List of shipwrecks in 1782

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The List of shipwrecks in 1782 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1782.


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January[edit]

5 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1782
Ship State Description
Fly  France The privateer was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne with the loss of 55 of the 61 people on board.[1]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland.[2] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Lucia.[3]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1782
Ship State Description
Wolle Commisée  France The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon, Great Britain.[4]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1782
Ship State Description
Catharine  Great Britain The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London.[5]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1782
Ship State Description
Joseph  Great Britain The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Juno ( Great Britain).[6]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1782
Ship State Description
Will  Great Britain The ship was lost in Carnarvon Bay with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7]

18 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1782
Ship State Description
James  Great Britain The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the River Shannon.[8]

20 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Hinchinbrook Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth-rate frigate ran aground and sank in St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Blonde Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fifth-rate frigate was wrecked off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. The crew and their American prisoners were rescued by the privateers Lively and Scammell (both  United States). They were landed 30 miles (48 km) from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in exchange for the release of the Americans.[9]

23 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1782
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost in Carmarthen Bay. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Splitwiskers  Great Britain The ship was lost near Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Ostend.[10]

25 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Solebay Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Mermaid-class frigate was wrecked off Nevis.

30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1782
Ship State Description
Dankbaarheid Dutch East India Company ship, captured by Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
Loss of the Dankbaarheyt
The East Indiaman, a prize of HMS Romney (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), foundered in the English Channel.[11] She had been captured following the Battle of Saldanha Bay on 21 July 1781. Dankbaarheit had been on a voyage from Bengal, Dutch India to Rotterdam.[12]
Honkoop Dutch East India Company ship, captured by Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The East Indiaman, a prize of (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), lost as the result of a gale in the Indian Ocean and believed to have foundered with all hands.[13]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Alexander  Dutch Republic The ship ran aground off Pool, Dorset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Pool to Ostend.[14]
Baltimore  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[5]
Betsey  Great Britain The ship was lost at the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[3]
Catharina Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Ostend.[3]
Commerce  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies.[15]
Diligente  French Navy The frigate was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States
Eagle  Great Britain The transport ship was destroyed by fire at Dartmouth, Devon.[16]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Uphill, Somerset with the loss of 30 lives.[17]
Fortuna  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Gothenburg to Leith, Lothian, Great Britain.[18]
Frederick Wilhelm  Prussia The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Memel to Liverpool.[19]
Gordon  Great Britain The ship was in collision with HMS Jamaica (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy). She was beached near Sandown Castle, Kent in a severely damaged condition and was consequently declared a total loss. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[10][18] Gordon was refloated on 14 February and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[20]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost near Kullen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Köngsberg, Prussia.[19]
Isabella  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft, Suffolk.[5]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Lowestoft.[5]
James  Great Britain The transport ship struck rocks and sank in the Bay of Kilmier, Ireland. Her crew survived.[21]
Johan Stettin The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin.[22]
Madona del Rosario e St. Antonio de Padova e Stella Delle Mare Grand Duchy of Tuscany The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Livorno to London.[3]
Pomona  Great Britain The ship was lost near Biddiford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to London and had been captured and recaptured twice.[5]
Rhoda  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft.[5]
Sally  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by Anti-Briton ( France). She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked near Barnstaple, Devon.[15]
Santo Jesus do Bonfim  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Havre de Grâce, France.[5]
Santa Rota  Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Cork, Ireland.[5]
Saulnier  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Wales.[3]
Sophia Alertina  Spain The brig was driven ashore at Sandwich, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Seville to London.[23]
St Anna Nossa Senhora Bom Successo  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to London.[22]
Swallow  Great Britain The collier foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Four of her crew survived.[5]
Tempest  United States The privateer sank in the Gulf Stream in a gale. All 40 crew were killed.[24][25]
Three Sisters  Russia The ship was wrecked at the Calf of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[3]
Triton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Ostend.[10]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship, a cartel, was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to a French port.[10]
Walfisch  Prussia The ship was lost near Kullen. She was on a voyage from Hull to Königsberg.[19]

February[edit]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1782
Ship State Description
Greyhound  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Mogadore, Morocco to London.[26]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1782
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost at Orford, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.[27]

