The List of shipwrecks in the 1740s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1740s.
1740
1740 did not begin on 1 January!
May
1 May
24 May
January
9 January
23 January
26 January
Unknown date
February
8 February
Unknown date
March
13 March
Unknown date
September
27 September
Unknown date
November
18 November
1741
February
12 February
March
26 March
April
24 April
Unknown date
May
9 May
14 May
Unknown date
June
17 June
July
5 July
25 July
Unknown date
August
15 August
September
8 September
15 September
Unknown date
October
3 October
21 October
Unknown date
November
26 November
28 November
Unknown date
December
Unknown date
Unknown date
1742
April
16 April
June
July
29 July
September
2 September
Unknown date
November
22 November
December
25 December
January
11 January
Unknown date
1743
March
Unknown date
April
13 April
June
15 June
July
13 July
September
13 September
18 September
October
5 October
December
28 December
Unknown date
January
6 January
Unknown date
February
14 February
19 February
25 February
28 February
Unknown date
March
13 March
Unknown date
Unknown date
1744
January
Unknown date
February
11 February
April
Unknown date
July
8 July
Unknown date
August
17 August
29 August
Unknown date
September
5 September
16 September
Unknown date
October
5 October
21 October
26 October
Unknown date
November
Unknown date
December
3 December
19 December
Unknown date
February
5 February
22 February
Unknown date
1745
July
29 July
August
21 September
September
12 September
October
31 October
November
14 November
24 November
Unknown date
January
12 January
1746
June
24 June
August
Unknown date
September
1 September
16 September
October
28 October
December
Unknown date
January
20 January
Unknown date
February
4 February
16 February
Unknown date
Unknown date
1747
1748
1749
Notes
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.