List of shipwrecks in 1788
The List of shipwrecks in 1788 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1788.
January
17 January
- Delight (
Great Britain): The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[1]
21 January
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.[2][3]
Unknown date
- Active ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while on a voyage from South Carolina, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Her crew were rescued.[4]
- Two Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship sank in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.[5]
March
5 March
- Francis ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent while on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[6]
June
7 June
- Unnamed vessel (
United States): The Virginian sailing vessel was lost in the Gilstone area of the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly.[3]
July
23 July
- Fanny ( United States): The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Ocracock, North Carolina.[7]
- Nancy ( United States): The sloop was driven ashore at Ocracock.[7]
- Polly ( United States): The schooner was driven ashore and dismasted at Ocracock.[7]
24 July
- Federalist (
United States): The miniature ship sank in a storm while moored in the Potomac River near Mount Vernon shortly after being delivered as a gift to George Washington.
August
16 August
- La Blonde (
French Navy): The frigate was driven ashore in a hurricane at Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola and was wrecked.[8]
November
3 November
- Bella ( Great Britain): The ship foundered 25 leagues (75 nautical miles (139 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall while on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[9]
10 November
- William ( Isle of Man): The ship was wrecked in Sheep Haven Bay. Her crew were rescued.[10]
15 November
- Annabella ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Zirkza, near Kronstadt, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[11]
- Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Baltiysk, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[11]
20 November
- Friends ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk while on a voyage from Saint Petersburgh, Russia to London.[12]
27 November
- Bridget (
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Ireland): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown, Isle of Man with the loss of five of her thirteen crew.[13]
December
2 December
- Amazon ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on a sandbank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[11]
23 December
- HMRC Prince of Wales (
Great Britain): The revenue cutter ran aground off Girvan, Ayrshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[14]
29 December
31 December
- Vénus ( French Navy): The Hébé-class frigate was wrecked in the Indian Ocean.
Unknown date
- Baltick ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Estonia while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[12]
- Betsy ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal while on a voyage from Malaga, Spain to London.[16] Her crew were rescued.[9]
- Dolphin ( United States): The sloop was wrecked on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 19 November. Her crew were rescued.[17]
- Fly ( Great Britain): The ship was driven ashore at Cape Trafalgar, Spain and was wrecked while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Livorno, Italy.[18]
- Friends ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[19]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered while on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[20]
- Friendship ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal while on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Gibraltar.[21]
- Hastings ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay, India.[22]
- Mary ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall.[10]
- Mary and Jane ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on the coast of East Florida while on a voyage from Jamaica to London. Her crew were rescued.[10]
- Neckar ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the China Seas with the loss of most of her crew while on a voyage from China to Bombay.[22]
- Nimrod ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued by Waterford Packet ( Ireland).[9]
- Olive Branch ( Great Britain): The ship foundered off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[10]
- Resolution ( Great Britain): The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Reval while on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[19]
- San Fernando (
Spain)): The ship was wrecked on Corvo Island, Azores.[23] - Sisters ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, France.[19]
- Susannah ( Great Britain): The sloop foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°16′N 5°00′W / 49.267°N 5.000°W). Her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain).[18]
- Trial ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked in the Baltic Sea off Ventspils, Latvia.[19]
- Tryal ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Newfoundland, British North America.[19]
References
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 January 1788. (950), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Friday, 19 January 1788. (961), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Larn, Richard (1992). Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 January 1788. (959), col B-C, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 January 1788. (962), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 8 March 1788. ((not numbered)), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "List of vessels lost, driven on shore, and dismasted at Ocracock, North Carolina, in a violent storm on the night of the 23rd of last month". Pennsylvania Gazette. 20 August 1788.
- ↑ "West India Intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 31 October 1788. (1159), col A-B, p. 4.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 November 1788. (1169), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 19 November 1788. (1175), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 4 December 1788. (1188), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 November 1788. (1178), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ireland" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 December 1788. (1206), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Scotland" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 January 1789. (1222), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Shipwreck List 18th Century". Cork Shipwrecks. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 10 November 1788. (1167), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Pennsylvania Gazette. 19 November 1788.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 January 1789. (1222), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 November 1788. (1181), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 June 1788. (1090), col A-B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship News" The Times (London). Monday, 9 June 1788. (1093), col A-B, p. 4.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Ship News" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 July 1788. (1110), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Azores's Shipwrecks". Texas A & M University. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
| Ship events in 1788 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 |