List of shipwrecks in the 1740s

The list of shipwrecks in the 1740s includes some sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1740s.

1740

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1740 began on March 25.[Note 1]

May

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1740
Ship State Description
John & Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland. Her crew survived.[1]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1740
Ship State Description
Amsterdam-Galey  Imperial Russian Navy The Sviatoi Piotr-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked at Greifswald with the loss of three of her crew.[2]

January

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9 January

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List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1740
Ship State Description
Rooswijk Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all hands.

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1740
Ship State Description
Fane  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, England, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[3]

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1740
Ship State Description
Pearl  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Steeple Rocks, in the North Sea off Tinmouth, Northumberland, with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: January 1740
Ship State Description
Adriatick  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America[5]
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[6]
Endeavour  Great Britain The ship was lost near Portmahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[7]
Friendship  Great Britain The ship was lost near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to Great Yarmouth,[6]
Gothick Lyon Unknown The ship was attacked off Thoulon, Var, France, by two Spanish privateers. She exploded with the loss on all on board. Gothick Lyon was on a voyage from Livorno to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[8]
Joseph & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 14 leagues (42 nautical miles (78 km)) off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset.[3]
Lady Jacoba Hamburg The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain, to Hamburg.[6]
Mary & Betty  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]
Prince of Asturias  Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Oporto, Portugal.[10]
Sea Horse  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to a Dutch port.[11]
Tryumph  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.[9]
William  Great Britain The ship foundered in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to Liverpool.[8]

February

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8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1740
Ship State Description
Britannia  Great Britain The ship foundered off Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[12]
St Joseph  Great Britain The snow sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 500 leagues (1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km)) west of Land's End, Cornwall, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Virginia, British America.[13]

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List of shipwrecks: February 1740
Ship State Description
Britannia  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at "Beerhaven", Ireland. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4]
Isabel  Great Britain The ship was lost near Penzance, Cornwall, before 23 February.[14]
Pearle  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, before 10 February with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne.[15]

March

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13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1740
Ship State Description
Content  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.[16]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1740
Ship State Description
Esther  Great Britain The collier foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, before 3 March. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[17]

September

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27 September

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List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1740
Ship State Description
New Courier  Russian Empire The packet ship was driven ashore on "Kokshker Island. She was abandoned by her crew the next day. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[2]

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Lambert  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa with the loss of all but one of her crew.[7]
Nuestra Señora del Pillary y San Antonio  Spain The ship was lost off Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maraicaho, Puerto Rico, to Cádiz, Spain.[8]

November

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18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1740
Ship State Description
Suecia Sweden Swedish East India Company East Indiaman shipwrecked off North Ronaldsay on her return sailing from Bengal to Gothenburg. Thirteen survivors.[18]

1741

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February

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12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1741
Ship State Description
La Gailarde  France The tartane foundered at San Salvador de Cuba.[19]

March

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26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1741
Ship State Description
St. John Baptist  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[20]

April

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24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1741
Ship State Description
Anna  Great Britain George Anson's voyage around the world The pink was damaged in a storm and put into a cove that was later to be called Bahía Anna Pink, after the ship. After two months she was repaired sufficiently to sail to the Juan Fernández Islands, where she was broken up in August 1741.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1741
Ship State Description
Anguilla  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. Her cargo of lime got wet when the ship started to break up on 26 April and the ship was consequently destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Kitts.[21]
Hamburg Merchant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Hunmber She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.[21]
Two Brothers  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Arundell, Sussex, before 27 April.[22]
Warwick  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, with the loss of all hands.[21]

May

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9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1741
Ship State Description
Barbadoes Merchant  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Bristol, Gloucestershire.[23]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1741
Ship State Description
HMS Wager Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy
HMS Wager.

