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

=September=

==19 September==

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|ship={{HMS|Carlisle|1698|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=The 48-gun fourth rate exploded and sank in The Downs with the loss of 124 of the 128 crew on board.{{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=47–59, 165–72}}}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship={{ship||Thornton|East Indiaman|2}}

|flag=22px British East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139271|title=Thornton (+1700)|last=Lettens |first=Jan|publisher=wrecksite|accessdate=14 August 2014}}}}

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|ship=Henrietta Marie

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=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

=February=

==25 February==

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|ship={{ship||Padang|East Indiaman|2}}

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?183479|title=Padang (+1700)|last1=Lettens |first1=Jan|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=14 August 2014}}}}

=December=

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Amity

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of England|naval}} Royal Africa Company

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://lugnad.connect.ie/amity-1701-the-dunworley-slave-ship/ |title=Amity (1701) The Dunworley Slave Ship |first=Paddy |last=O'Sullivan |publisher=Irish Maritime History Society |date=19 November 2009 |accessdate=31 January 2015}}}}

1702

=February=

==21 February==

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|ship={{HMS|Roebuck|1690|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=The fifth rate sprang a leak and sank in Clarence Bay, Ascension Island. Her crew survived. They were rescued on 8 April by Hastings (File:British East India Company flag.svg East India Company) and three other East India Company vessels.}}

=April=

==3 April==

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|ship=Merestein

|flag=22px Dutch East India Company

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sedwickcoins.com/shipwreck_histories/merestein.htm |title=Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa |publisher=Sedwick |accessdate=31 January 2015}}

}}

=September=

==30 September==

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|ship=Glocester Frigot

|flag=file:British East India Company flag.svg British East India Company

|desc=The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Bencoolen, India. No further trace.{{Cite magazine |title=The Great Basses Wreck |first=Peter |last=Throckmorton |magazine=Expedition |issue=Spring 1964 |pages=21–31 |url=https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/6-3/The%20Great.pdf}}

}}

=October=

==23 October==

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|ship=Dauphin

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.}}

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|ship=Espérance

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.}}

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|ship=Fort

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 76-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.}}

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|ship=Oriflamme

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 64-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.}}

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|ship=Prudent

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.}}

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|ship=Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje

|flag={{navy|Spain|1701}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The ship was sunk during the battle.{{cite web |url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?233166 |title=Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje (+1704) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=1 February 2015}}}}

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|ship=Sirène

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.}}

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|ship=Solide

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 56-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle.}}

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|ship=Superbe

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay.}}

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|ship=Voluntaire

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of France}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was run ashore in Vigo Bay.}}

=November=

==22 November==

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|ship= Amsterdam

|flag= 22px Dutch East India Company

|desc= The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) type pinnace foundered en route to Basra from Bombay during a storm. All hands were lost.{{cite web |last1=Lettens |first1=Jan |title=Amsterdam (+1702) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139315 |website=Wrecksite |accessdate=22 November 2018}} }}

1703

=January=

==7 January==

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|ship=Speaker

|flag=22px John Bowen

|desc=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.{{cite journal |url=https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-wreck-of-the-pirate-ship-speaker-on-mauritius-in-1702-usbJ1CA2kR |title=The wreck of the pirate ship Speaker on Mauritius in 1702 |first=Patrick |last=Lizé |journal=The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration |year=1984 |publisher=The Nautical Archaeology Trust Ltd |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=121–32|doi=10.1111/j.1095-9270.1984.tb01182.x }}}}

=November=

==25 November==

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|ship=Unnamed ship

|flag={{flag|Dutch Republic}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England with the loss of all hands.

