List of shipwrecks of Cornwall

The list of shipwrecks of Cornwall lists the ships which sank on or near the coasts of mainland Cornwall. The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired. Around a coast of approximately 250 miles (400 km) an estimated 6000 ships have been wrecked, more than on any other comparable coastline of the British Isles.[1] A traditional saying about the north coast is "From Pentire Point to Hartland light, A watery grave by day and night."[2] The coast of the Lizard peninsula is particularly hazardous to shipping and the seaways round it were historically known as the "Graveyard of Ships".

N.B. For those wrecks in the Isles of Scilly, see List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly and for those on the Seven Stones Reef see List of shipwrecks of the Seven Stones Reef.

Southwestern England and the English Channel

1201–1300

1284

1301–1400

1301/02

1307

1314

1318

1321

1340

1342

1343

1382

1401–1500

1405

1468

1478

1480

1501–1600

1514

1515

1516

1517

1517/1518

1518

1527

1531

1532

1557/1558

1571

1575

1588

1589/1590

1595

1601–1700

In 1621 Sir John Killigrew reported “... a certificate of ye losse of 25 ships there and thereabouts within this dozen or twente years besides a great numbre of others whose ruines lye neare those rocks and cliffs, not knowne of whome or what they weare.”[28]

1616

1619

1632

1635

1649

1658

1659

1667

1669

1683

1684

1691

1695

1700

1701–1800

1704

1707

1708

1720

1721

1739

1738

1745

1746

1748

1749

1751

1753

1754

1758

1760

1763

1764

1767

1768

1772

1773

1778

1780

1781

1782

1786

1787

1790

1791

1792

1795

1796

1798

1801–1900

1901–2000

Since 2001

2002

2003

RMS Mulheim wreck

2004

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

See also

References

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