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The '''List of shipwrecks in 1747''' includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1747.

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==April==
1747 did not begin on 1 January!{{ref|a|[Note 1]}}

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|ship=''Fredericksburg'' 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The ship foundered in [[Mount's Bay]]. before 7 April<ref name=LL070447/>
}}
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|ship=''Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Wexford]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] before 7 April. She was on a voyage from [[Dartmouth, Devon]], to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]].<ref name=LL070447>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1186 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=7 April 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=56 }}</ref> }}
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==May==
===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Blanchard's Adventure'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Dungeness (headland)|Dungeness]], [[Kent]], before 8 May. She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to [[Cowes]], [[Isle of Wight]].<ref name=LL080547>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1195 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 May 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=74 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Ghent Packet'' 
|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] before 22 May. She was on a voyage from [[Dordrecht|Dort]], [[South Holland]], to [[London]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref name=LL220547>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1199 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 May 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=82 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Neptune'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Figueira da Foz|Figueira]], Portugal, before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, [[British America]], to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL120547/> }}
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==June==
===21 June===
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|ship={{ship|French ship|L'Étoile||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}
|desc=The 46-gun [[Man-of-war]] ran aground near [[Cape Finisterre]]. She was set afire and scuttled to prevent her being captured by {{HMS|Ambuscade|1746|6}}, {{HMS|Monmouth|1796|6}} and {{HMS|Portland|1744|6}} (all {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]).<ref name=xxxx>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=12 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date= July 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=1 }}</ref>
}}
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===26 June===
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|ship={{HMS|Maidstone|1744|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]] ran aground off [[Saint-Malo]], [[Finistère]], France, and was wrecked.<ref name=Maidstone>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17117 |title=HMS Maidstone [+1747] |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Duke of Cumberland'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[privateer]] was lost on the French coast before 19 June with some loss of life.<ref name=LL190647/>
}}
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|ship=''Jenny'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[Tagus]] before 19 June. She was on a voyage from Carolina, [[British America]], to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL190647>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1207 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 June 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=98 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''L'Orient'' 
|flag={{flag|Portugal|1707}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Peniche, Portugal|Peniche]] before 23 June. She was on a voyage from [[Hamburg]] to Lisbon.<ref name=LL230647/> }}
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==July==

===5 July===
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|ship=''Le Grand Grenon''
|flag={{flag|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The [[privateer]] was wrecked.<ref name=GG>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=26326 |title=French Privateer 'Le Grand Grenot' (1745) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=18 June 2021 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Expedition'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], before 24 July. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], to [[London]]<ref name=LL240747>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1217 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 July 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=114 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Reginald & Jacob'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 24 July. She was on a voyage from [[Bergen]], Norway, to a French port.<ref name=LL240747/>
}}
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|ship=''Saint Esprit'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands before 14 July.<ref name=Ll140747>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1214 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=14 July 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=108 }}</ref> }}
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==August==
===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Liefde'' 
|flag=[[file:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Dover]], [[Kent]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] before 28 August. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL280847>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1227 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=28 August 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=134 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Whitehaven}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[Man-of-war]] was destroyed by an explosion about [[league (unit)|8 leagues]] ({{convert|24|nmi|km}} north west of [[Tory Island]], [[County Donegal]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] before 21 August with the loss of seventeen of her crew.<ref name=LL210847>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1225 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=21 August 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=130 }}</ref> }}
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==September==
===15 September===
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|ship=''Horner'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from [[Barbados]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL201047/>
}}
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|ship=''John and Martha'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Kitts]] to [[London]].<ref name=LL201047/>
}}
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|ship=''Katherine'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.<ref name=LL161047/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Lyme|1740|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[Man-of-war]] capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her crew.<ref name=LL161047/>
}}
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|ship=''Polly'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Liverpool.<ref name=LL201047/>
}}
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|ship=''Scroupe'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.<ref name=LL201047/>
}}
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|ship=''Unicorn'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.<ref name=LL201047>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1242 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=20 October 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=162 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William & Anne'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to London.<ref name=LL161047/>
}}
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|ship=''William & Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Barbados to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=LL171147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1250 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=17 November 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=176 }}</ref>
}}
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===21 September===
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|ship=''Cornwally'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at [[Saint Kitts]].<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Duke of Marlborough'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Emra'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Friend's Goodwill'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at [[Montserrat]].<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Imperial Anne'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Montserrat.<ref name=LL181247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1259 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=18 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=194 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at [[Nevis]].<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Owen'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[galley]] was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Pretty Patsey'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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|ship=''Rising Sun'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rowlandson'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Swallow'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/> }}
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==October==
===8 October===
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|ship={{HMS|Dartmouth|1698|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=[[File:Glorioso Darmouth.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Dartmouth''.]]
