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List of shipwrecks in the 1700s

The list of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost from 1700 to 1709.

1700

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September

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19 September

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List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1700
Ship State Description
HMS Carlisle   Royal Navy The 48-gun fourth rate exploded and sank in The Downs with the loss of 124 of the 128 crew on board.[1]

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List of shipwrecks: February 1700
Ship State Description
Thornton   British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall.[2]
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

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February

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25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1700
Ship State Description
Padang   Dutch East India Company The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina.[3]

December

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List of shipwrecks: December 1701
Ship State Description
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.[4]

1702

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February

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21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1701
Ship State Description
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.

April

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3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1702
Ship State Description
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.[5]

September

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30 September

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List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1702
Ship State Description
Glocester Frigot   British East India Company The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Bencoolen, India. No further trace.[6]

October

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23 October

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List of shipwrecks: October 1702
Ship State Description
Dauphin   French Navy War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was set afire 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.[7]
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.

November

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22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1702
Ship State Description
Amsterdam   Dutch East India Company The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) type pinnace foundered en route to Basra from Bombay during a storm. All hands were lost.[8]

1703

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January

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7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1702
Ship State Description
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.[9]

November

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25 November

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List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1703
Ship State Description
Unnamed ship   Dutch Republic The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England with the loss of all hands.[1]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1703
Ship State Description
HMS Canterbury   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew.[1] Later salvaged and sold.[10]
HMS Eagle   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[1]
HMS Mary   Royal Navy
 
The Great Storm at the Goodwin Sands.
Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line, a Speaker-class frigate, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Only one of the 273 crew on board survived.
HMS Mortar   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts.[1]
HMS Newcastle   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire, with the loss of 229 of her crew.
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 253 of her crew.
HMS Portsmouth   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel foundered at the Nore with the loss of 44 of her crew.[1]
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, 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 70 of her 349 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 Vigo   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Dutch coast.
HMS York   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The Speaker-class frigate sank at Harwich, Essex, with the loss of four of her crew.
Two merchant ships Flag unknown Great Storm of 1703: a ship was driven into a pink in The Downs, both vessels foundered.[1]

December

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2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1703
Ship State Description
HMS Mortar   Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast.[11]

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List of shipwrecks: November 1703
Ship State Description
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.[12]

1704

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August

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List of shipwrecks: August 1704
Ship State Description
John and Ann   England The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.[13]

January

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31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1704
Ship State Description
Albemarle   British East India Company The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro".[6]

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List of shipwrecks: 1704
Ship State Description
Castle Del Ray unknown The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America.[14]
Cinque Ports   England The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived.

1705

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List of shipwrecks: 1705
Ship State Description
Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol   Spain The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida.[15]
Swan Unknown The brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[16]

1706

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October

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Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: October 1706
Ship State Description
Major   England The pink was wrecked near Cardigan.[13]

November

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19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1706
Ship State Description
HMS Hazardous   Royal Navy The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex.[17]

1707

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October

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22 October

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List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1707
Ship State Description
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

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31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1707
Ship State Description
Norske Løve   Danish East India Company The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1707
Ship State Description
Unnamed ship   Dunkerque The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all 60 crew.[1]

1708

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January

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List of shipwrecks: January 1707
Ship State Description
Samuel   England The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.[13]

June

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8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1708
Ship State Description
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.

1709

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. pp. 47–59, 165–72. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.
  2. ^ Lettens, Jan. "Thornton ( 1700)". wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ Lettens, Jan. "Padang ( 1700)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ O'Sullivan, Paddy (19 November 2009). "Amity (1701) The Dunworley Slave Ship". Irish Maritime History Society. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa". Sedwick. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b Throckmorton, Peter. "The Great Basses Wreck" (PDF). Expedition. No. Spring 1964. pp. 21–31.
  7. ^ "Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje ( 1704)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ^ Lettens, Jan. "Amsterdam ( 1702)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  9. ^ Lizé, Patrick (1984). "The wreck of the pirate ship Speaker on Mauritius in 1702". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration. 13 (2). The Nautical Archaeology Trust Ltd: 121–32. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.1984.tb01182.x.
  10. ^ "British Other Vessels storeship 'Canterbury' (1692)". Threedecks. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ Lettens, Jan. "HMS Mortar ( 1703)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  13. ^ a b c "Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service". Glen Johnson. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ^ "The Castle Del Ray Shipwreck". Aquaexplorers. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Pensacola's Historical and Archaeological Timeline". University of West Florida. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  16. ^ njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
  17. ^ "Isle of Wight Shipwrecks: Treasure, and 'Hazardous'". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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