George Anson's voyage around the world / Wager Mutiny: The sixth rate was wrecked on rocks at 47°40′43″S 75°2′57″W / 47.67861°S 75.04917°W / -47.67861; -75.04917, on what would later be called Wager Island, and was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Of her crew of about 300, only ten were to return to England.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1741
Ship State Description
Anna Maria Margaretta  Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, to Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France[23]
Charming Molly  Great Britain The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from the north of England to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[24]
Galera Sevillia  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 leagues (240 nautical miles (440 km)) north east of Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic, to Cádiz.[25]
John & Ann  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Riga, Russia.[20]
Leghorn  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden, to Chester, Cheshire.[20]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost near Riga. She was on a voyage from London to Riga.[20]
Nelly  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Eyemouth, Berwickshire, with some loss of life.[26]
Succession  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Rocks of Tara, north of the mouth of the Strangford River, County Down, Ireland.[23]

June

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17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1741
Ship State Description
Jennison  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[27]

July

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5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1741
Ship State Description
Providence  Great Britain The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.[28]

25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1741
Ship State Description
Thomas & Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost off Narva, Russia. She was on a voyage from Narva to London.[28]

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List of shipwrecks: July 1741
Ship State Description
Veare  Great Britain The transport ship, a pink, was wrecked on the Port Mourant Keys, off the coast of Jamaica in early July.[29]

August

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15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1741
Ship State Description
Emanuel  Sweden The ship was lost on the South Wall Sand, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Dutch Republic. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg to a French port.[30]

September

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8 September

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List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1741
Ship State Description
Speedwel  Ireland The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by William ( Great Britain). She was on a voyage from Barbados to Dublin.[31]

15 September

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List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1741
Ship State Description
Portland  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.[32]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1741
Ship State Description
Cleverland  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford, County Down, Ireland, before 18 September. She was on a voyage from a port in the north of England to Liverpool, Lancashire.[33]
Leather  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Lancaster, Lancashire.[33]
Liverpool Merchant  Great Britain The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Thames before 8 September. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London.[34]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stranford before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Barbados.[33]

October

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3 October

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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1741
Ship State Description
Peterhov  Imperial Russian Navy The fluyt was wrecked at Cronstadt.[2]

21 October

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List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1741
Ship State Description
Mary & Ann  Ireland The ship was captured by Spanish privateers 60 leagues (180 nautical miles (330 km)) west of Ireland. She was subsequently run ashore and wrecked about 6 nautical miles (11 km) from "Nottam". Mary & Ann was on a voyage from Dublin to Faro, Portugal.[32]

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List of shipwrecks: October 1741
Ship State Description
Charm  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands before 27 October.[32]

November

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26 November

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List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1741
Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Maryland, British America, to London.[35]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1741
Ship State Description
St. Peter  Imperial Russian Navy Second Kamchatka Expedition: The packet ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bering Island whilst her crew were ashore. A boat was built from the wreckage in 1742 and surviving crew sailed to Avacha Bay in her.[2]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1741
Ship State Description
Dorothy & Betty  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, before 6 November. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden, to London.[36]
Expedition  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, to London.[35]
Fortune  Great Britain The ship was lost near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.[30]
George  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, before 27 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Southampton, Hampshire.[37]
Greenwich  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, before 1 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[35]
La Thereisvicaute  France The sloop was lost at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, before 27 November with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the Île d'Arz, Morbihan to Dunkerque, Nord.[37]
Lisbon Merchant  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick.[35]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel before 1 December. She was on a voyage from London to an Irish port.[35]
Mary  Great Britain The ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Oporto.[38]
Michael  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 10 November. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London.[39]
Prosperous  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.[40]
Reliance  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth before 13 November.[40]

December

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List of shipwrecks: December 1741
Ship State Description
Squirrel  Great Britain The ship foundered before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[38]

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List of shipwrecks: 1741
Ship State Description
Adventure Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was lost before 26 May whilst on a voyage from Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.[24]
Cheshire Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[24]
Crown  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland, British America, before 7 July. Her crew survived.[41]
El Conquistador  Spanish Navy Battle of Cartagena de Indias: The warship was scuttled as a blockship at Cartagena de Indias, Viceroyalty of Peru.[42]
Hoylin  Great Britain The ship was lost near Carolina before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Carolina.[43]
Joseph & Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship was sunk by ice off Newfoundland before 7 July. Her crew survived.[41]
London  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Old Harbour, Jamaica, before 27 October.[32]
Mary  Great Britain The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from London to Carthagena, Spain.[44]
Mercury  Great Britain The ship was lost near the mouth of the Delaware River, British America. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America, to Lisbon, Portugal.[24]
Murdock  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Virginia, British America, before 14 April. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia.[45]
Nassaw  Great Britain The ship was lost on the Martins before 16 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Bristol.[46]
Providence  Great Britain The ship foundered before 22 May whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Dantzig. Her crew were rescued by the Eagle Packet  Great Britain).[44]
Rebecca and Martha  Ireland The ship was lost near Saint Kitts before 25 September. She was on a voyage from Cork to Saint Kitts.[29]
Sea-Nymph  Ireland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hog Island, Virginia, before 21 August. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Virginia[47]
Streeftkerken  Dutch Republic The ship was lost off Ceylon before 7 July.[41]
Success  Great Britain The ship was lost off Carolina before 1 December She was on a voyage from Carolina to London.[35]
Woodford  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the coast of Carolina, British America, before 24 April. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[12]

