Sailing Vessel Wrecks 1700-1800

Albion (Probably) Wreck

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Alcide Wreck

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Bellona Wreck

SANK OFF TEIGNMOUTH. VESSEL WAS A LOCAL PRIVATEER.

De Hoop (Hope) Wreck

STRANDED ON CHESIL BEACH AND LATER BROKE UP.

De Liefde Wreck

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Doddington Wreck

A BRITISH EAST INDIAMAN. PASSAGE THE THAMES FOR INDIA. SANK IN A STORM 40 MILES OFF PORT ELIZABETH. SURVIVORS BUILT A 20FT VESSEL FROM WRECKAGE AND SA...

Dragon Wreck

WRECKED AT CATHOLE WHILE ON PASSAGE JAMAICA TO LONDON. (DEVON SHIPWRECKS).

Eagle (Possibly) Wreck

'ADVICE BOAT' WRECKED ON SUSSEX COAST. (COLLEDGE).

Fanny (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE SWANAGE FOR LONDON. FOUNDERED. (SIBI).

Grantham (Possibly) Wreck

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP, BUILT AROUND 1727. (ADU).

Hanover Wreck

A PACKET BOATS OPERATED BY THE PACKET SERVICE (FORERUNNER OF THE POST OFFICE), WHICH PLIED THESE SEA ROUTES BETWEEN 1688 AND 1852. ON A VOYAGE FROM LI...

Hms Assurance Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON THE NEEDLES. (SRN).

Hms Boyne Wreck

ACCIDENTLY BLEW UP & BURNT DOWN TO WATERLINE BEFORE SINKING. (COLLEDGE VOL 1 & PAMPHLET 'THE MARY ROSE').

Hms Crocodile Wreck

WRECKED ON PRAWLE POINT IN THICK FOG. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT '98).

Hms Diomede Wreck

3.8.1795 STRUCK AN UNCHARTED ROCK BETWEEN PIGEON ISLAND & BACK BAY, TRINCOMALEE AT 1210, 3.8.1795. REACHED BACK BAY WHERE SHE SANK IN 12 FATHOMS. DI...

Hms Dragon Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON THE CASQUETS.

Hms Eagle (Probably) Wreck

FOUNDERED ON ROCKS DUE TO NAVIGATIONAL ERROR. WAS PART OF FLEET OF 15 SHIPS OF THE LINE, 5 FRIGATES AND 1 YACHT UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SH...

Hms Endymion Wreck

BUILT IN 1797 BY GRAVES, LIMEHOUSE. 5TH RATE OF 44 GUNS. WRECKED ON A REEF APPROX 5 MILES SW OF SAND CAY, TURK ISLANDS. THE ROCK, AS A RESULT, WAS NAM...

Hms Hazardous Wreck

FORMERLY FRENCH 'HASARD' (?HUSSARD, ?HAZARDEUX), CAPTURED NOV 1703. WRECKED NEAR SELSEY BILL. (SRN). GROUNDED ON A REEF IN BRACKLESHAM BAY DURING A ST...

Hms Hind Wreck

WRECKED ON HINGUETTE REEF DUE TO PILOTAGE ERROR. CAPTAIN JOHN FUZZER WAS IN COMMAND. MANY OF THE 100 STRONG SHIP'S COMPANY WERE LOST. THE VESSEL'S PIL...

Hms Invincible Wreck

WENT AGROUND WHEN ANCHOR FOULED & RUDDER JAMMED ON ATTEMPTING TO WEIGH. KEELED OVER & SANK 3 DAYS LATER. WAS ABOUT TO SAIL FOR CANADA.

Hms Lowestoffe Wreck

SANK IN ACTION WITH THE FRENCH.

Hms Lutine Wreck

EX-FRENCH VESSEL. HANDED OVER BY ROYALISTS AT TOULON IN 1793. WAS WRECKED OFF VLIELAND, NETHERLANDS. (SHIPS OF ROYAL NAVY).

Hms Northumberland (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1679 BY BAILEY, BRISTOL. 3RD RATE, 70 GUNS. DRIVEN ASHORE ON GOODWINS IN THE GREAT STORM OF 1703. ALL HANDS LOST. MOST OF THE WRECK UNCOVERED...

