List of shipwrecks in 1786
Ship Country Description
American United States The ship capsized at Fayal , Azores with the loss of all but two of her crew . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania to Fayal
Ann Great Britain The ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean . She was run ashore at Fayal and was wrecked
Cato Hamburg The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand , in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of three of her crew . She was on a voyage from Altona , Hamburg to Barcelona , Spain
Horizon Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Sebastián , Spain . She was on a voyage from Trapani , Kingdom of Sicily to a Baltic port
Jamaica Paquet Great Britain The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Amity ( Great Britain ) . Jamaica Paquet was on a voyage from Jamaica to London
James Great Britain The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island , Devon . She was on a voyage from Dartmouth , Devon to Neath , Glamorgan
Lucia Emerantia Danish Asiatic Company The East Indiaman was lost at the Cape of Good Hope . She was on a voyage from Bengal to copenhagen . She was later refloated and resumed her voyage
Prince George Great Britain The ship was driven ashore on the Holderness coast , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland , County Durham
Seville Packet Great Britain The ship ran aground near St. Mary 's , Isles of Scilly . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Cádiz , Spain
The list of shipwrecks in 1786 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1786.