List of shipwrecks in the 1730s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1730s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1730s.

1730

1730 did not begin on 1 January!^{[Note 1]}

March

3 March

• Aimable Marthe ( France): The trois-mâts was wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime to Martinique.^[1]

August

2 August

• Wilks ( Great Britain): The frigate foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°30′N 56°00′W / 36.500°N 56.000°W). Sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from St Christopher's to London.^[2]

Unknown date

• Nuestra Señora de Lorento y San Francisco Xavier ( Spain): The ship sank off Anegada.^[3]

1731

November

Unknown date

• Swan ( British America): The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Squan, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Madeira, Portugal.^[4]

Unknown date

• Eyles ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was lost in the Hooghly River, India.^[5]
• HMS Hawk ( Royal Navy): The sloop-of-war foundered.^[6]

1732

June

24 June

• Dolphin ( British America): The sloop capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (25°30′N 65°39′W / 25.500°N 65.650°W) during a squall with the loss of a crew member. Three more of her crew died before the survivors were rescued by William and Thomas ( France). Dolphin was on a voyage from North Carolina to Montserrat.^[7]

1733

July

15 July

• Augustias ( Spain: The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key, Spanish Florida.^[8]
• Delores ( Spain: The aviso ran aground in a hurricane off Key Largo, Spanish Florida. Survivors were rescued by El Africa ( Spain). Delores was refloated some months later.^[9]
• El Gallo Indiano ( Spain): The almiranta was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key.^[10]
• El Rubi ( Spain): The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Upper Matecumbe Key, Spanish Florida with the loss of two of her crew.^[11]
• Herrera ( Spain): The galleon was wrecked in a hrricane off Islamorada, Spanish Florida.^[8]
• La Floridana ( Spain: The frigate was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamorada.^[12]
• Nuestra Señora de Balvaneda or El Infante ( Spain): The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane on the Fire Coral Shoal, off the coast of Spanish Florida. All on board survived.^[8][13]
• Nuestra Señora de Belem y San Juan Bautista ( Spain: The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamadora.^[14]
• Nuestra Señora de las Augustias ( Spain: The nao was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key, Spanish Florida.^[15]
• Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Antonio de Padua y las Animas ( Spain: The ship ran aground in a hurricane off Upper Matecumbe Key. All on board were rescued. Proving not to be refloatable, she was subsequently set afire and destroyed.^[16]
• Nuestra Señora del Populo ( Spain): The guerra, a pink, was wrecked in a hurricane off Key Largo. Survivors were rescued by El Africa ( Spain).^[8][9][17]
• Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Y Santa Isabel or El Nuevo Londres ( Spain: The nao was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamadora.^[14]
• San Felipe ( Spain: The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane at Islamorada. There were survivors.^[8]
• San Francisco ( Spain): The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key.^[18]
• San José y las Animas ( Spain): The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane at Plantation Key, Spanish Florida. All on board survived.^[8][19]
• San Pedro ( Spain): The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane off Indian Key, Spanish Florida.^[8]
• Sueco de Aragon ( Spain): The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Conch Key, Spanish Florida.^[20]

November

17 November

• Marget ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Bodie Island, North Carolina, British America with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, South Carolina to London.^[21]

1734

November

17 November

• Okham ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire in the Hooghly River, India.^[22]

1735

February

3 February

• Anna Catharina ( Dutch East India Company) The East Indiaman was wrecked off Rammekens, Zeeland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rammekens to the Netherlands East Indies.^[23][24]
• Vliegenthart ( Dutch East India Company) The East Indiaman foundered off Middelburg with the loss of all 256 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rammekens to the Netherlands East Indies.^[23][24]

1736

January

1 January

• Falconburg ( British America): The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.^[25]

Unknown date

• HMS Biddeford ( Royal Navy): The sixth rate foundered after 26 January.^[26]
• HMS Princess Louisa ( Royal Navy): The sixth rate was wrecked.^[27]

1737

July

• Catherine ( Great Britain): The snow foundered off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America with the loss of 98 of the 201 people on board.^[28][29]

Unknown date

• Hannah ( British America): The sloop was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina before 6 January. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles Town, South Carolina.^[30]
• Priscilla ( Great Britain): The brig was driven ashore at Nash Point, Glamorgan, where she was stripped and set afire by the local inhabitants.^[31]
• Pye ( Great Britain): The snow was driven ashore at Nash Point, where she was stripped and set afire by the local inhabitants.^[31]

1738

December

27 December

• Princess Augusta ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked on Block Island, Rhode Island, British America. She was on a voyage from the Electorate of the Palatinate to British America.^[32]

March

10 March

• Sussex ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned by 82 of her 98 crew, who were rescued by Winchester ( British East India Company). Sussex was subsequently beached on Bassas da India where she was wrecked with the loss of eleven of the sixteen crew on board. Only one of the five survivors reached Madagascar in the ship's boat.^[33]

21 March

• Anna and Helena ( Dutch Republic): The hoy was driven ashore at Thurlestone, Devon, Great Britain, where she was wrecked and plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Flensburg.^[34]

Unknown date

• La Victoria ( Spanish Navy): The Man-of-war was wrecked on Anegada.^[3]
• Speedwell ( British America): The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey before 26 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.^[35]

1739

December

19 December

• Rooswijk ( Dutch East India Company) The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Texel, North Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.^[36]

February

19 February

• Mary ( Great Britain): The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Kenfig River, Glamorgan.^[31]

Notes

1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1730 was followed by 25 March 1731. 31 December 1731 was followed by 1 January 1731.

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Ship events in 1730
Ship launches:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Ship commissionings:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Ship decommissionings:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Shipwrecks:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735

Ship events in 1740
Ship launches:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship commissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship decommissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Shipwrecks:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745