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List of shipwrecks in the 16th century

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The list of shipwrecks in the 16th century includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost between (and including) the years 1501 to 1600.

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1501–1510

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  • 11 July El Dorado: The Spanish carrack sank during a hurricane in the Mona Channel between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico with the loss of all on board. El Dorado was the flagship of a thirty-two strong fleet heading for Spain. Sources vary but at least another sixteen ships were also wrecked.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=El Dorado (+1502)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234267#174862|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 11 July Santa Maria del Antigua: Part of the fleet led by Francisco de Bobadilla, the Spanish carrack sank during a hurricane off Santo Domingo.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Maria del Antigua (+1502)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234627#175048|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 5 October Mîrî: Attacked by Captain Matoso on the orders of Vasco da Gama, the pilgrim ship was captured at Madayi, India and the cargo taken. The Muslim pilgrims travelling from Calicut, India to Mecca were locked in the hold, the ship set on fire and sunk by artillery taking several days to sink. The survivors were speared by Portuguese soldiers and an estimated three hundred people killed. The ship was a victim of the 4th Portuguese India Armada led by Vasco da Gama.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Miri (Mîrî) (+1502)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167459|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=18 October 2014}}Nambiar O.K, The Kunjalis - Admirals of Calicut, Bombay, 1963.
  • unknown date San Antón: The Spanish caravel ran aground on the (future) site of Port-au-Prince, Haiti while attempting to recover gold from the wreck of the Santa María de Gracia. The crew was picked up by the Santo Domingo.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Antón (+1502)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234395#174925|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • unknown date Santa María de Gracia: The Spanish caravel sank near the coast of Hispaniola after the hull was weakened by shipworm.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Santa María de Gracia|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234394|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}

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1511–1520

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  • 20 April — São Pedro (File:Flag Portugal (1495).svg Portugal): While on a journey to India, with five other caravels under the command of Garcia de Noronha, the islets of Saint Peter and Saint Paul was accidentally discovered when the São Pedro sailed onto one of them.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=San Pedro (+1511)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137278|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=25 May 2015}} The crew was rescued by the Saint Paul, hence the name of the archipelago.

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  • 10 August — Cordelière (also known as Marie-la-Cordelière) (22px Brittany): During the Battle of Saint-Mathieu, Admiral Portzmoguer fearing defeat blew up his own ship and one English ship, HMS Regent as well.
  • 10 August — HMS Regent ({{navy|Kingdom of England}}): Sank near Brest, France, during the Battle of Saint-Mathieu, after an explosion on the Breton ship Cordelière.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=HMS Regent (+1512)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205531|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 August 2014}}

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  • 21 February (first report) — Unidentified ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Lost at Polkemyas (now known as Porth Kidney sands), near Lelant, St Ives Bay, Cornwall, in the manor of Lelant and Trevethowe. She was carrying a cargo of cloth (including scarlet).{{cite book|last=Larn|first=Richard|title=Shipwreck Index of the British Isles|year=1997|publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping|location=London|author2=Larn, Bridget }}

=1515=

  • Unidentified vessel: Wrecked on Eastern Green, Penzance, while carrying a cargo of spices and textiles.
  • Unidentified vessel: Wrecked between Lelant Water and Porthroppter while on a voyage from Dublin with a cargo of "hydes and frys" (coarse woollen cloth).

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  • 22 February (first report) — Seven ships and ″barks″: Lost between Lelant Water and St Ives, Cornwall, laden with iron cast goods, cloth and other wares.
  • 15 September — Lomellina: The carrack from Genoa sank during a tornado while under repair in the bay at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Duchy of Savoy.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Lomellina (+1516)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?222818|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=15 September 2017}}

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  • Unidentified vessel: Wrecked at Porthcurno, Cornwall with a cargo of cloth and pewter.

=1517 or 1518=

  • Unidentified vessel: Wrecked near Carrack Loys, near Marckayowe (St Michael's Mount), Cornwall with a cargo of hogsheads of wine, which was divided between James Chynowythe, Richard Pendre and Sir John Arundell.{{PastScape|mname=|mnumber=1461410|accessdate=11 December 2012}}

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  • 4 May — Engelen: The Royal Danish Navy ({{flagicon image|Flag of Denmark.svg}}), four masted sailing ship was destroyed by fire while moored in the Oyarzun river, Basque Country.{{cite web |last1=Avec43 |title=Engelen (+1518) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257061 |website=Wrecksite |accessdate=9 May 2019}}
  • Unidentified vessel: Wrecked in "Whitson Bay at the Lands End", Cornwall witnessed by John Davye. She was carrying wines and fruit and all on board were saved.{{cite book|last1=Larn|first1=Richard|last2=Mills|first2=G Edwin|title=Shipwrecks at Land's End|date=1970|pages=34}}