1742

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April

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16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1742
Ship State Description
HMS Saltash  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground in Cádiz Bay whilst pursuing a Spanish polacca. She was burnt by her crew on 18 April

June

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1742
Ship State Description
Prosperity  Imperial Russian Navy The battleship ran aground at the mouth of the Northern Dvina. She was refloated and taken in to Archangelsk for repairs.[2]

July

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29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1742
Ship State Description
Hector  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate was wrecked on a reef off Hogland. Her crew were rescued.[2]

September

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2 September

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List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1742
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Westerbeek Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on Suðuroy, Faroe Islands with the loss of one of her 81 crew.

19 September

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List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1742
Ship State Description
Horstendaal Dutch East India Company During her first return voyage from Batavia, she stranded on 19 September 1742. The crew and most of the cargo was rescued. After the ship was refloated in October, she wrecked a few days later at the Scheldt estuary, Dutch Republic, on 15 October 1742 at Buizengat, between Callantsoog and Huisduinen.[48][49]

22 September

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List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1742
Ship State Description
Oude Zijpe Dutch East India Company
Oude Zijpe

During the last part of her first return voyage from Batavia, she ran aground during a heavy storm off Bloemendaal, 0.5 mile north of Zandvoort. The crew and most of the cargo was rescued.[49][50]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1742
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Dagerort  Imperial Russian Navy The fluyt ran aground and sank in Kola Bay. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Yekaterinburg.[2]

November

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22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1742
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HMS Drake Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The Drake-class sloop was wrecked at Gibraltar.

December

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25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1742
Ship State Description
Royal Louis  Kingdom of France The first rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Brest when in an advanced state of construction. Sabotage was suspected as the cause.

January

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11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1742
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HMS Tyger Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fourth rate frigate was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas.

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List of shipwrecks: 1742
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HMS Tilbury Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The fourth rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire.

1743

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March

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1743
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Chepura  Imperial Russian Navy The ship was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Volga.[2]
Iebed  Imperial Russian Navy The ship was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Volga.[2]

April

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13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1743
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Princess Louisa British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked off Maio Island, Cape Verde Islands with the loss of 59 of her 100 crew.[51]

June

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15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1743
Ship State Description
Archangel Michael  Imperial Russian Navy The fluyt ran aground at the mouth of the Northern Dvina and was damaged.[2]
Nargin  Imperial Russian Navy The fluyt ran aground and sank at the mouth of the Northern Dvina.[2]

July

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13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1743
Ship State Description
Hollandia Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman struck the Gunner Rock, off Annet, Isles of Scilly, Great Britain, and sank with the loss of all 276 crew.

September

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13 September

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List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1743
Ship State Description
Mercury  Imperial Russian Navy The frigate was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to the Baltic Sea.[2]

18 September

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List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1743
Ship State Description
HMS Bridgewater Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sixth rate was wrecked in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, British America.