19 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1782
Ship State Description
Aurora, Burke and Venus All  Great Britain The ships were lost on Barbuda whilst engaged with Active ( Great Britain), which they mistook for an enemy vessel. Active exploded and sank whilst engaging one of her attackers. There were eighteen survivors from her crew of about 50.[28]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1782
Ship State Description
Richard  Great Britain The ship was lost at Slyne Head, County Galway, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1782
Ship State Description
Industry  Great Britain The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[30]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Carolina  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Ostend.[11]
Cronberg Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman departed from Copenhagen for Madeira and the East Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on St Ninian's Isle, Shetland Islands with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Hannah  Great Britain The ship ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[32]
Jesus and Joseph  Portugal The ship was lost near Castro. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[33]
Lusitania  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Ostend and London.[34]
Nossa Senhora do Carmo  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Oporto.[35]
Nossa Senhora da Conceição  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Appledore, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Cork, Ireland.[36]
Prince Frederick  Denmark The ship foundered off Margate, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the West Indies.[26]
Speedwell  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice in Steenden Bay, Denmark with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to Aberdeen.[37]
Tyne  Great Britain The ship was lost on the West coast of Ireland.[32]
William  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Portreath, Cornwall to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[38]

March[edit]

3 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1782
Ship State Description
Vrow Anna Maria  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Londonderry, Ireland.[39]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1782
Ship State Description
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon.[4]

5 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1782
Ship State Description
Lively  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Irvine, Ayrshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Waterford, Ireland to the Clyde.[29]

7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1782
Ship State Description
Fanny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore north of Cape Florida, British America and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]

8 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1782
Ship State Description
Jenny  Great Britain The brig was in collision with Providence ( Great Britain) and was consequently beached at Sharp Point, Isle of Wight.[41]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.[29]

9 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1782
Ship State Description
Stadt Antwerpen  Dutch Republic The ship departed from Margate, Kent, Great Britain for Amsterdam and Embden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[42]

11 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1782
Ship State Description
Sophia Magdalena  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[41]

12 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1782
Ship State Description
Commerce  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N 27°30′W / 40.000°N 27.500°W / 40.000; -27.500). Her crew were rescued by Mermaid ( Great Britain). Commerce was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[43]
Hopewell  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Boulogne, France. Her crew were rescued.[44]

13 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1782
Ship State Description
Juffrow Henrietta  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goree with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Rotterdam.[45]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1782
Ship State Description
Amelia  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, Dutch Republic to Bourdeaux, France.[46]

23 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1782
Ship State Description
Jenny  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.[47]
Princess Louisa  Denmark The ship was sunk by ice in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Saint Croix.[48]

27 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1782
Ship State Description
Emmet  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[49]

28 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1782
Ship State Description
Rigernes Onske Denmark Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was driven ashore in the Øresund.[48]

29 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1782
Ship State Description
Anna Rebecca  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore at the east end of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Cádiz, Spain.[47]

30 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1782
Ship State Description
Maria Elizabeth Hamburg The ship was wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburg.[47]
Tortington  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Plymouth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Plymouth.[47]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Active  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore east of Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[46][45]
Admiral Keppel  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore near Calais, France.[44]
Carolina Matilda  Dutch Republic The ship sank at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Nantz, France.[50]
Catharine  Great Britain The ship, a prize of La Madame ( France), was driven ashore and wrecked near Ouessant, France.[51]
Chepstow  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.[52]
Drie Gebroeders flag Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.[41]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost near Brest, France. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Limerick, Ireland to Cowes.[45]
Emmanuel  Denmark The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 28 March. She was on a voyage from "Fredericksmald" to Great Yarmouth.[53]
Esdale  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Oporto to London.[52]
Falmouth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Blankenberge, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall.[46]
Frederick  Great Britain The ship departed from Lancaster, Lancashire for the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Friends Goodwill  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[44]
Goede Vrienden  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Newry, County Antrim, Ireland.[55]
Good Intent  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to London.[44]
Good Samaritan  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast on Normandy, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[56]
Henley  Great Britain The transport ship foundered in the English Channel.[44]
Hercules  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Antigua.[43]
Highland  Great Britain The transport ship foundered off the coast of France. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Hoppet Denmark Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Norway to London.[57]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was lost near Down Patrick, County Down, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Londonderry.[55]
Johannas  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent before 28 March. She was on a voyage from Ostend to an African port.[58]
Johannes  Denmark The ship capsized and was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Elsinore.[39]
John  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newfoundland, British America.[59]
John and Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pool to London.[46]
Jufrow Thriesa  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Sebastián, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ostend to San Sebastián.[51]
London  Great Britain The ship was reported missing on a voyage from Oporto to London.[60]
Loven  Ireland The ship was driven ashore near Chichester, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Sligo.[60]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ostend to London.[61]
Peggy  Great Britain Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent by two Dutch privateers. She was on a voyage from London to Portsmouth.[45]
Sandy Point  Great Britain The ship sank at St. Andero, Spain.[50]
Schelde  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ostend to the Charente, France.[44]
Shrewsbury  Great Britain The stores ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cowes.[51]
St Eloy  France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brittany. She was on a voyage from Ostend to the Île d'Yeu.[46]
St John Baptist  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Killough, County Down. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Dublin, Ireland.[62]
Theresa  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Loire. She was on a voyage from Pool to Lisbon.[44]
Thomas & Matthew  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to London.[45]
Three Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Calais. She was on a voyage from Bristol to London.[44]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Kincardine to Ostend.[62]
Young Jacob  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked at Mogadore, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Mogadore.[63]