=1520=

  • 22 May — Santiago ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau ran aground at the mouth of the river Santa Cruz, Argentina. She was one of five ships in Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation around the world. The wreck was discovered in 1985 by Daniel E Guillén.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santiago (+1520)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180813|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 June 2015}} According to media reports, Guillén recovered a small part of the wreck's wood and had it analyzed as an authentic Spanish vessel, but he has refused to register and claim the discovery for fear that the government will mismanage the wreck.[https://anecdotasdechurrasquero-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2016/10/daniel-guillen-y-hernando-de-magallanes.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Google translation to English], October 26, 2016, "Daniel Guillen and Hernando de Magallanes" [http://anecdotasdechurrasquero.blogspot.com/2016/10/daniel-guillen-y-hernando-de-magallanes.html Original][https://anecdotasdechurrasquero-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2016/10/el-magallanes-de-daniel-guillen.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http Google Translate to English], October 26, 2016, "Daniel Guillen's Magellan," [http://anecdotasdechurrasquero.blogspot.com/2016/10/el-magallanes-de-daniel-guillen.html Original][https://nuevodiario.es/noticia/16671/cultura/hallazgo-del-estrecho-de-magallanes--por-pedro-cuesta-escudero-autor-de-y-sin-embargo-es-redonda.-magallanes-y-la-primera-vuelta-al-mundo.html "Hallazgo del Estrecho de Magallanes"] by Pedro Cuesta Escudero, 11 May 2023, nuevodiario.es (in Spanish) Prior to this discovery, the oldest shipwreck in the New World was the San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) found off the coast of Texas.
  • Unidentified vessel: A frigate was wrecked in Studland Bay, Dorset.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Studland Bay wreck [+1520]|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13550|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 June 2015}}

1521–1530

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  • 2 May — Concepción ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau was deliberately abandoned and burnt in the Philippines. She was part of a fleet of five ships and 234 men led by Ferdinand Magellan.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Concepción (+1521)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235405#175637|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=25 May 2015}}

=1523=

  • Nao ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nao grounded on a shoal in the British Virgin Islands. The crew was rescued by another ship which ran aground on Anegada and later refloated.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Nao (+1523)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?231064|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=25 May 2015}}
  • {{ship||Trinidad|ship|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nao was wrecked in a storm at Ternate c.1523.

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  • 14 January — Sancti Spiritus ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack was one of seven ships in the Loaisa expedition passing through the Strait of Magellan when she was wrecked on the coast west of Punta Dungenes. Her crew were rescued by the Anunciada.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Sancti Spiritus (+1526)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?172808|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=17 January 2015}}
  • 16 February — Anunciada ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack was one of seven ships in the Loaisa expedition from A Coruña, Spain westwards to the spice route. She was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Anunciada (+1526)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180329|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 July 2014}}
  • 1 June — Pedro Serrano's patache ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Wrecked while en route for Santa Marta from Cuba on the Serrana Bank. Pedro Serrano and the ship's boy was said to have been stranded there for eight years.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Pedro Serrano's patache (+1526)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136948|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=17 January 2015}}Souhami, Diana (2001) Selkirk's Island, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • June — San Lesmes ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau was not seen after passing through the Strait of Magellan. She was part of a seven ship expedition led by García Jofre de Loaísa to find a westerly route for the spice trade.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Lesmes (+1526)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234369|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 June 2015}}
  • Unknown date — San Gabriel ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau was wrecked during a storm, after passing Cape Frio, Brazil. She was part of a seven ship expedition led by García Jofre de Loaísa to find a westerly route for the spice trade.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Gabriel (+1526)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17081|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 June 2015}}
  • Unknown date&‐ Santa Maria del Parral({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Ran aground on Sangihe Island, Archipelago Sulawesi. She was part of a seven ship expedition led by García Jofre de Loaísa to find a westerly route for the spice trade.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Maria del Parral (+1526)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234370|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 June 2015}}
  • Unknown date — Santa Teresa ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The caravel was lost at the entrance to the Gallegos River, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Teresa (+1526)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?182023|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=17 January 2015}}

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  • 19 January — St Anthony or Santo António (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The carrack foundered in Gunwalloe Bay, Cornwall, en route from Lisbon to Antwerp. She had a mixed cargo including copper and silver ingots, said to be worth an estimated £100 million in early 21st century values. One half of the crew was lost.{{cite web|last=Camidge|first=Kevin|title=St Anthony's Finds Record|url=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/stanthonys_eh_2008/overview.cfm|publisher=Archaeology Data Service|accessdate=9 July 2014|year=2008}} The wreck was located in 1981 and a selection of her cargo can be seen in the Charlestown Shipwreck, Rescue and Heritage Centre, Charlestown. Also reported as Saint Andrew and sinking on 19 January 1526.{{cite web|last=Lettens|first=Jan|title=Saint Andrew [+1526]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76002|publisher=wrecksite|accessdate=9 July 2014}} The site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.{{NHLE|desc=St Antony|num=1000067|accessdate=9 July 2014}}

1531–1540

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  • Unidentified vessel Wrecked on the cliffs near "Innyall Chappell (Chapel Jane, Gurnard's Head), Cornwall with the loss of all on board. The vessel was carrying salt. Anchors, cables and timber was salvaged and shared 50/50 between the finders and Sir John Arundell, Master Lord of the Franchise.{{PastScape|mname=|mnumber=1086224|accessdate=28 November 2016}}

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  • (First report) — Unidentified vessels: Harry Angwyne sworn at Court that he often saw wrecks of timbers cast on the land at Whitsonbay and other places around Land's End, Cornwall.
  • (First report) — Unidentified vessel: Lost at the Longships, off Land's End, Cornwall.
  • (First report) — Unidentified vessel: Barrel of tar washed up at Gwynver, Sennen, Cornwall and barrel of flower (flour) washed up in Whitson Bay in Gonhellye under Meen.