}}

==27 November==

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|ship={{HMS|Canterbury|1692|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew. Later salvaged and sold.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3490 |title=British Other Vessels storeship 'Canterbury' (1692) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 May 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Eagle|1696|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Mary|1660|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=File:Great Storm 1703 Goodwin Sands engraving.PNG Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line, a {{sclass|Speaker|frigate}}, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Only one of the 273 crew on board survived.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Mortar|1693|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Newcastle|1660|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire, with the loss of 229 of her crew.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Northumberland|1679|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Portsmouth|1688|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel foundered at the Nore with the loss of 44 of her crew.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Reserve|1660|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Resolution|1667|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was abandoned off Pevensey, Sussex. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Restoration|1678|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Stirling Castle|1679|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Vanguard|1678|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=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.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Vigo|1702|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Dutch coast.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|York|1660|6}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The {{sclass|Speaker|frigate}} sank at Harwich, Essex, with the loss of four of her crew.

}}

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|ship=Two merchant ships

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: a ship was driven into a pink in The Downs, both vessels foundered.

}}

=December=

==2 December==

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|ship={{HMS|Mortar|1693|6}}

|flag={{navy|England}}

|desc=Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast.}}{{cite web|last1=Lettens|first1=Jan|title=HMS Mortar (+1703)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17225|website=Wrecksite|accessdate=2 December 2016}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Bandera

|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}

|desc=The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon, Gloucestershire, England with the loss of all hands.}}

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|ship=Richard & John

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of all hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=31 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}}}

1704

=August=

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|ship=John and Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Glen Johnson |accessdate=1 February 2015}}}}

=January=

==31 January==

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|ship=Albemarle

|flag=file:British East India Company flag.svg British East India Company

|desc=The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro".

}}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Castle Del Ray

|flag= unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America.{{cite web |url=http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwreckcastledelray.htm#.VM3BzCy8p9k |title=The Castle Del Ray Shipwreck |publisher=Aquaexplorers |accessdate=1 February 2015}}}}

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|ship={{ship||Cinque Ports|1703 ship|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived.}}

1705

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol

|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}

|desc=The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida.{{cite web |url=http://uwf.edu/shipwreck/timeline_iframe.htm |title=Pensacola's Historical and Archaeological Timeline |publisher=University of West Florida |accessdate=31 January 2015}}

}}

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|ship=Swan

|flag=Unknown

|desc=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 {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"]

}}

1706

=October=

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Major

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=The pink was wrecked near Cardigan.}}

=November=

==19 November==

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|ship={{HMS|Hazardous|1703|6}}

|flag={{navy|England}}

|desc=The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-lancashire/%C3%83%C6%92%C3%86%E2%80%99%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%A2%C3%83%C6%92%C3%82%C2%AF%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%BF%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%BD%C3%83%C6%92%C3%82%C2%AF%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%BF%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%BDplain/A894189 |title=Isle of Wight Shipwrecks: Treasure, and 'Hazardous' |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 February 2015}}}}

1707

=October=

==22 October==

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|ship={{HMS|Association|1697|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=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.}}

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|ship={{HMS|Eagle|1679|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=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.}}

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|ship={{HMS|Firebrand|1694|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=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.}}

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|ship={{HMS|Romney|1694|6}}

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=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.}}

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|ship=HMS St George

|flag={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy

|desc=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==

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|ship={{ship||Norske Løve|1704|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Denmark}} Danish East India Company

|desc=The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived.}}

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Unnamed ship

|flag={{flagicon|Spain|1701}} Dunkerque

|desc=The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all 60 crew.

}}

1708

=January=

==Unknown date==

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|ship=Samuel

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of England|naval}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.}}

=June=

==8 June==

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|ship=Concepción

|flag={{flag|Spain|1701}}

|desc=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.}}

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|ship={{ship|Spanish galleon|San José||2}}

|flag={{navy|Spain|1701}}

|desc=War of the Spanish Succession, Wager's Action): The galleon exploded and sank off the Isla de Baru during battle with {{HMS|Expedition|1679|6}} ({{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|white}} Royal Navy) with the loss of all but eleven of the 600 people on board.}}

1709

Notes

{{note|a}} 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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