April[edit]

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Santa Monica Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate frigate was wrecked on Tortola with the loss of a crew member.[64][65][66]
Three Phillises Republic of Genoa The ship was driven ashore near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[67]

8 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1782
Ship State Description
Pomona  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Clovelly, Devon.[4]

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1782
Ship State Description
César  French Navy
César.

American Revolutionary War, Battle of the Saintes: The César-class ship of the line exploded and sank with the loss of about 450 lives.

Hetnelveron  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, Great Britain with the loss of all hands.[68]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1782
Ship State Description
Bernstoff  Great Britain The ship was lost at Bombay, India.[69]
Cudalore  Great Britain The armed grabb was lost at Bombay.[69]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1782
Ship State Description
Industry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[70]

28 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1782
Ship State Description
Benjamin and Ann  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Peter  Ireland The ship was wrecked at Beerhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Jamaica.[40]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Bourdeaux  Ireland The yacht was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Cork to Bourdeaux, France.[67]
Edward & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Dublin, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Weymouth, Dorset.[63]
Expédition  French Navy The corvette was run aground between Karaikal and Tharangambadi, India to avoid capture by the Royal Navy.
Laurel  Dutch Republic The ship sank at Ostend. She was on a voyage from Marseille, France to Ostend.[63]
Minerea  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields, County Durham.[28]
Patty  Ireland The ship was wrecked in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newfoundland, British America.[68]
Tertius  Great Britain The ship ran aground at Naples, Kingdom of Sicily. She was on a voyage from Exon, Devon to Naples.[71]
Three Sisters  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, France to Bourdeaux.[47]
Trusty  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Swansey, Glamorgan to Dublin.[72]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Welsh coast. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland.[63]

May[edit]

5 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1782
Ship State Description
Good-Design  Great Britain The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[73]

18 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1782
Ship State Description
Lowther and Senhouse  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured by the privateer Vanqueur ( France) on 10 May. She was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Truro, Cornwall. Lowther and Senhouse had been on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork, Ireland[74]

20 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1782
Ship State Description
Prudence  Great Britain The transport ship was lost near Tellicherry, India.[75] Prudence and Union were ordnance store ships and a storm wrecked them on Cotta Point.
Union  Great Britain The transport ship was lost near Tellicherry.[75] Union and Prudence were ordnance store ships and a storm wrecked them on Cotta Point

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1782
Ship State Description
Union  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Dover, Kent.[76]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1782
Ship State Description
Sally  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Barnstaple, Devon.[4]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1782
Ship State Description
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Brazen Rock, in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[77]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Esperance  Prussia The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Harwich, Essex, Great Britain.[71]
Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered off the coast of Ireland.[78]
Lion  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. All on board were rescued.[64]
Pilhead  Great Britain The ship struck a rock and was severely damaged in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[71]
Union  Great Britain The transport ship was driven ashore at Chichester, Sussex.[74]
Venus  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to London.[40]

June[edit]