[[War of the Austrian Succession]], [[Voyage of the Glorioso]]: The [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]] was sunk by {{ship|Spanish ship|Glorioso|1739|2}} ({{navy|Spain|1701}}) off [[Cape Finisterre]] with the loss of most of her crew.
}}
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===24 October===
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|ship=''Daniel'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at [[Saint Kitts]].<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Defire'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bowell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Happy'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''King David'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Little George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''LOndon Pcket'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at [[Montserrat]].<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nisbitt'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Otley'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Parham'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[pink (ship)|pink]] was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pearl'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Planter'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in a storm at Saint Kitts.<ref name=LL181247/>
}}
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===25 October===
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|ship=''Reijgersdaal'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg|22px]] [[Dutch East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] foundered between [[Robben Island]] and [[Dassen Island]], [[Dutch Cape Colony|Cape Colony]] with the loss of 277 of her 297 crew.<ref name=Reijgersdaal>{{cite web |url=http://www.sedwickcoins.com/shipwreck_histories/reijgersdaal.htm |title=Reijgersdaal, sunk in 1747 off South Africa |publisher=Sedwick Coins |access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
}}
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===28 October===
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|ship=''Royal Hunter'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[privateer]] was wrecked on the Nass Sand, in the [[Bristol Channel]] with the loss of 110 lives.<ref name=LL061147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=12 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=6 November 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=170 }}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Concord'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] off the mouth of the [[River Humber]] before 9 October. She was on a voyage from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], to [[London]].<ref name=LL091147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1248 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 November 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=172 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Speedwell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the [[Isle of Lewis]], [[Outer Hebrides]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] before 6 October. She was on a voyage from [[Narva]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], to [[Dublin]].<ref name=LL061047/> }}
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==November==
===19 November===
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|ship=''Sheerwater'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Hoylake|Hylake]], [[Lancashire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Tortola]] to [[Liverpool]], Lancashire.<ref name=LL241147/>
}}
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===20 November===
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|ship=''Little Benjamin'' 
|flag=[[file:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Dover]], [[Kent]] [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Dover.<ref name=LL241147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1252 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=24 November 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=180 }}</ref>
}}
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===29 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 November 1747 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Nymphs Prize'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=Also known as ''Nympha Americana'', she was lost near Beachy Head, on the coast of Sussex on 29 November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/102521.html|title = A View of the Wreck of the Nympha, a Spanish Prize. The Nympha Americana.... Wrecked near Beachey Head.... November ye 29th 1747 &#124; Royal Museums Greenwich}}</ref><ref name=LL011247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1254 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=184 }}</ref> 
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[Norfolk]] before 1 December. She was on a voyage from [[Dunbar]], [[Lothian]], to [[London]].<ref name=LL011247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Francis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[County Kerry]] before 1 December. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]], to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=LL011247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gilpin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Orkney Islands]] before 24 November.<ref name=LL241147/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nasthaniel and John'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of Ireland before 1 December. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], to London.<ref name=LL011247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==December==
===1 December===
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|ship=''Blessing'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=LL041247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1255 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=4 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=186 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Elizabeth and Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]]. She was on a voyage from [[Bergen]], Norway, to [[Wells-next-the-Sea]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Expedition'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], to London.<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to [[Vlissingen]], [[South Holland]], [[Dutch Republic]].<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''God's Help'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth. to [[Livorno]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]].<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hetty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Ramsgate]], [[Kent]].<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''King George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]], Dutch Republic.<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Patriarch'' 
|flag=[[file:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|22px|border]] [[Lübeck]]
|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to "Northcopen".<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Postbrook'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Susannah'' 
|flag=[[file:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Danzig|Dantzick]]
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dantzick to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], Great Britain.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
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|ship=''Trial'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]]. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
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|ship=''Virginia Packet'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[British America]]
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Margate]], Kent.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Britannia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]], before 22 December. She was on a voyage from [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire]], to [[Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Buck'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]], before 11 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to [[London]].<ref name=LL111247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1257 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=11 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=190 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] off [[Beachy Head]], [[Sussex]], before 11 December. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], to London.<ref name=LL111247/>
}}
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|ship=''Golden Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered before 22 December with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]], to London.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Good Intent'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Texel]], [[North Holland]], [[Dutch Republic]] before 15 December She was on a voyage from London to [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]], Dutch Republic.<ref name=LL151247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1258 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=15 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=192 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hammond'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], before 15 December. She was on a voyage from [[Narva]], Russia, to London.<ref name=LL151247/>
}}
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|ship=''Hannah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized off [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]], before 15 December. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London.<ref name=LL151247/>
}}
