The list of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost from 1700 to 1709.
1700
September
19 September
| 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. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thornton |  British East India Company
|
The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall. |
| 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
February
25 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Padang |  Dutch East India Company
|
The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina. |
December
Unknown date
| 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. |
1702
February
21 February
| 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
3 April
| 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. |
September
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glocester Frigot | British East India Company
|
The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Bencoolen, India. No further trace. |
October
23 October
| 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. |
| 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
22 November
| 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. |
1703
January
7 January
| 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. |
November
25 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship |  Dutch Republic
|
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England with the loss of all hands. |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Canterbury | Royal Navy
|
Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew. Later salvaged and sold. |
| HMS Eagle | Royal Navy
|
Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Mary | Royal Navy
|
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| HMS Mortar | Royal Navy
|
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
December
2 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Mortar |  Royal Navy
|
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast. |
Unknown date
| 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. |
1704
August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John and Ann | England
|
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. |
January
31 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albemarle | British East India Company
|
The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro". |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Del Ray | unknown | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America. |
| Cinque Ports | England
|
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived. |
1705
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol | Spain
|
The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida. |
| 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. |
1706
October
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Major | England
|
The pink was wrecked near Cardigan. |
November
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Hazardous | Royal Navy
|
The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. |
1707
October
22 October
| 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
31 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norske Løve |  Danish East India Company
|
The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship | Dunkerque
|
The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all 60 crew. |
1708
January
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel | England
|
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. |
June
8 June
| 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
- 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.
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