4 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1782
Ship State Description
Dundee  Great Britain The whaler was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland. Her crew survived.[79]

9 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1782
Ship State Description
Concord  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon.[80]

14 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1782
Ship State Description
Two Friends  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sutree" to Embden, Electorate of Hanover.[81]

18 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1782
Ship State Description
Felicity  Ireland The ship was lost in Dungarvan Bay. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Cork and the West Indies.[82]

21 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1782
Ship State Description
Mersey  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica.[83]

24 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1782
Ship State Description
Major British East India Company The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire off Culpee, India.[84]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Fame  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[85]
Jannet  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and sunk by a French privateer. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick or Cork, Ireland.[82]
John  Great Britain The ship was wrecked in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Plymouth, Devon.[86]
Prince of Wales  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on rocks off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[77]

July[edit]

2 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1782
Ship State Description
Unknown  Great Britain American Revolutionary War:The privateer was destroyed at Sandy Hook.[87]

5 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1782
Ship State Description
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was captured and burnt by a privateer. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[79]

17 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1782
Ship State Description
William & James  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and burnt off Waterford, Ireland by the privateer Sophia ( France). She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[88]

25 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1782
Ship State Description
Brutus  Great Britain The ship departed from the Gambia for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[89]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Bienfaisant  France The ship, a prize of HMS Cerberus (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy), was driven ashore at Marazion, Cornwall, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Martinico to Brest, France.[90]
Brayton  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Lewis. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to a Baltic port.[91]
Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[92]
Dove  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was captured and burnt off Dublin, Ireland by the privateer Sophia ( France). She was on a voyage from Biddiford, Devon to Cork, Ireland.[90]
Emperor  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[91]
Gracioza Annetta Republic of Venice The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Zant to London, Great Britain.[90]
Major  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[92]
Neptune  Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Marazion. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Sint Eustatius and Ostend, Dutch Republic.[90]
St Anna  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Falmouth, Cornwall, Great Britain with the loss of most of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[93][94]
Success  Great Britain Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was captured and burnt by a Dutch privateer. She was on a voyage from Arundel, Sussex to Plymouth, Devon and Waterford, Ireland.[79]
Tyne  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Wigan", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Baltic port.[95]

August[edit]

4 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1782
Ship State Description
Grosvenor British East India Company
Grosvenor.

The East Indiaman was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, Africa, with the loss of eighteen on the 141 people on board. Of the 123 survivors, 105 were subsequently killed by Bantu tribesmen.

12 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1782
Ship State Description
Dorothy and Alice  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[83]
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Deal.[83]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal.[83]

13 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1782
Ship State Description
Providentia Divina  France The ship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[96]

15 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1782
Ship State Description
Magnifique  French Navy The Magnifique-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked on a sandbar off Lovells Island in Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts, United States.[97]

24 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1782
Ship State Description
Alexander  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point, in the River Shannon.[69]
Cotton Planter  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point.[69]
Kammer Herre Inden  Denmark The ship sprang a leak and was beached the next day on Crab Island. All on board survived but the ship was declared a total loss. She was on a voyaged from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.[98]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Isle Varow Point.[69]

28 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1782
Ship State Description
Brilliant British East India Company The East Indiaman struck a rock and foundered off Johanna, Comoros Islands.[84][99][100]

29 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1782
Ship State Description
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship foundered off the Western Islands. Fourteen crew were rescued by Albion ( Great Britain). Endeavour was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to London.[101]
HMS Royal George Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Royal George.
The first-rate ship of the line capsized and sank in the Solent with the loss of around 900 lives. There were 255 survivors.

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Copenhagen  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Croix to Copenhagen.[88]
Cornwall  Great Britain The ship ran aground at Bristol, Gloucestershire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[102]
Fanny  Ireland The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Londonderry.[96]
Good-Intent  Great Britain The ship foundered off "Preston Island". She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[103]
Keppel  Great Britain The ship ran aground and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[88]
Peggy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tinmouth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[104]

September[edit]

2 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1782
Ship State Description
Enterprize Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship departed from Guernsey for Newfoundland, British America. No further trace, presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[105]
Resolution Kingdom of Great Britain Guernsey The ship departed from Guernsey for Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[105]

13 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1782
Ship State Description
Aigle  French Navy American Revolutionary War, Action of 15 September 1782: After she was sighted by a Royal Navy squadron while at anchor in Delaware Bay off Cape Henlopen Light at Cape Henlopen on the coast of Delaware, the frigate got underway but ran aground in the bay. After an attempt to lighten her by cutting away her masts failed, her captain ordered holes drilled in her hull to scuttle her, then surrendered her to the British on 15 September. The British refloated her and commissioned her into the Royal Navy as HMS Aigle.[106]

16 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Centaur Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Centaur.