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|ship=''Hope'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to [[Zierikzee]], [[Zeeland]], Dutch Republic.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Love'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[galley]] was driven ashore and sank near [[The Needles]], [[Isle of Wight]], before 22 December. She was on a voyage from [[Maryland]], British America, to London.<ref name=LL221247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1260 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=196 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Loyal Jane'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Vlissingen]], South Holland, before 15 December.<ref name=LL151247/>
}}
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|ship=''Mayflower'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]], before 8 December.<ref name=LL081247/>
}}
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|ship=''Phenix'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Isles of Scilly]] before 22 December. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin.<ref name=LL221247/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==January==
===25 January===
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|ship=''Cerf'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|France|naval}}
|desc=Frigate constructed and based in [[Saint Malo]] (Brittany, France). Probably privateer. Sank in the mist at the [[Minquiers]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?210253 |title=SV Cerf (+1747) document |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Cranbury'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bay of Biscay]] before 29 January. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], to [[Lisbon]], Portugal<ref name=LL290147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1271 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=29 January 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=204 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hannah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Limerick]] before 22 January. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]], to Limerick<ref name=LL220147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1269 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 January 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=200 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==February==
===20 February===
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|ship=''Matthew'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] [[league (unit)|38 leagues]] ({{convert|114|nmi|km}}) west of [[Cape Finisterre]], Spain. Her crew were rescued by a [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] vessel. She was on a voyage from [[Lisbon]], Portugal, to an English port.<ref name=LL110347/>
}}
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===23 February===
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|ship=''Betty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to Jamaica.<ref name=LL260247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1279 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=26 February 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=220 }}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Friendship'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Coll]], [[Inner Hebrides]]. She was on a voyage from [[Maryland]], [[British America]], to [[London]].<ref name=LL190247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1277 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 February 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=216 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Lizard|1744|6}} 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} [[Royal Navy]]
|desc=The [[sloop-of-war]] was lost off the [[Isles of Scilly]] with the loss of all hands<ref name=LL040347/>
}}
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|ship=''Recovery'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of [[Oporto]], Portugal, by a Spanish [[privateer]] before 16 February and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto.<ref name=LL160247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1275 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 February 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=2 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sarah'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Dundrum, County Down]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] before 5 February. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], to the [[West Indies]].<ref name=LL05247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1273 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 February 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=208 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Swarthe'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in [[Dundrum Bay]] before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to [[Tortola]].<ref name=LL090247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1274 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=9 February 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=210 }}</ref> }}
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==March==
===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1747 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Caledonia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at [[Livorno]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]], before 29 March 1748.<ref name=LL290348/>
}}
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|ship=''John and Mary'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Tory Island]], [[County Donegal]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] before 4 March. She was on a voyage from [[Maryland]], [[British America]], to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LL040347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1281 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=222 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Marshall'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Rye, Sussex]], before 8 March. She was on a voyage from Maryland to [[London]].<ref name=LL080347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1282 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=224 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nuestra Señora Domonte e San Joseph'' 
|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[Galicia, Spain|Galicia]] before 22 March. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]], Ireland, to [[Viana do Bolo]].<ref name=LL220347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1286 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=22 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=232 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Speedwell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered before 11 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=LL110347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1283 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=11 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=226 }}</ref> }}
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==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1747 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Adventure'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost before 22 December.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Content'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was chased ashore by a [[privateer]] and wrecked on [[Barbados]] before 16 October.<ref name=LL161047>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1241 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=16 October 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=160 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Culloden'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Port Morant]], Jamaica, before 25 August She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[London]].<ref name=LL250847>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1226 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 August 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=132 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Dolphin'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[British America]]
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[Florida]] before 19 January. She was on a voyage from Carolina to [[Antigua]].<ref name=LL190147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1268 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=19 January 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=198 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Dolphin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered near [[Livorno]]. [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]] before 15 March.<ref name=LL150347/>
}}
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|ship=''Dorothy & Elizabeth'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[British America]]
|desc=The ship was lost on a reef off [[Bermuda]] before 19 June. She was on a voyage from [[Boston, Massachusetts]], to the [[Leeward Islands]].<ref name=LL190647/>
}}