=1533=

  • October — Bona Confidentia, Bona Esperanza and Edward Bonaventure (all {{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): The ships became trapped in ice off the coast of what is now Canada. Their crews perished in January 1534.{{Cite news |title=Iceberg Adventures |newspaper=Newcastle Courangt |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 November 1879 |issue=10691 }}
  • Bom Jesus ({{flag|Portugal|1495}}) — The ship was wrecked on the coast of Africa while on a voyage from Lisbon to India.{{cite web |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/03/miners-namibia-discovered-ship-carrying-9million-worth-gold/ |title=Miners in Namibia discovered a ship carrying $9 million worth of Gold |publisher=The Vintage News |first=Ian |last=Harvey |date=3 August 2016 |accessdate=20 June 2017}}

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  • 30 November — Concepción ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The Carrack (nau) was wrecked at Ponta Loyola, estuary of the Gallegos River, Argentina while part of a two ship trading expedition. The crew were rescued by the Santa Maria .{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Concepción (+1537)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?173152|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=28 November 2016}}

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  • 23 January — Capitana ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack (nau) was part of an expedition to the Pacific coast of South America when she was wrecked north-east of the Primera Angostura, within the Strait of Magellan. The crew was rescued by another of the expedition's ships.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Capitana (+1540)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?172743|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=28 November 2016}}
  • January — Trinidad ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The sailing ship was seen at Cedros Island, Baja California before heading north and not seen again.{{cite web|title=SV Trinidad (+1540)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234702|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=28 November 2016}}

1541–1550

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  • 18 February — A hoy barque (flag unknown) was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England.{{cite book |title=Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks |first=Richard |last=Larn |publisher=David & Charles |year=1977 |location=Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret |isbn=0-7153-7202-5 |pages=32–25}}
  • 29 December — Bonne Aventure (France): Wrecked south of Les Sables-d'Olonne, France{{cite web|last1=De Maisonneuve|first1=Bernard|title=Bonne Aventure (+1542)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132637|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=30 December 2014}}
  • unknown date — Grifo (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The cargo ship was wrecked in the bay of Angra, Terceira Island. Oldest known wreck on the island since colonisation.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Grifo (+1542)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216032|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=30 December 2014}}
  • unknown date — San Juan ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau foundered near the island of São Miguel, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Juan (+1542)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216161|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=30 December 2014}}
  • unknown date — San Miguel ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galleon sank near Hispaniola.{{cite web|last1=Gaetan|first1=Algoet|title=San Miguel (+1542)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137008|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=30 December 2014}}

=1543=

  • 25 July — Capitana de la Saane (France): Lost during a battle off Corcubión, Cape Finisterre, Spain.{{cite web|last1=San Claudio|first1=Miguel|title=Capitana de la Saane (+1543)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?233083|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • Unknown date — Moutier (France): The fishing boat ran aground at Noirmoutier, France.{{cite web|last1=De Maisonneuve|first1=Bernard|title=Moutier (+1543)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133103|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • Unknown date — An Unidentified ship ({{flag|Portugal|1495}}) was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England.

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=1545=

  • 19 July — Battle of the Solent: Mary Rose ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Capsized within {{convert|1.5|mile|abbr=on}} of Portsmouth harbour, in {{convert|40|ft|abbr=on}} of water. Approximately seven hundred men lost their lives.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Mary Rose [+1545]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?602|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=18 July 2014}}
  • 28 November — Santa Clara ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galleon was lost in a storm off Hispaniola.{{cite web|last1=Algoet|first1=Gaetan|title=Santa Clara (+1545)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136984|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 December 2014}}

=1550=

  • (first report) — Pwll Fanog (Wales): Wrecked in the Menai Strait, Gwynedd, Wales.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Pwll Fanog wreck [+1550]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13534|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 September 2014}}
  • (first report) — Santa Maria de la Piedad ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The sailing ship out of Hispaniola, was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Some of the cargo was salvaged.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Maria de la Piedad (+1550)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216641|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 September 2014}}

1551–1560

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  • 8 June — São João (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The galleon was wrecked during a storm near Port Edward, South Africa. Approximately 120 died in the wreck while the remaining 500 survivors had to march to the mouth of the Maputo River. Only twenty-five survived due to attacks from indigenous people, starvation and disease.{{cite web|last1=Vleggeert|first1=Nico|title=SV Sao Joao (+1552)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?225084|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=3 June 2015}}
  • La Magdalena ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau was wrecked in the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV La Magdalena (+1552)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216645|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=3 June 2015}}
  • Santiago ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau sank in the harbour at Angra, Terceira Island, Azores after unloading the cargo from Mexico.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santiago (+1552)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216646|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=3 June 2015}}

