List of shipwrecks in 1762
Ship Country Description
Adventure Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from London to Hull , Yorkshire
Ann and Francis Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk to Rotterdam , Dutch Republic
Anne Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Norfolk with the loss of four lives
Royal Navy The sloop-of-war was driven ashore in Tor Bay . Her crew were rescued
Charles flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Portugal . She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Figueira , Portugal
Duke of Cumberland Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castlehaven , County Cork , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire
Duke of York Great Britain The ship was lost at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Chester , Cheshire to London
Elizabeth Great Britain The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea . She was on a voyage from Hull to London
Endeavoua Great Britain The ship was driven ashore at Crosby , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Cork , Ireland to Liverpool
Finder Dutch Republic The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gorey . She was on a voyage from Angola to Rotterdam
Friendship Great Britain The brig foundered . Her crew were rescued . She was on a voyage from London to New York , British America
Greyhound Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Pool , Dorset
Hopewell Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from King 's Lynn , Norfolk to London
Mayflower Great Britain The ship was wrecked on the Long Oversall Sand , in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk . The only survivor was her captain , who was rescued by a coble from Wells-next-the-Sea
Pennington Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk
Quince Tree British America The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Hatteras , North Carolina before 11 November . All seventeen people on board survived . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania to Cape Fear , North Carolina
Samuel and Joseph Great Britain The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland . She was on a voyage from Rhode Island , British America to Amsterdam , Dutch Republic
Samuel & Lydia Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Blythnock to London
Sarah Hamburg The galley foundered in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London
St George Great Britain The ship was lost off Pilasouthery . She was on a voyage from Faro , Portugal to Lancaster , Lancashire
The List of shipwrecks in 1762 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1762.