28 July — Sea Venture (England): Having left England for the colony at
Jamestown, Virginia, the Sea Venture was blown off course and on seeing land was deliberately beached on St Catherine's Point,
Bermuda. The one hundred and fifty crew and passengers became the first settlers on Bermuda.[8]
24 August — Good Hope (England): The pinnace was wrecked on the coast of
Gujarat,
India. (Date is approximate).[9]
25 November — Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (Spain): The carrack was wrecked off the Portuguese coast on her return from the Indies to
Viana do Castelo.[15]
unknown date
Unknown ship (Spain): Thought to be a cargo vessel which foundered off Rill Cove, near
Kynance Cove in
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall.[16] Finds include 300 coins in two datable groups 1555–98 and 1598–1603/5. The year 1616 is tentative.[17]
Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario (Spain): The sailing ship, along with seven others, out of a fleet of twenty-eight, was lost during a
hurricane in the
Gulf of Mexico, between
Florida and
Cuba. The ships, left
Havana on 4 September, with gold for the Spanish treasury.[26][27]
Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion (Spain): The galleon capsized during the same hurricane as, Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario.[28]
Nuestra Senora de los Reyes (Spain): The slave ship sank near East Key, part of the
Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico.[29]
6 September
Nuestra Senora de Atocha (Spain): Out of Havana and carrying a valuable cargo of silver, gold and tobacco for Spain, two hundred and sixty people died when Atocha sank in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.[27]
Santa Margarita (1622) (Spain): One of eight ships that sank between Havana and Florida with a cargo of gold and silver.[30]
28 November — Solen (Sweden): The 38-gun galleon was
scuttled by the crew during a battle off
Danzig. In the 1970s the vessel was excavated by Polish archaeologists.[33]
10 September — Vrede (Dutch East India Company): The pinnace ran aground and was wrecked, when her cables parted during a typhoon near
Hirado,
Japan. Four other ships, Arend, Heusden, Kemphaan and Parel also ran aground but were refloated.[37]
12 September
Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres (Portugal): The galleon sank in battle against the
DutchflagshipPrins Willem, during the
Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of
Abrolhos, off the
Bahia coast,
Brazil. This was the smaller of two Portuguese ships called Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres involved in the battle.[38]
January— Unnamed cargo ship: Wrecked in Manor of Tintagel near
Crackington,
St Gennys,
Cornwall with the loss of all lives. She was carrying fustick wood and tobacco.[43]
11 October — At
Dagebüll,
Netherlands ships were left stranded on the
dike, and at
Husum, Netherlands ships were washed on to the highway after a flood, known as the
Burchardi flood.[46] Eight thousand to fifteen thousand people are estimated to have drowned.
1635
February — A galleon (Spain): Homeward bound from the
Indies, the galleon was captured and looted by the Dutch. Putting into
"Guavers Lake" (Gwavas Lake) off
Newlyn she hit the Low Lee ledge. Attempts at salvage by the authorities were opposed by the inhabitants of
Mousehole and
Market Jew who raided the ship at night and took away "two hundred hides". A looted cannon from this ship was salvaged by the Greencastle in 1916 and for many years was in front of Penzance Library, before being stolen.[47]
18 February – Three
Dutch Republic () warships were lost during a
naval action off the coast of the
Lizard peninsula,
Cornwall. A
Spanish armada of eight warships intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convey of fifty vessels and also captured seventeen of the ships.
May — Harleem (Dutch East India Company): The galliot sank off the
Salt River,
Table Bay, while carrying china, silver, coins, etc. from Batavia. In 1883 Colonel Robley salvaged some of the cargo including china which was uninjured.[70]
30 January — Garland (Royal Navy): While carrying garments and other possessions of the late
Charles I, together with some personal belongings of his
fugitive Queen, and the wardrobe of the
Prince of Wales, the
Topsham ship was wrecked at
Godrevy in
St Ives Bay. She was taking shelter off
St Ives,
Cornwall in a great storm dragging her anchors. Only a man, boy and wolf–dog survived out of about sixty passengers and crew.[24][72][73]
Two unidentified
Royalistfrigates anchored under Hugh Hill (now the Garrison) and blockaded the island of
St Mary's,
Isles of Scilly. It is said they were driven ashore in a storm and thought to be total wrecks (not confirmed by research).[19]
Speedwell (Commonwealth of England): Foundered during a storm while attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Twenty-two lost their lives.[91]
Swan (Commonwealth Navy): The frigate foundered during a gale when attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.[92] The wreck was found in 1979.