=1554=

  • 24 April — São Bento (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The carrack ran aground in the mouth of the Msikaba River, midway between Port Edward and Port St. Johns on the Transkei coast of South Africa. The cargo included slaves and pepper, and up to 450 people lost their lives.{{cite web|last1=Vleggeert|first1=Nico|title=SV Sao Bento (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?225086|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
  • 29 April — Espiritu Santo ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of a treasure fleet en route for Havana, Cuba from Veracruz, Mexico, three galleons were wrecked in a storm off Padre Island, Texas.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=SV Espiritu Santo (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?193688|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=25 May 2015}}
  • 29 April — San Esteban ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of a treasure fleet en route for Havana, Cuba from Veracruz, Mexico, three galleons were wrecked in a storm off Padre Island, Texas.
  • 29 April — Santa Maria de Yciar ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of a treasure fleet en route for Havana, Cuba from Veracruz, Mexico, three galleons were wrecked in a storm off Padre Island, Texas.
  • Bona Confidentia ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Part of a three ship expedition, led by Sir Hugh Willoughby, for the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to find the Northeast Passage to China. Along with Bona Esperanza the two ships attempted to overwinter near the Kola Peninsula, east of Murmansk, Grand Duchy of Moscow. The remains of sixty-two sailors were found in the spring of 1554 by Moscovian fishermen.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Bona Confidentia (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234774#175162|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
  • Bona Esperanza ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Part of a three ship expedition, led by Sir Hugh Willoughby, for the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to find the Northeast Passage to China. Along with Bona Confidentia the two ships attempted to overwinter near the Kola Peninsula, east of Murmansk, Grand Duchy of Moscow. The remains of sixty-two sailors were found in the spring of 1554 by Moscovian fishermen.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Bona Esperanza (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234749|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
  • La Maria ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrick was wrecked to the south of Pico Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV La Maria (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216776|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 May 2015}}
  • Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau was wrecked on São Jorge Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (+1554)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216677|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=5 August 2014}}
  • Santa Maria de Camino ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Lost off the coast of Florida.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=Santa Maria de Camino (+1554)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140235|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=25 May 2015}}

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  • Ascenção (Algarvia Velha) (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): Foundered in the Bay of Angra, Terceira Island, Azores while returning from the East Indies.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Ascenção (Algarvia Velha) (+1555)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216156|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 July 2014}}
  • Unidentified Spanish or Spanish-Netherlands vessel wrecked on the Bartholomew Ledge, Isles of Scilly. The oldest known wreck site in the Isles of Scilly, which is protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, and identified from silver two reale coins, six breech loading cannon and other artifacts.{{cite book|last=Larn|first=Richard|title=The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly|year=1992|publisher=Thomas & Lochar|location=Nairn|isbn=0-946537-84-4}}

=1556=

  • 18 June — Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The nau hit a shoal near Alagoas, Brazil. She was carrying the first bishop of Brazil from Salvador to Lisbon. All of the 103 (bar one) on-board survivors were massacred by natives while on the way to Maceió.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (+1556)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235504|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 June 2015}}
  • 6 August — Nossa Senhora da Assunção (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): Foundered in the Bay of Angra, Terceira Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nossa Senhora da Assunção (+1556)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216135|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=5 August 2014}}
  • 6 August — Nossa Senhora da Vitória (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): Foundered in the Bay of Angra, Terceira Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nossa Senhora da Vitória (+1556)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216134|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=5 August 2014}}
  • Unknown date — Sancta Salbador ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Lost off Florida.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=Sancta Salbador (+1556)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140228|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 June 2015}}

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  • 14 November — Abrigada (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The patache sank at Queimada, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Abrigada (+1557)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216136|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=21 December 2014}}

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  • 25 February — San Sebastian ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack (nau) ran aground during a gale on the coast of Chile near Canal Trinidad.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Sebastian (+1558)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?181471|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=16 February 2015}}
  • Unidentified A ship carrying people from Dublin is said to have run aground off Rathlin Island, northern Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=?55°17'XXXN-006°12'XXXW (+1558)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132247|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=16 February 2015}}

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  • 21 November — Nossa Senhora da Graça (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal): The carrack (nau) foundered during a storm and sank between Mozambique and Cochin, India. The crew were rescued by the Aquia (File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg Portugal and the captain died shortly after.{{cite web |last1=Avec43 |title=SV Nossa Senhora da Graça (+1559) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?260213 |website=Wrecksite |accessdate=22 November 2018}}

1561–1570

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  • San Juan ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): A Basque whaling ship sank at Red Bay, Labrador.
  • Unnamed sailing vessel foundered in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, possibly near Newlyn where an anchor was found. The year of loss is given as the 7th or 8th year of Elizabeth I reign (beginning 17 November 1565 to 1567).{{PastScape|mname=|mnumber=1462300|accessdate=2 February 2017}}

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  • La Concepción ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Out of Havana, she ran aground on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores. Some of her cargo was salvaged.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV La Concepción (+1567)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216731|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=5 August 2014}}

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  • Unnamed ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Scotland}}): The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Netherlands with the loss of eighteen lives.{{Cite news |title=Round About Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=27 November 1877 |issue=7106 }}

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  • {{ship||Victoria|ship|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The first ship to circumnavigate the globe (1519-1522), the carrack foundered on a voyage from Seville to the Antilles with the loss of all hands.

