List of shipwrecks in 1744

The List of shipwrecks in 1744 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1744.

19 survivors reached the Coromandel Coast and 5 of them returned to Copenhagen.

[2] War of the Austrian Succession, Battle of Toulon: The fireship was set afire by Hércules ( Spanish Navy).

She exploded and sank.

The first rate ship of the line foundered between the Channel Islands and the French coast (49°52′30″N 3°33′18″W / 49.87500°N 3.55500°W / 49.87500; -3.55500) with the loss of her crew of about 1,100 men.