October

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5 October

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List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1743
Ship State Description
Hogland  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot ran aground on a reef off Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Stockholm, Sweden.[2]

December

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28 December

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1743
Ship State Description
Parsey  Great Britain The ship was lost off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania British America.[52]

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List of shipwrecks: 1743
Ship State Description
Adventure  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Margate, Kent, before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London.[53]
Nancy  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to London.[53]

January

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6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1743
Ship State Description
Begona  Spain A privateer, a snow, attacked Bacchus ( Great Britain), which sank her. Thirty of her 120 crew were rescued.[54]

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List of shipwrecks: January 1743
Ship State Description
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais and St. Julian's Castle, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Oporto, Portugal.[55]
Experiment Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore at Oporto before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to Oporto.[56] Experiment had been refloated by 23 February.[57]
James  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Cascais as St. Julian's Castle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oporto.[55]
John & Esther  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Gottenburg, Sweden, to London.[55]
John & Hannah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire, before 17 January. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plimouth, Devon.[54] She had been refloated by 27 January.[58]
Martha  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Scotland before 10 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Lancaster, Lancashire.[59]
Mary  Ireland The ship was lost near Callais, France. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic, to Waterford.[55]
Robert & Barbara  Great Britain The ship was lost in the Fly. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Dutch Republic.[55]

February

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14 February

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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1743
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[60]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1743
Ship State Description
Happy Return  Great Britain The ship foundered in Bigbury Bay. She was on a voyage from London to Plimouth.[57]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1743
Ship State Description
Carolina  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.[61]
Charming Nancey  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[62]
Crookendon  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich, Kent.[61]
Chariot  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[63]
Dolphin  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the east Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[62]
Eastern-Branch  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Margate.[62]
Genoa  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.[61]
Globe  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich.[61] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin and Jamaica.[63]
Industry  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich.[61] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Virginia, British America.[63]
Jennet  Great Britain The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes[63]
Mary  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore between Deal and Sandwich.[61] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolina, British America.[63]
Nottingham  Great Britain The ship was lost near Broadstere, Kent.[63]
Oxford  Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of her captain and some of her crew.[61]
Recovery  Great Britain The ship was lost in The Downs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barnstaple, Devon.[63]
Success  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandown Castle, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Lancaster, Lancashire.[64]
William & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on between Deal and Sandwich.[61] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolina. William & Sarah had been refloated by 2 March.[62][63]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1743
Ship State Description
Grantham  Great Britain The ship foundered in the English Channel off Folkston, Kent, with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bencoolen, India, to London.[62]
Providence  Ireland The ship was lost near Carnarvan. She was on a voyage from Faro, Portugal, to Dublin.[65]

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List of shipwrecks: February 1743
Ship State Description
Hope  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Harwich, Essex, before 7 February. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg.[66]
Maria  France The ship was driven ashore in Sandown Bay before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime.[67]
Martha  Great Britain The ship foundered in Barnstaple Bay. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[62]
Santa Antonio Depadua  Spain The ship was driven ashore near Lydd, Kent, Great Britain, before 10 February. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France, to Cádiz.[68]

March

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13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1743
Ship State Description
Betty  Great Britain The ship capsized and sank off Anamaboe, Gold Coast. Although there were some survivors, over 200 people died.[69]
Santa Dominick  Spain The wherry was driven ashore and wrecked near Sandown Castle, Kent, Great Britain. She was on a voyage from Málaga to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[70]

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List of shipwrecks: March 1743
Ship State Description
Hopewell  Great Britain The ship was lost on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Chester, Cheshire.[52]
Le Ulera  France The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Dublin, Ireland.[60]

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List of shipwrecks: 1743
Ship State Description
Anne & Sarah  Great Britain The ship was lost in Winyah Bay, British America.[71]
HMS Astraea Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The stores ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts, British America, before 2 March.[62]
George Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Carolina. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to a port in North Carolina.[63]
Hooper  Great Britain The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned off the coast of Galicia, Spain, before 13 January. Her crew were rescued by Rebecca ( Great Britain). Hooper was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal, to London.[72]
Lucitannia  Great Britain The ship was lost at Mahone, Menorca. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Genoa.[73]
Seneca  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.[64]
William & Mary  Great Britain The ship was lost at Oporto before 21 February. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Oporto.[67]
Swift Kingdom of Great Britain British America The ship was lost at Oporto before 9 March. She was on a voyage from a South Carolinan port to Oporto.[74]

1744

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Main article: List of shipwrecks in 1744

1745

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January

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12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1740
Ship State Description
Drottningen af Swerige Sweden Swedish East India Company East Indiaman shipwrecked on approach to Lerwick on her way from Gothenburg to Canton. The entire crew survived.[18]
Stockholm Sweden Swedish East India Company East Indiaman shipwrecked on approach to Lerwick on her way from Gothenburg to Canton. The entire crew survived.[18]

July

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29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1745
Ship State Description
HMS Mediator  Royal Navy The sloop-of-war sprang a leak and sank at Ostend, Dutch Republic.