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|ship=''Duke of Cumberland'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The [[snow (ship)|snow]] was lost in Withywood Bay before 25 August. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.<ref name=LL250847/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Earl of Derby'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Jamaica before 22 December.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''George'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] [[league (unit)|350 leagues]] ({{convert|1050|nmi|km}} west of [[The Lizard]], [[Cornwall]], before 22 December. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[British America]], to [[Poole|Pool]], [[Dorset]].<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Greyhound'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was chased ashore near [[Cape Morant]], Jamaica, by two Spanish [[privateers]] before 29 March 1748 and was lost. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.<ref name=LL290348>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1289 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=29 March 1748 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=236 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Heathcote'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near "Mocha" before 15 March. She was on a voyage from London to a port in the [[Company Rule in India|east of India]].<ref name=LL150347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1284 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=15 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=228 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Industry'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] some time before 24 November. She was on a voyage from [[Montserrat]] to London.<ref name=LL241147/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''John and William'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was captured by a French [[privateer]] before 5 March but was subsequently lost before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London.<ref name=LL040347/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''King William'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Twillingate]], British America, before 22 December.<ref name=LL221247/>
}}
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|ship=''Kitty'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}
|desc=The ship was captured by the [[privateer]] ''Greyhound'' ({{flag|Spain|1701}}) before 4 September. After being plundered of her cargo, she was sunk by the privateer. ''Kitty'' was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to Cape Fare.<ref name=LL040947>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1229 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=4 September 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=138 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lapwing'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the [[Elbe]] before 4 December.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Leed's Merchant'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lewis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off Newfoundland before 8 December.<ref name=LL081247>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1256 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 December 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=188 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Margaret'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered before 5 April 1748. She was om a voyage from London to [[Port Mahon|Mahone]], [[Menorca]].<ref name=LL050448>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1294 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 April 1748 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=240 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Massonia del Rosario'' 
|flag=[[file:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]]
|desc=The ship exploded whilst fighting an [[Ottoman Algeria|Algerine]] [[cruiser]] off [[Gibraltar]] before 1 March.<ref name=LL010347>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1280 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 March 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=220 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Merchant Adventure'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe before 4 December.<ref name=LL041247/>
}}
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|ship=''Ogden'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was captured by a Spanish [[privateer]] east of Jamaica before 23 June. She sank shortly after being captured, with nine survivors. ''Ogden'' was on a voyage from an African port to Jamaica.<ref name=LL230647>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1208 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 June 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=100 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pemberton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at Port Morant before 6 October. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.<ref name=LL061047>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1238 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=6 October 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=154 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pepperel'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], to [[Maryland]], British America<ref name=LL040347/>
}}
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|ship=''Pilchard'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], British America, before 23 October. She was on a voyage from [[Bideford|Biddiford]], [[Devon]], to [[Boston, Massachusetts]], British America.<ref name=LL231047>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1243 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=23 October 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=164 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Prince Arthur'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Gulf of Florida]] before 8 April 1748. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.<ref name=LL180448>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1291 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=8 April 1748 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=242 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Priscilla'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Fare to London<ref name=LL220147/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rose'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost before 26 May. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to [[London]].<ref name=LL260547>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1200 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=25 May 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=84 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Scarborough'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[New England]], British America, before 1 April 1748. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref name=LL010448>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1293 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=1 April 1748 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=238 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Success'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost at [[Antigua]] before 5 May.<ref name=LL050547>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1194 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=5 May 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=72 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Tryton'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Bermuda]] before 12 May. She was on a voyage from Carolina, [[British America]], to London.<ref name=LL120547>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1196 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=12 May 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=76 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Vlissingen'' 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg|22px]] [[Dutch East India Company]]
|desc=The [[East Indiaman]] foundered in Meob Bay, off what is now [[Namibia]], Africa, with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Vlissingen>{{cite journal |url=http://namibian-studies.com/index.php/JNS/article/view/122/89 |title=Not lost without a trace. The DEIC ship Vlissingen, assumed to have foundered near Meob Bay in 1747|first=Bruno E. J. S. |last=Werz |journal=Journal of Namibian Studies |issue=4 |year=2008 |volume=4 |pages=47–74 |issn=1863-5954}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William & Mary'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[British America]]
|desc=The ship foundered before 26 June. She was on a voyage from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], to Jamaica.<ref name=LL260647>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1210 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=26 June 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=102 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Willis'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the coast of [[New England]], British America, before 27 November. She was on a voyage from [[Virginia]], British America, to London.<ref name=LL271147>{{cite news |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=1253 |publisher=Lloyd's of London |date=27 November 1747 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232839;view=1up;seq=182 }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=Unnamed
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom  of France|civil}}
|desc=The [[privateer]] was wrecked on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] whilst in pursuit of ''Fanny'' ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}}). There were thirteen survivors.<ref name=Larn77>{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David & Charles |year=1977 |location=Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret |isbn=0-7153-7202-5 |page=60}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}
|desc=The [[privateer]] sank at [[Morlaix]].<ref name=S070280>{{Cite news |title=Jottings |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=7 February 1880 |issue=104 |volume=66}}</ref>
}}
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==Notes==
#{{note|a}} Until 1752, the year began on [[Lady Day]] (25 March) Thus 24 March 1746 was followed by 25 March 1747. 31 December 1747 was followed by 1 January 1747.

==References==
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