List of shipwrecks in the 1700s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1700s.

1700

1700 did not begin on 1 January!^{[Note 1]}

February

25 February

• Padang ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina.^[1]

Unknown date

• Thornton ( British East India Company): The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall.^[2]

Unknown date

• Henrietta Marie ( England): African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the New Ground Reef, off the Marquesas Keys, Spanish Florida with the loss of all hands.

1701

December

Unknown date

• Amity ( Royal Africa Company): African slave trade: The slave ship was wrecked on a reef in Dunworley Bay, Ireland with the loss of all but one of those on board.^[3]

February

21 February

• HMS Roebuck ( Royal Navy): The fifth rate sprang a leak and sank in Clarence Bay, Ascension Island. Her crew survived. They were rescued on 8 April by Hastings ( East India Company) and three other East India Company vessels.

1702

April

3 April

• Merestein ( Dutch East India Company): The East Indiaman struck rocks and sank in Saldanha Bay off Jutten Island, Africa with the loss of 101 of the 200 people on board.^[4]

October

Unknown date

• Dauphin ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was set afirre and destroyed following the battle.
• Espérance ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.
• Fort ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 76-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.
• Oriflamme ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 64-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.
• Prudent ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.
• Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje ( Spanish Navy: War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The ship was sunk during the battle.^[5]
• Sirène ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.
• Solide ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 56-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.
• Superbe ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.
• Voluntaire ( French Navy): War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was run ashore in Vigo Bay.

January

7 January

• Speaker ( John Bowen): The ship foundered off the east coast of Mauritius. Her 170 crew survived. The Dutch East India Company sold Bowen a sloop, the Vliegendehart, which they enlarged and sailed away in.^[6]

1703

November

27 November

The Great Storm at the Goodwin Sands.

• HMS Mary ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.
• HMS Newcastle ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire.
• HMS Northumberland ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all 220 of her crew.
• HMS Reserve ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all but one of her 270 crew.
• HMS Resolution ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was abandoned off Pevensey, East Sussex. Her crew survived.
• HMS Restoration ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all 387 of her crew.
• HMS Stirling Castle ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all but 21 of her crew.
• HMS Vanguard ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The second rate ship of the line sank at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. She was refloated in 1704, rebuilt and relaunched in 1710.
• HMS York ( Royal Navy): Great Storm of 1703: The Speaker-class frigate sank at Harwich, Essex with the loss of four of her crew.

Unknown date

• Bandera ( Spain): The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon, Gloucestershire, England with the loss of all hands.
• Richard & John ( England): The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of all hands.^[7]

1704

August

• John and Ann ( England): The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.^[8]

Unknown date

• Castle Del Ray (flag unknown): The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America.^[9]
• Cinque Ports ( England): The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived.

1705

Unknown date

• Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol ( Spain): The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida.^[10]

1706

October

Unknown date

• Major ( England): The pink was wrecked near Cardigan.^[8]

November

19 November

• HMS Hazardous ( Royal Navy): The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex.^[11]

1707

October

22 October

• HMS Association ( Royal Navy): Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The second rate ship of the line struck the Outer Gilstone Rock, off the Isles of Scilly and sank with the loss of all hands, approximately 800 men.
• HMS Eagle ( Royal Navy): Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands.
• HMS Firebrand ( Royal Navy): Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The fireship struck the Outer Gilstone Rock and consequently foundered in Smith Soud, off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 28 of her 40 crew.
• HMS Romney ( Royal Navy): Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The fourth rate ship of the line struck the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly and foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew.
• HMS St George ( Royal Navy): Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The first rate ship of the line struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.

December

31 December

• Norske Løve ( Danish East India Company): The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived.

January

Unknown date

• Samuel ( England): The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.^[8]

1708

June

8 June

• Concepción ( Spain): War of the Spanish succession, Wager's Action): The ship ran aground on the Isla de Baru. She was set afire and destroyed to prevent her capture by the British.
• San José ( Spanish Navy): War of the Spanish succession, Wager's Action): The galleon exploded and sank off the Isla de Baru during battle with HMS Expedition ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all but eleven of the 600 people on board.

Notes

1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1700 was followed by 25 March 1701. 31 December 1701 was followed by 1 January 1701.

References

1. Lettens, Jan. "Padang (+1700)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
2. Lettens, Jan. "Thornton (+1700)". wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
3. O'Sullivan, Paddy (19 November 2009). "Amity (1701) The Dunworley Slave Ship". Irish Maritime History Society. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. "Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa". Sedwick. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
5. "Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje (+1704)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
6. Lizé, Patrick. "The wreck of the pirate ship Speaker on Mauritius in 1702". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (The Nautical Archaeology Trust Ltd) 13 (2): 121–32.
7. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
8. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
9. "The Castle Del Ray Shipwreck". Aquaexplorers. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
10. "Pensacola's Historical and Archaeological Timeline". University of West Florida. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
11. "Isle of Wight Shipwrecks: Treasure, and 'Hazardous'". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

Ship events in 1700
Ship launches:	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704	1705
Ship commissionings:	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704	1705
Ship decommissionings:	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704	1705
Shipwrecks:	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704	1705

Ship events in 1710
Ship launches:	1705	1706	1707	1708	1709	1710	1711	1712	1713	1714	1715
Ship commissionings:	1705	1706	1707	1708	1709	1710	1711	1712	1713	1714	1715
Ship decommissionings:	1705	1706	1707	1708	1709	1710	1711	1712	1713	1714	1715
Shipwrecks:	1705	1706	1707	1708	1709	1710	1711	1712	1713	1714	1715