August

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21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1745
Ship State Description
Degop  Imperial Russian Navy The ship ran aground and was wrecked "near the island of Virginia". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval to Cronstadt.[2]

September

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12 September

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List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1745
Ship State Description
Gotheborg Sweden Swedish East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked on the Hunnebådan Reef, in Rivö Fjord. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Canton, China, to Gothenburg.[75]

October

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31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1745
Ship State Description
Tonein  Imperial Russian Navy The galiot ran aground off the Tolbukhin Lighthouse. She was holed by ice the next day. Subsequently repaired, refloated and taken in to Cronstadt, where she arrived on 13 December.[2]

November

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14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1745
Ship State Description
HMS Fox Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy Fox, a 20-gun frigate, foundered with all hands in a gale off Dunbar during the Jacobite rising of 1745.[76]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: November 1745
Ship State Description
Boscawen  Great Britain The privateer, a frigate, ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, and was wrecked.[77]

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List of shipwrecks: 1745
Ship State Description
Het Vergulde Lam  Dutch Republic The ship sank at Målen, Norway.[78]

1746

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January

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20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1746
Ship State Description
Tygar  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Isle of Wight by a French privateer and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Mahone, Menorca, to London.[79]

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List of shipwrecks: January 1746
Ship State Description
Merryfield  Great Britain The ship was wrecked at Duncarn Head, Scotland, before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British America, to London.[80]

February

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4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1746
Ship State Description
Swift  Great Britain The ship was lost near Wexford, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to Pool, Dorset.[81]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1746
Ship State Description
Loyal Mace  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[82]

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List of shipwrecks: February 1746
Ship State Description
Blessing  Great Britain The ship foundered in St. George's Channel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London.[82]
Crown  Great Britain The ship was lost near Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, to Leith, Lothian.[83]
Industry  Great Britain The ship foundered in the North Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Dutch Republic.[83]
Jane  Great Britain The ship foundered off Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Pool, Dorset, to Fowey.[83]
Robert and Ruth  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Hartley Poole, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Dantzig.[83]

June

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24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1747
Ship State Description
HMS Saltash Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy The sloop foundered off Beachy Head in the English Channel.[84]

August

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1746
Ship State Description
L'Insulaire Kingdom of France Compagnie des Indes The frigate foundered.[85]

September

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1 September

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List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1746
Ship State Description
Hofwegen Dutch East India Company The fluyt was struck by lightning and exploded at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1746
Ship State Description
New Dvinka  Imperial Russian Navy The pink was wrecked off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Cronstadt.[2]

October

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28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1746
Ship State Description
San Firmin  Spanish Navy The corvette was driven ashore during an earthquake at Callao, Viceroyalty of Peru. She ended up 500 yards (460 m) inland.[86]

December

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List of shipwrecks: December 1746
Ship State Description
Rose  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer before 28 December. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen. Rose subsequently drove ashore crewless on the Norwegian coast.[87]
Rose  Great Britain The ship was captured by a French privateer before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London. Rose was subsequently wrecked on the Portuguese coast.[88]

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List of shipwrecks: June 1747
Ship State Description
Alliance  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 March. Her crew were rescued by a French ship. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[89]
Esperance  France The ship was captured by English privateers whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Martinico. She was set afire and destroyed.[90]
Henrietta  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast before 17 March.[91]
Jolly Batchelor  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica.[92]
Levant  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea before 10 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to a Turkish port.[93]
London  Great Britain The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica before 17 March.[91]
Port Royal Packet  Great Britain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Carolina, British America, to London.[81]
Prince Charles  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, before 17 March. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, British America.[91]
Saltana  France The privateer sprang a leak and ran aground before 13 March. She put into Baltimore, Maryland, British America, where her crew surrendered.[89]
Shirley  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua before 17 March whilst evading a French privateer.[91]

1747

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in 1747

1748

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in 1748

1749

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in 1749

Notes

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  1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1740 was followed by 25 March 1741. 31 December 1741 was followed by 1 January 1741.

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