November
38 ships — Due to a four-day storm on the coast of the
Dutch Republic, 23 ships lost their masts and fifteen sank. Almost 1,400 men drowned.[93]
9 August — Tayouan (Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off
Formosa when she lost her anchors while unloading, drifted and ran aground. The cargo and crew was saved.[99]
1656
March — Primrose: the sixth rate, 22 gun English man-o'-war, lost her main topmast off
Land's End and drifted onto the
Seven Stones Reef. Along with the Mayflower, she was searching the area between
Cornwall and the
Isles of Scilly for two
Spanish frigates, which had captured a vessel bound for
Bristol. She managed to free herself from the reef and sank in 60 fathoms (110 m) taking, sixteen men, two women and a child with her.[18]
17 August — Urk (Dutch East India Company): The frigate ran aground while engaged in battle with the Chinese military leader
Coxinga north of Tayouan, off the River Soulang,
Formosa.[113]
1662
10 February — Wapen van Holland was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived.[114]
10 February — Gekroonde Leeuw was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived.[115]
10 February — Prins Willem was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm near
Madagascar. It’s assumed nobody survived.[116]
11 February — Arnhem was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank near
St. Brandon. 98 crew members survived, at least 22 were killed.[117]
8 March — London (England): exploded and sank off
Southend with an estimated loss of three hundred people.[134]
1666
31 May — Unnamed vessel (Portugal): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Plymouth,
Devon,
England with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portugal to
London, Englan.[135]
3 June — Prince Royal (Royal Navy): Four Days' Battle: The warship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex. She was captured and burnt by the Dutch to avoid her being recaptured.
22 December (first report) — Three unidentified ships: Lost near
Scilly.[19]
(first report) — Unidentified vessel (Spain): Wrecked at an unknown location. A passenger complained that he was left on a rock for one or two days while the cargo was salvaged, saying "Valuing the goods more than my life".[19]
Unidentified vessel: An 800-ton ship (Genoa) with forty-eight guns and a value of £100,000 lost on
The Lizard. This wreck may be the ship the Ferdinand Research Group discovered in 1969 below
Angrouse Cliff near
Mullion Cove (see March 1667 above).[151]
San Salvador (France): Wrecked near the Lizard. This wreck may be the ship the Ferdinand Research Group discovered in 1969 below Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove (see 1667 above).[151]
1670
21 August (first report) — Unidentified vessel: "A great ship has been lost about the
Scillies, the afterpart of a wreck has been found".[19]
7 November — Unidentified (England): Only the cabin boy survived when a
Bristol ship, out of
Barbados was wrecked near Pedn-mên-du, a headland to the west of
Sennen Cove,
Cornwall.[170]
December — (Kingdom of England): A cargo vessel was wrecked off
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. The lighthouse keeper on St Agnes was found guilty of negligence for being inattentive to the light, and for plundering some of the cargo.[211]
9 February — President (British East India Company): An East Indiaman ran aground on
Loe Bar,
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall. She was carrying a valuable cargo of spices, indigo, drugs, textiles, pepper, diamonds and ″Jewish Treasure of Pearl″.[218] More of the wreck was uncovered, following storms, in 2018.[219]
16 February 1686 the Stavenisse of the (Dutch East India Company): on her return voyage from India to Europe, was wrecked on the African coast about seventy English miles south of the Bay of Natal (Durban). The ship lost its cargo of pepper.[222]
Winter of 1690–91 — Crowned Raven (Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in
Eddrachillis Bay. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Portuguese port.[235]
^Riecken, Guntram (1991). "Die Flutkatastrophe am 11. Oktober 1634 − Ursachen, Schäden und Auswirkungen auf die Küstengestalt Nordfrieslands". In Hinrichs, Boy; Panten, Albert; Riecken, Guntram (eds.). Flutkatastrophe 1634: Natur, Geschichte, Dichtung (in German) (2nd ed.). Neumünster: Wachholtz. pp. 11–64.