1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of over 400 lives. There were twelve survivors.

Dutton  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The stores ship foundered off Newfoundland. There were twelve or thirteen survivors.[107] She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[108]
Elizabeth  Dutch Republic The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Seudre, France to Dort. Elizabeth was subsequently taken in to Normantier, France by some fishermen.[109]
HMS Glorieux Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.
HMS Ville de Paris Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Ville de Paris.

1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The first rate ship of the line foundered off Newfoundland with the loss of all but one of her crew.

17 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1782
Ship State Description
British Queen  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship was wrecked off Newfoundland, British North America. Survivors were rescued on 19 September by Catharine ( Great Britain).[110]
HMS Ramillies Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The third-rate ship of the line, which had been wrecked by the hurricane, was set afire and abandoned off Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Belle, Ellen (both  Great Britain), Silver Eel ( Great Britain) and other vessels.[107][111][112]
Rodney  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[113]

21 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1782
Ship State Description
Juno  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Cork, Ireland.[2]

29 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1782
Ship State Description
Jonge Maria  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Rotterdam with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Ostend.[113]

30 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1782
Ship State Description
Anna Helena Maria  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain to a Danish port.[114]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Ann  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[111]
Arstothelis  Great Britain The ship was lost at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Ostend.[115]
Black Cat  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to London.[98]
Dumfries  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[108]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea.[116]
Frow Tibeta  Dutch Republic The ship was lost near Ostend with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend.[101]
Goede Verwachten  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Bourdeaux, France to Amsterdam.[98]
Jonge Alloder  Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Amsterdam.[98]
Juffrow Henrietta  Dutch Republic The ship was lost at Bayonne, France. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Bilboa, Spain.[117]
Juno  Great Britain The ship was lost at Cork.[118]
Mentor  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 31 of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by Sarah ( Great Britain). Mentor was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[111]
Minerva  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to the Clyde.[119]
Nossa Senhora da Piedade  Portugal The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the River Avon at Pill, Somerset, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Lisbon.[120]
Sarah Golborn  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[108]
Victoria  Portugal The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to a Baltic port.[98]
Waeren Vriendz flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to L'Orient and Nantz.[120]

October[edit]

2 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1782
Ship State Description
Hoffnung  Sweden The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London, Great Britain.[108]

4 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1782
Ship State Description
Bizarre  French Navy The ship ran aground near Cuddalore, India and was wrecked.
HMS Hector Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Hector-class ship of the line foundered following damage sustained in the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane. The privateer Hawke ( Great Britain) rescued two hundred survivors

6 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1782
Ship State Description
Salt River  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[121]

10 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1782
Ship State Description
San Miguel  Spanish Navy Great Siege of Gibraltar: The 74-gun ship of the line was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was consequently captured by the British.[122]

15 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1782
Ship State Description
Earl of Hertford British East India Company The East Indiaman foundered off Fort St. George, Madras, India.[84][100]

18 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1782
Ship State Description
Scipion  French Navy Action of 18 October 1782: The Scipion-class ship of the line ran aground and was wrecked in Samaná Bay whilst evading HMS London and HMS Torbay (both Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy).

