List of shipwrecks in the 1700s

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

1700

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

February

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1700

Ship	Country	Description
Padang	Dutch East India Company	The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: February 1700

Ship	Country	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

December

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: December 1701

Ship	Country	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.[3]

February

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1701

Ship	Country	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.

1702

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1702

Ship	Country	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.[4]

October

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: October 1702

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

January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1702

Ship	Country	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.[6]

1703

November

27 November

The Great Storm at the Goodwin Sands.

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1703

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

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1703

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Mortar	Royal Navy	Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: November 1703

Ship	Country	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.[8]

1704

August

List of shipwrecks: August 1704

Ship	Country	Description
John and Ann	England	The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 1704

Ship	Country	Description
Castle Del Ray	unknown	The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America.[10]
Cinque Ports	England	The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived.

1705

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 1705

Ship	Country	Description
Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol	Spain	The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida.[11]

1706

October

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: October 1706

Ship	Country	Description
Major	England	The pink was wrecked near Cardigan.[9]

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1706

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Hazardous	Royal Navy	The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex.[12]

1707

October

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1707

Ship	Country	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

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1707

Ship	Country	Description
Norske Løve	Danish East India Company	The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived.

January

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: January 1707

Ship	Country	Description
Samuel	England	The ship was wrecked near Cardigan.[9]

1708

June

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1708

Ship	Country	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.

Notes

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

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