1571–1580

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  • (First report) John ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Wrecked on the Pole Sand at Exmouth, Devon with pilot John Parsons aboard. The Lympstone ship was heading for Exeter from Newfoundland with 70,000 salt fish (known as Newfoundland fish). The ship broke up and 18,000 fish were lost, to the value of £200 "... by his (the pilot) craft, fault, ignorance, rashness and negligence caused the ship to strike the sands and rocks of the sea".
  • 17 April — Unnamed ship (Habsburg Netherlands): The unknown sloop-of-war may have been one of the ships sunk during the Battle of Flushing.{{cite web|title=Warship (16th century) (+1573)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4282|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=9 May 2015}}
  • April — ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): During the Eighty Years' War a number of Spanish warships were lost in a battle with the Dutch fleet, when attempting to break a blockade on Middelburg.

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  • 30 September — Marigold ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): The sloop was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan, possibly near Desolación Island while on an expedition, led by Francis Drake, to attack Spanish ports.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Marigold (+1578)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?181081|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=12 November 2014}}
  • the Emanuel of Bridgewater, sank on the western side of Smerwick harbour, Ireland with a cargo of rocks from the Countess of Sussex mine on Baffin Island. The ship was one of Martin Frobisher's fleet, and the cargo was believed to be gold ore.{{cite journal |last1=Hogarth |first1=D D |last2=Roddick |first2=J C |title=Discovery of Martin Frobisher's Baffin Island "ore" in Ireland |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |date=1989 |volume=26 (5) |pages=1053-60 |doi=10.1139/e89-086 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320423235_Discovery_of_Martin_Frobisher's_Baffin_Island_ore_in_Ireland}}
  • late 1578 or early 1579; San Juanillo ({{flag|Spain|1506}}) A Manila galleon beached at Baja California, subsequently destroyed by a hurricane and debris spread on the beach for miles.

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  • 29 October — Iveglia ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The three-masted carrack ran aground on reefs near Porto Pidocchio. Iveglia, carrying artillery and textiles, was stopped from entering the harbour at Camogli, Genoa because of an infectious disease in the port; some of the ship's crew were saved.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=SV Iveglia (+1579)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136776|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=27 November 2014}}

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  • 24 January — Santa Catalina ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The Spanish Navy carrack (nau) was wrecked on São Miguel Island, in the Azores while part of the Indies fleet.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Santa Catalina (+1580)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216810|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=24 January 2015}}

1581–1590

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  • 29 August — Delight ({{navy|Kingdom of England}}): Ran aground on Sable Island, approximately {{convert|175|km|abbr=on}} south-east of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia. All the crew drowned bar sixteen men who spent seven days in a small boat before reaching Newfoundland. The ship was part of an expedition led by Humphrey Gilbert.{{cite web|title=HMS Delight - 1583|url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=1133|website=Marine Heritage Database|publisher=Maritime Museum of the Atlantic|accessdate=9 July 2014}}
  • 9 September — Squirrel ({{navy|Kingdom of England}}): The frigate foundered near the Azores. She was previously part of the expedition led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert to Newfoundland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Squirrel (+1583)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216686|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 July 2015}}{{cite DCB |last1=Quinn |first1=David B. |title=Gilbert, Sir Humphrey |volume=1 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gilbert_humphrey_1E.html |accessdate=10 July 2015}}
  • October — Catalina ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau ran aground on the island of São Miguel at Vila Franca, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Catalina (+1583)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216732|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 July 2015}}

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  • 26 January — Louvois Blanc The barque was lost on the French coast opposite Île de Ré.{{cite web|last1=De Maisonneuve|first1=Bernard|title=Louvois Blanc (+1584)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133010|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=24 January 2015}}
  • February — Trinidad ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack (nau) was in poor condition and deliberately ran aground near Cape Virgenes, Argentina. Trinidad was one of a twenty-three strong expedition, led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, to colonise the Strait of Megellan. Items from the ship were used to equipe the colony of Nombre de Jesus, Argentina.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Trinidad (+1584)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?181593|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=24 January 2015}}