20 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1782
Ship State Description
Vigilant  Great Britain The ship ran aground and capsized in the Cattewater. She was on a voyage from London to Antigua.[123]

22 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1782
Ship State Description
Mius  Imperial Russian Navy The ship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Kherson. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[124]

23 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1782
Ship State Description
James  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. she was on a voyage from "Stranyford" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[125]

24 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1782
Ship State Description
Three Friends  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Cranford Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Balfast, County Down, Ireland.[126]

26 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1782
Ship State Description
Belmont Castle  Great Britain The ship was lost near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Perth to London.[127]
"Unknown"  Great Britain The ship went ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey.[128]

29 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1782
Ship State Description
Unity  Great Britain The ship was lost in St Ives Bay.[125]

31 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1782
Ship State Description
Flora  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Walmer Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[127]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Betsey  Great Britain American Revolutionary War: The ship was driven ashore in the Bahama Passage by an American privateer and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Augustine, Florida, British America to Jamaica.[129]
Catherine van Memel  Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Memel to Limerick, Ireland.[111]
Edward  Great Britain The ship was lost near Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Liverpool.[130]
Morning Star  Great Britain The ship was lost near Ostend. She was on a voyage from Grenada to Ostend.[111]
Seven Sisters  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dunkerque, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Ostend.[109]
Sophia Albertina  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool.[123]
Stadt Revall  Russia The ship was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to London.[131]
St Paulus  Sweden The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Bowness-on-Solway, Cumberland, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Bowness-in-Solway.[132]
William  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Tingmouth, Devon to Liverpool.[132]
Withywood  Great Britain 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane: The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Thetis ( Great Britain). Withywood was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[113]

November[edit]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1782
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from London to North Shields, County Durham.[133]

6 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1782
Ship State Description
Christianstadt  Denmark The ship was lost in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Tranquebar, Danish India.[134]

9 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1782
Ship State Description
Telemacho  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from London to Nevis and Saint Kitts.[135]

11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1782
Ship State Description
No. 3  Russia The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked on Naissaar with the loss of one life.[124]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1782
Ship State Description
Cork Packet  Ireland The ship departed from Quebec, British North America for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[136]
Oldenburger Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the North Brake with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the West Indies.[134]

23 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1782
Ship State Description
St Andre  Russia The ship was lost at Rügen, Swedish Pomerania. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, Great Britain.[137]
Tweed  Great Britain The ship was lost near Swinemünde, Prussia. she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Leith, Lothian.[138] She was refloated in December and taken in to "Wolgat" for repairs.[139]

25 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1782
Ship State Description
Coron  Imperial Russian Navy The ship was holed by ice and sank in the Sea of Azov with the loss of 32 of her 100 crew. She was on a voyage from Yenikale to Taganrog.[124]

28 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1782
Ship State Description
Christiana Frederica  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantz, France to Christiana.[140]
Fame  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Plymouth.[140]
St Varlem  Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Fromoe", Norway. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, Great Britain.[137]

30 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1782
Ship State Description
Knas Demetriy Babetschiff  Russia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain.[138]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Dame Esperance  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Oporto.[141]
Dixon  Great Britain The victualling ship was lost at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.[142]
Grasina Severnai  Russia The ship was wrecked on the Lisknar Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[143]
Hardiesse flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea off Orford Haven, Suffolk, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[144]
Kidney  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London.[126]
Reino dos Anjos  Portugal The ship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Oporto.[141]
Rose  Great Britain Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: The ship was captured by a Dutch vessel operating under a Letter of Marque. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked on the Dutch coast. Rose was on a voyage from Montserrat to Ostend, Dutch Republic.[141]
Santíssimo Sacramento  Portugal The ship was lost near Alderney, Channel Islands.[134]
St. Theresa Kingdom of Sicily The ship was driven ashore at Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. She was on a voyage from Naples to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and London. St. Theresa was later refloated and taken in to Stangate Creek.[141][145]
Wandringsmanden  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast.[131]
Wendan Castle  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Cable Grounds, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to "Wyburgh".[146]
Weser Bremen The ship was lost near Calais, France.[134]

December[edit]

1 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1782
Ship State Description
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was lost 25 leagues (75 nautical miles (139 km)) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Quebec City, British North America.[147]

9 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1782
Ship State Description
Poisson Volant  France Anglo-French War (1778–83): The privateer was sunk in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, Great Britain by Speedwell ( Great Britain). Her 31 crew were rescued by Speedwell.[148]

14 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1782
Ship State Description
Nostra Señora Del Carmen  Spain The ship, a cartel, struck a log and sank in the Garonne at Bourdeaux. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to New Orleans, New Spain.[149]