ISBN978-3-529-06185-1.
^Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
ISBN0-9533028-0-6.
^"Angel Gabriel". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^
abcLavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. London: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN0-85177-252-8.
^
abcMcBride, P. W. J.; Richard, L. & Davis, R. (Ferdinand Research Group). (1971) "A Mid–17th Century Merchant Ship-wreck near Mullion, Cornwall: interim report". Cornish Archaeology 10: 75–78
^"Concurso de acreedores del capitán don Antonio de Lima" [Concourse of the Creditors of Captain Don Antonio de Lima]. pares.mcu.es (in Spanish). GOBIERNO DE ESPANA, MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTE. 1681. Retrieved 1 June 2015. El dicho Antonio de Lima fue capitán del galeón 'La Soledad y Santa Teresa', que se perdió en la costa de Chagre, donde se ahogó. 2 ramos y lo son 3º y 4º
28 July — Sea Venture (England): Having left England for the colony at
Jamestown, Virginia, the Sea Venture was blown off course and on seeing land was deliberately beached on St Catherine's Point,
Bermuda. The one hundred and fifty crew and passengers became the first settlers on Bermuda.[8]
24 August — Good Hope (England): The pinnace was wrecked on the coast of
Gujarat,
India. (Date is approximate).[9]
25 November — Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (Spain): The carrack was wrecked off the Portuguese coast on her return from the Indies to
Viana do Castelo.[15]
unknown date
Unknown ship (Spain): Thought to be a cargo vessel which foundered off Rill Cove, near
Kynance Cove in
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall.[16] Finds include 300 coins in two datable groups 1555–98 and 1598–1603/5. The year 1616 is tentative.[17]
Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario (Spain): The sailing ship, along with seven others, out of a fleet of twenty-eight, was lost during a
hurricane in the
Gulf of Mexico, between
Florida and
Cuba. The ships, left
Havana on 4 September, with gold for the Spanish treasury.[26][27]
Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion (Spain): The galleon capsized during the same hurricane as, Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario.[28]
Nuestra Senora de los Reyes (Spain): The slave ship sank near East Key, part of the
Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico.[29]
6 September
Nuestra Senora de Atocha (Spain): Out of Havana and carrying a valuable cargo of silver, gold and tobacco for Spain, two hundred and sixty people died when Atocha sank in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.[27]
Santa Margarita (1622) (Spain): One of eight ships that sank between Havana and Florida with a cargo of gold and silver.[30]
28 November — Solen (Sweden): The 38-gun galleon was
scuttled by the crew during a battle off
Danzig. In the 1970s the vessel was excavated by Polish archaeologists.[33]
10 September — Vrede (Dutch East India Company): The pinnace ran aground and was wrecked, when her cables parted during a typhoon near
Hirado,
Japan. Four other ships, Arend, Heusden, Kemphaan and Parel also ran aground but were refloated.[37]
12 September
Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres (Portugal): The galleon sank in battle against the
DutchflagshipPrins Willem, during the
Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of
Abrolhos, off the
Bahia coast,
Brazil. This was the smaller of two Portuguese ships called Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres involved in the battle.[38]
January— Unnamed cargo ship: Wrecked in Manor of Tintagel near
Crackington,
St Gennys,
Cornwall with the loss of all lives. She was carrying fustick wood and tobacco.[43]
11 October — At
Dagebüll,
Netherlands ships were left stranded on the
dike, and at
Husum, Netherlands ships were washed on to the highway after a flood, known as the
Burchardi flood.[46] Eight thousand to fifteen thousand people are estimated to have drowned.