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==July==

  • 30 July — Bazana ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the Spanish fleet sent to invade England, a storm in the Bay of Biscay sent four of the smaller galleons, including Bazana, to shelter in French ports. They returned to Spain after repairs. In one version Bazana ran aground on the shoal Esclaves, near Bayonne.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|last2=Lettens|first2=Jan|title=Bazana (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?201969|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 July 2014}}
  • 30 or 31 July or 15 November — San Salvador ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Said to have been wrecked off Chesil Beach, Dorset in July, or sank in Studland Bay while en route to Portsmouth in November.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=San Salvador (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133511|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 July 2014}}{{cite journal| last = Boddie| first = John Bennett | title = Boddie of Essex, England and Virginia| journal = William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine | volume = 14 | issue = 2 | pages = 114–140 |date=April 1934| doi = 10.2307/1915674 | jstor=1915674}}

==August==

==September==

  • 1 September — Barca de Amburgo ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, the sailing ship sank during a storm south-west of Fair Isle, Scotland. Her crew were taken aboard El Gran Grifon and La Trinidad Valencera; both were later wrecked.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|last2=Avec43|title=Barca de Amburgo (+1588)

|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?183508|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 September 2014}}

  • 4 September — Castillo Negro ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, the sailing ship foundered off Donegal, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Castillo Negro (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206700|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 September 2014}}
  • 15 September — La Trinidad Valencera ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the sixteen strong Castile squadron of the armada, she ran aground at Kinnagoe Bay, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=La Trinidad Valencera [+1588]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63380|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=15 September 2017}}
  • 15 September — San Nicolás (Sveti Nikola) ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Squadron of Levant, the carrack was wrecked during a storm off Toorglass, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=San Nicolás (Sveti Nikola) (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206739|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=15 September 2017}}
  • 15 September — São Marcos (File:Flag Portugal (1578).svg Portugal): Part of the twelve strong Portuguese squadron of the armada, she was wrecked on the coast of County Clare, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Nixon|first1=Kendall|title=São Marcos (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131820|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2014}}
  • 20 September — Anunciada ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Levant squadron of the armada, she was anchored in the mouth of the River Shannon at Scattery Roads and was burnt and abandoned by her crew who were rescued by other armada ships.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|last2=Lettens|first2=Jan|title=Anunciada (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131821|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2014}}
  • 20 September — San Esteban ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the fourteen strong Squadron of Guipuzcoa and part of the armada, near the mouth of the Doonbeg River, western Ireland. The survivors were either killed as they reached the shore or later hung.{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=John|title=The Spanish Armada and the fate of some of its ships off the west Clare coast|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/spanish_armada.htm|website=Clare County Library|accessdate=19 October 2014|date=1979}}{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=San Esteban (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131822|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=19 October 2014}}
  • 21 September — Santiago ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas and part of the armada, she ran aground near Mosterhamn in Hardanger Fjord, Norway.{{cite book|last1=Ødegaard|first1=T|title=Alonso de Olmos' etterlatte documenter: Om det spanske armadaskipet "Santiago" som forliste i Sunnhordland i året 1588|date=2001|publisher=Kystforlaget|location=Fredrikstad|isbn=8299453313}}
  • 21 September — Santa Maria de la Rosa ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the fourteen strong Squadron of Guipuzcoa and part of the armada, she was wrecked on Stromboli Reef at Blasket Sound, Ireland. There was only one survivor out of 297 on board.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|last2=Avec43|title=Santa Maria De La Rosa [+1588]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69446|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=19 October 2014}}
  • 22 September — Ciervo Volante ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, she was wrecked off the west Irish coast while attempting to return to Spain.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Ciervo Volante|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206735|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=19 October 2014}}
  • 22 September — Gran Grin ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the fourteen strong Squadron of Biscay and part of the armada, the nau was partially burnt in the English Channel and finally sank south of County Clare, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Gran Grin (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206669|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=19 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — Concepción de Juanes del Cano ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the fourteen strong Squadron of Biscay and part of the Armada, the nau sank during a storm at Spanish Point, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Concepción de Juanes del Cano (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206737|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=23 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — Falcón Blanco Menor ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, sank during a storm off the island of Freaghillaun, Galway, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Falcón Blanco Menor (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206772|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=23 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — Juliana ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Squadron of Levant, the nau was lost near Spanish Point between Streedagh Point and Black Rock, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Juliana [+1588]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64786|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=23 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — La Lavia ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Levant squadron of the armada, she was grounded near Streedagh Strand, ten miles north of the town of Sligo and near to Spanish Point.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=La Lavia [+1588]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131829|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — San Juan Bautista ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the sixteen strong Castile squadron of the armada, she was lost at Streedagh Strand, Ireland, near Spanish Point.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=San Juan Bautista (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206657|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
  • 25 September — Santa Maria de Visión (de Biscione) ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Levant squadron of the armada, the nau was lost at Streedagh Strand, Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Santa Maria de Visión (de Biscione) [+1588]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131830|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
  • 26 September — Duquesa Santa Ana ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the ten strong Andalusia squadron of the armada, the nau was wrecked at Loughros Mor Bay, County Donegal with the loss of 223 lives.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Duquesa Santa Ana (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206698|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
  • 28 September — El Gran Grifón ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Flagship of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, went ashore in the cove of Stroms Heelor on Fair Isle, Scotland. Her three hundred sailors spent six weeks on the island and the wreck was discovered in 1970.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=El Gran Grifon (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?183503|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=1 September 2014}}