28 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1782
Ship State Description
HMS Albany Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The prison ship, a former 16-gun sloop-of-war, grounded on a ledge in the Northern Triangles (43°55′39″N 69°01′04″W / 43.92750°N 69.01778°W / 43.92750; -69.01778) in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Massachusetts (now Maine), broke up, and sank. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Penobscot, Massachusetts (now Maine), United States.[150]

31 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1782
Ship State Description
Sally  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at St. Augustine.[151]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Catharine  Dutch Republic The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ostend.[138]
De Sonne  Dutch Republic The ship was destroyed by fire off Ostend. She was on a voyage from London, Great Britain to Ostend and the West Indies.[146]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hayl, Cornwall to Swansey, Glamorgan.[140][152]
Georgina Gustava  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Öland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.[153]
Good-intent  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in The Downs.[154]
Hope  Denmark The ship was wrecked on a reef off Skagen. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to the East Indies.[139]
Lucia  France The ship was lost near Nieuwpoort, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Rouen.[146]
Neptune  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Katchups, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America to Lisbon.[146]
Swerr  Great Britain The ship was lost near "Aspa". she was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.[155]
Vrow Christiana  Denmark The ship was wrecked near Waterford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Cork, Ireland to the West Indies.[148]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1782
Ship State Description
Alexander  Great Britain The whaler was lost in the Greenland Sea. Her crew survived.[133]
Beatton  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, British America. She was on a voyage from a British port to Quebec, British America.[88]
Bellona  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec, British America.[156]
Blagrove  Great Britain The ship was lost in Buckeners Bay, Jamaica.[29]
Brothers  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec.[88]
Christie  Great Britain The transport ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River.[140]
De Sci  France The brig was wrecked near Portrush, County Antrim, Ireland.[157]
Desire  Great Britain The transport ship was lost on Long Island, Rhode Island, United States.[54]
Douglass  Great Britain Anglo-French War (1778–83): The ship was burnt at Saint Kitts by the French.[59]
Earl of Dartmouth British East India Company The East Indiaman was lost in the East Indies.[139]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The victualling ship was lost near Long Island.[158]
El Rosario  Spain The ship was wrecked on Faial Island, Azores.[159]
Emanuel and Hercules  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Florida. She was burnt to prevent capture.[90]
Enterprize  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Red Island, Newfoundland, British America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec.[134]
Fly  Great Britain The ship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands whilst on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to the West Indies.[93]
Forth  Great Britain The cargo sloop was wrecked off Great Yarmouth.[160]
Freeman  Great Britain The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London.[83]
Free Trade  Ireland The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Quebec.[88]
George and Jane  Ireland The ship exploded and sank whilst on a voyage from Cork to Quebec. Her crew were rescued.[88]
General Dalling  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jamaica.[137]
Hare  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Newfoundland.[145]
HDMS Indfødstretten  Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy The ship of the line foundered with the loss of all hands.[161]
Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[162]
Jason  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Guinea.[130]
Lark  Great Britain African slave trade: The ship was lost near Barbadoes. Three hundred and twenty slaves were rescued.[163]
Liberty  United States American Revolutionary War: The ship was captured, but was recaptured by the privateer Virginia ( United States). She was subsequently burnt. Liberty was on a voyage from East Florida to London.[54]
London  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec to London.[156]
Maidstone  Great Britain The privateer capsized in a whirlwind with the loss of all but eight of her crew.[126]
Nadezhda na Protsevaniye  Imperial Russian Navy The ship was wrecked in the Kuril Islands with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Nizhnekamchatsk.[124]
Philip  Great Britain The ship capsized whilst on a voyage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes.[162]
Pilgrim  United States American Revolution: The privateer was run aground on Cape Cod while being pursued by frigate HMS Chatham ( Royal Navy) sometime in June, July, or August.[164]
Priscilla  Great Britain The ship was lost at Jamaica.[91]
Rebecca  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Bequia. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Barbadoes and London.[40]
Reynolds  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 leagues (450 nautical miles (830 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[88]
Scanderoon  Great Britain The galley sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (40°55′N 56°42′W / 40.917°N 56.700°W / 40.917; -56.700) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America to Cork.[33]
Tom  Great Britain The ship was lost at Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Halifax.[26]
York  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Bay d'Espoir. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British America to New York.[56]
Young Hendrick  Prussia The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Lapland. Her crew were rescued by Stephen ( Great Britain).[145]

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