Hms Ramillies Wreck

DRIVEN ASHORE S OF BOLT TAIL DURING A HURRICANE. ONLY 26 SURVIVORS OF CREW OF 726. BUILT IN 1664. (DIVE SOUTH DEVON & SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES...

Hms Resolution (Possibly) Wreck

27.11.1703 BUILT IN 1667 BY DEAN, HARWICH. 70 GNS, 3RD RATE. REBUILT IN CHATHAM IN 1698. FOUNDERED 27.11.1703 IN THE GREAT STORM. (SRN).

Hms Restoration (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1678 BY BETTS, HARWICH. 3RD RATE, 70 GUNS. DRIVEN ASHORE ON GOODWINS DURING THE GREAT STORM OF 1703. VERY BROKEN UP & ONLY JUST SHOWING UP AB...

Hms Romney (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1694 BY JOHNSON, BLACKWALL, RIVER THAMES. PASSAGE GIBRALTAR FOR PORTSMOUTH. RAN AGROUND ON WESTERN ROCKS AND WAS WRECKED. ONLY 1 SURVIVOR, 28...

Hms Royal George Wreck

FOUNDERED AT SPITHEAD. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY). WHILE KEELED OVER TO REPAIR A PIPE, A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND WASHED A SEA INTO HER PORTS AND...

Hms Stirling Castle (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1699 BY JOHN SHISH, DEPTFORD, AS PART OF SAMUEL PEPYS'S PROGRAMME TO REINVIGORATE THE NAVY WITH 30 NEW LARGE SHIPS. 3RD RATE, 70 GUNS. DISMAS...

Hms Tilbury Wreck

BUILT IN 1745 BY PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. FOUNDERED IN A HURRICANE, OFF LOUISBOURG, CAPE BRETON ISLAND. (SRN).

Hms Triumvirate Wreck

ONE OF 30 ENGLISH SHIPS WRECKED DURING A HURRICANE. (SHIPWRECKS IN THE AMERICAS).

Hnlms Brielle Wreck

BUILT IN 1789 N ROTTERDAM. 4TH RATE MAN O'WAR. STRUCK ROCKS AND WAS LOST.

Hollandia Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT IN 1742 IN AMSTERDAM, WAS ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM AMSTERDAM TO BATAVIA IN THE FAR EAST WHEN SHE MAY HAVE STRUCK THE GUNNERS BEFORE SIN...

Jenny Wreck

LOST ON W SIDE OF JENNY COVE, LUNDY, WHILST ON PASSAGE AFRICA TO BRISTOL. ONLY 1 SURVIVOR. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES)

Niewkerk Wreck

WRECKED IN 1746.

Nuestra Senora De La Luz Wreck

SUNK BY PIRATES WHILE CARRYING TRIBUTE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO SPAIN. COLONIAL DOCUMENTS INDICATE SHE WAS CARRYING 47 TONS OF GOLD, 147 TONS OF SILVER A...

Ocean (Parts Of) Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY. WRECKED IN 1796.

Pearle Wreck

BUILT IN 1717. WOODEN HULL. PASSAGE LONDON FOR NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. IN BALLAST. STRUCK THE REEF ON THE W SIDE OF NORTH WAMSES AND BROKE UP. CREW OF 6...

Peggy Wreck

WOODEN HULL. PASSAGE LONDON FOR LEITH. REPORTED AS CARRYING A VERY VALUABLE CARGO, BELONGING TO CHARLES SPALDING, A WELL KNOWN DIVER OPERATING FROM A...

Royal Anne Galley Wreck

WRECKED DURING A STORM ON THE LIZARD. (COLLEDGE).

Sailing Vessel Wreck Es 41007

IN 1790 A SHIP CARRYING DOLLARS FROM A SPANISH GALLEON FOR SAFE DEPOSIT IN LONDON FOUNDERED IN DOLLAR COVE. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS)

Sailing Vessel Wreck 47083

WOODEN HULL

Sailing Vessel Wreck Gb 48215

THE VESSEL WAS BLOWN UP BY HER OWN MAGAZINE WHILE NOT FAR FROM THE DOCKYARD JETTY IN HAMOAZE. APPROXIMATELY 250 LIVES WERE LOST IN THE EXPLOSION, THER...