==October==

==Unknown date==

  • Florida ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The ship was wrecked at Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland.{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 September 1874 |issue=8315 }}
  • Maria de Aguirre ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the fourteen strong Squadron of Biscay and part of the Armada, the patache wrecked.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Maria de Aguirre (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206778|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=10 August 2014}}
  • San Antonio de Padua ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of the sixteen strong Squadron of Castile and part of the Armada, the patache sank off the west coast of Ireland.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=San Antonio de Padua (+1588)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206774|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=20 August 2014}}
  • St. Catherine ({{Flag|Spain|1506}}): The ship was wrecked near Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.{{Cite news |title=A Relic from the Spanish Armarda |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=31 August 1880 |issue=4079 }}
  • Unidentified wreck: A wreck in Mullion Cove, Cornwall may be the Santo Christo de Castello.{{cite web|last=Lettens|first=Jan|title=Santo Christo De Castello|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75947|publisher=Wrecksite|accessdate=22 May 2012}} The 1589 or 1590 wreck (see below) may refer to this wreck.

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  • 30 October — Nuestra Señora de Guia ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack lost her cargo when she foundered near the south coast of Terceira in the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nuestra Señora de Guia (+1589) |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216775|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=27 November 2014}}
  • 8 December — Ragusana (Regazona) ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Flagship of the ten strong Squadron of Levant and part of the armada, the nau sank at the harbour entrance on her return to A Coruña.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Ragusana (Regazona) (+1589)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?206771|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 December 2014}}

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  • Unknown date — Unidentified small galleon: Captured on the Spanish Main in the summer of 1589 by George Clifford, the Earl of Cumberland, and sent home as a "prize" the following winter. Under the command of Christopher Lister and with a cargo of looted silver, she was lost with all hands in a gale near Penzance, Cornwall.{{cite book |title=The Port of Penzance |last=Carter |first=C. |authorlink= |year=1998 |publisher=Black Dwarf Publications |location=Lydney |isbn=0-9533028-0-6 }}

1591–1600

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  • 2 April — Espiritu Sanctu ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau foundered in the Azores between the islands Terceira and Flores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Espiritu Sanctu (+1591)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216773|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=13 July 2015}}
  • 9 July — Santa Cruz ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): Out of India, the carrick was burnt by the English at Flores, one of the islands of the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Cruz (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216761|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=9 July 2014}}
  • 30 August — Assunción ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galleon sank off Flores, in the Azores, during the Battle of Flores against an English privateer, Revenge.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Assunción (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216811|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 August 2014}}
  • 31 August — La Serena ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Sank in a storm following the Battle of Flores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=La Serena (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216821|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 August 2014}}

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  • 31 August — Revenge ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Captured during the Battle of Flores, but later wrecked during a storm on the reefs of Serreta, Terceira, Azores. Both the Spanish crew and English prisoners lost their lives.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Revenge (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216765|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=29 August 2014}}
  • 30 September — San Medel y Celedón ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrack was wrecked during a storm near Formigas Islets, in the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=San Medel y Celedón (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216772|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=12 November 2014}}
  • 30 September — Vegoña ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): Part of an expedition led by Sancho Pardo the nau sank during a storm near the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Vegoña (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216771|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=12 November 2014}}
  • 30 September — Whiite Duyve ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): Fifteen survived when the flute sank during a storm off Terceira Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Aves43|title=SV Whiite Duyve (+1591)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216763|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=12 November 2014}}
  • September — Santa Maria del Puerto ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The nau sank in the Azores, {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of Terceira.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Maria del Puerto (+1591)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216762|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=13 July 2015}}
  • Unknown Spanish galleon ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): A galleon with a cargo of gold and silver is said to have sunk the Irish Sea off Ardglass.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Spanish Galleon (+1591)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132250|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=13 July 2015}}

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  • 2 October — Black ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): The pinnace sank while under tow by Dainty near Cape Pilar, Chile. She was part of the five ship Thomas Cavendish expedition to China.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Black (+1592)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180419|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=16 October 2014}}
  • 15 October — St. Peter ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England.
  • 17 December — Golden Lion ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
  • 17 December — Red Lion ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}: The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
  • unknown date — Makeshift ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): pinnace-yacht, sank off Alderney Channel Islands. Artifacts from this wreck is featured in the Alderney Museum and is managed by the Alderney Maritime Trust.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?83172 |title=Makeshift HMS? [+1592] |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate=25 Aug 2015}}

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  • 24 March — Santo Alberto ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): The carrack, out of Cochin, India, sank off the Cape of Good Hope during a storm.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santo Alberto (+1593)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?218552|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
  • 18 October Tobie ({{flag|England|1578}}): Merchant ship out of London, ran aground near Cape Spartel.
  • unknown date — Nossa Senhora da Nazaré ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): The carrack, out of Cochin, India, sprang a leak and was beached on the coast of Mozambique. The crew were rescued by Chagas.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Nossa Senhora da Nazareth (+1593)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?218553|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
  • unknown date — La Encarnación ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The carrick foundered off São Miguel Island, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV La Encarnación (+1593)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216760|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=14 April 2015}}

