UMI Productions. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (252). 9 September 1786. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (397). 3 April 1786. p. 4.
- ↑ "Azores's Shipwrecks". Texas A & M University. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (630). 4 January 1787. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship News". Daily Universal Register (629). 3 January 1787. p. 4.
- ↑ "untitled". Daily Universal Register (630). 4 January 1787. p. 2.
| Ship events in 1786 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 |