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  • 13 June — Cinco Chagas ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): Anglo-Spanish War, Action of Faial: The nau caught fire and sank after a battle against three English privateers off Faial Island, Azores. The thirteen survivors (out of four hundred) were captured by the English.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Chagas (+1594)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140133|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 June 2015}}
  • 24 July — Madre de Deus ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): Out of India the nau ran aground on Flores in the Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Madre de Deus (+1594)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216759|website=wrecksite|accessdate=26 June 2015}}

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  • 17 July — Santa Magharita ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galleon was lost off Florida.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=Santa Magharita (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140234|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 2 August — John and two other ships ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}): Sank during a Spanish raid in Mount's Bay, Cornwall.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=SV John (And 2 other) (+1595)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?201997|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=4 August 2014}}
  • 7 September — Santa Ysabel ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galleon was the flagship of a fleet of four ships, led by Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, in an attempt to colonise the Solomon Islands. Santa Ysabel disappeared while passing the erupting island of Tinakula, part of the Santa Cruz Islands.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Ysabel (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234777|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 23 November — Magdalena ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The frigate was lost during a battle against an English fleet attempting to capture San Juan de Puerto Rico.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=Magdalena (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234792|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • November — San Agustin ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The Spanish Manila galleon under the command of Portuguese Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho (Sebastián Rodríguez Cermeño in Spanish) was lost at Drakes Bay, California, when a storm blew in from the south and the ship dragged anchor. Most of the crew was on land constructing a small boat for coastal exploration. The crew successfully returned to Mexico in the small boat.{{cite web|last1=Letten|first1=Jan|title=San Agustin (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176423|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 19 December — San Felipe ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The galiot sank off the Philippines while returning to Spain from the Solomon Islands following a failed attempt to colonise those islands.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV San Felipe (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234776#175165|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
  • 19 December — Santa Catalina ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The frigate sank off the Philippines while returning to Spain from the Solomon Islands following a failed attempt to colonise those islands.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Santa Catalina (+1595)|url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234778|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 August 2015}}

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  • 1 January — Chancellor: Ran aground off Cape Breton Island, Canada.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Chancellor (+1596)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33131|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=27 December 2014}}
  • 19 October — San Felipe ({{Flag|Spain|1506}}): The Manila galleon was wrecked on Shikoku, Japan. Her crew survived.
  • November — San Pedro ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The cargo ship was wrecked near Bermuda while on a voyage from Cartagena to Cadiz, Spain.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Tony|title=San Pedro (+1596)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180398#145178|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=27 December 2014}}
  • 28 December — Anunciada ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): The cargo ship ran aground near Cabo Toriñana, Spain.{{cite web|last1=San Claudio|first1=Miguel|title=Anunciada (+1596)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?231192|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=27 December 2014}}

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  • 11 January — Amsterdam ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) cargo ship was set on fire, in the Java Sea, near the island of Bawean.{{cite web|last1=Jan|first1=Lettens|title=Amsterdam (+1597)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139289|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=13 January 2015}}
  • February — San Bartolomé ({{flag|Spain|1506}}): The Spanish Fleet of Indies galleon was lost on the Isles of Scilly. She was carrying lead ingots and fragments of bronze bells.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=San Bartolomé [+1597]|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12562|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
  • 17 November — São Francisco ({{flag|Portugal|1578}}): The carrack (nau) ran aground and was then burned by the English on the island of São Miguel, Azores.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV São Francisco (+1597)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216753|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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  • 16 December — An estimated two hundred ships sank during the Battle of Noryang in the Noryang Strait, off the coast of Namhae Island, South Korea.宣祖實錄 宣祖三十一年 十一月二十四日 (The Annals of King Seonjo, 19 November 1598 in Lunar Calendar)　"賊船一百隻捕捉, 二百隻燒破, 斬首五百級, 生擒一百八十餘名。 溺死者, 時未浮出, 故不知其數 (Our army captured 100 enemy ships, destroyed 200 ships, beheaded 500 enemy soldiars, and caught 180-plus soldiars alive. The number of drowned enemy soldiars is unknown, because they have still sunk)".

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  • 14 March — Henry Frederick ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): Part of an expedition to open a spice route between Asia and Europe, and led by Admiral Oliver van Noort, the sailing ship went missing in the Strait of Magellan.{{cite web|last1=Avec43|title=SV Henry Frederick (+1600)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180872|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=26 March 2015}}
  • late September — Hoop ({{flag|Dutch Republic}}): The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) frigate, in the service of the Magellaanse Compagnie, was lost along with approximately 130 people, in the Pacific Ocean during a storm. She was heading for Japan having left Hawaii on the 24 September.{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=Hoop (+1600)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?182297|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=23 October 2014}}

See also

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