1635
February — A galleon (Spain): Homeward bound from the
Indies, the galleon was captured and looted by the Dutch. Putting into
"Guavers Lake" (Gwavas Lake) off
Newlyn she hit the Low Lee ledge. Attempts at salvage by the authorities were opposed by the inhabitants of
Mousehole and
Market Jew who raided the ship at night and took away "two hundred hides". A looted cannon from this ship was salvaged by the Greencastle in 1916 and for many years was in front of Penzance Library, before being stolen.[47]
18 February – Three
Dutch Republic () warships were lost during a
naval action off the coast of the
Lizard peninsula,
Cornwall. A
Spanish armada of eight warships intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convey of fifty vessels and also captured seventeen of the ships.
May — Harleem (Dutch East India Company): The galliot sank off the
Salt River,
Table Bay, while carrying china, silver, coins, etc. from Batavia. In 1883 Colonel Robley salvaged some of the cargo including china which was uninjured.[70]
30 January — Garland (Royal Navy): While carrying garments and other possessions of the late
Charles I, together with some personal belongings of his
fugitive Queen, and the wardrobe of the
Prince of Wales, the
Topsham ship was wrecked at
Godrevy in
St Ives Bay. She was taking shelter off
St Ives,
Cornwall in a great storm dragging her anchors. Only a man, boy and wolf–dog survived out of about sixty passengers and crew.[24][72][73]
Two unidentified
Royalistfrigates anchored under Hugh Hill (now the Garrison) and blockaded the island of
St Mary's,
Isles of Scilly. It is said they were driven ashore in a storm and thought to be total wrecks (not confirmed by research).[19]
Speedwell (Commonwealth of England): Foundered during a storm while attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Twenty-two lost their lives.[91]
Swan (Commonwealth Navy): The frigate foundered during a gale when attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.[92] The wreck was found in 1979.
November
38 ships — Due to a four-day storm on the coast of the
Dutch Republic, 23 ships lost their masts and fifteen sank. Almost 1,400 men drowned.[93]
9 August — Tayouan (Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off
Formosa when she lost her anchors while unloading, drifted and ran aground. The cargo and crew was saved.[99]
1656
March — Primrose: the sixth rate, 22 gun English man-o'-war, lost her main topmast off
Land's End and drifted onto the
Seven Stones Reef. Along with the Mayflower, she was searching the area between
Cornwall and the
Isles of Scilly for two
Spanish frigates, which had captured a vessel bound for
Bristol. She managed to free herself from the reef and sank in 60 fathoms (110 m) taking, sixteen men, two women and a child with her.[18]
17 August — Urk (Dutch East India Company): The frigate ran aground while engaged in battle with the Chinese military leader
Coxinga north of Tayouan, off the River Soulang,
Formosa.[113]
1662
10 February — Wapen van Holland was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived.[114]
10 February — Gekroonde Leeuw was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived.[115]
10 February — Prins Willem was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm near
Madagascar. It’s assumed nobody survived.[116]
11 February — Arnhem was one of seven ships on voyage from
Batavia, Dutch East Indies to
Amsterdam. The ship sank near
St. Brandon. 98 crew members survived, at least 22 were killed.[117]
8 March — London (England): exploded and sank off
Southend with an estimated loss of three hundred people.[134]
1666
31 May — Unnamed vessel (Portugal): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at
Plymouth,
Devon,
England with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portugal to
London, Englan.[135]
3 June — Prince Royal (Royal Navy): Four Days' Battle: The warship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the
North Sea off the coast of
Essex. She was captured and burnt by the Dutch to avoid her being recaptured.
22 December (first report) — Three unidentified ships: Lost near
Scilly.[19]
(first report) — Unidentified vessel (Spain): Wrecked at an unknown location. A passenger complained that he was left on a rock for one or two days while the cargo was salvaged, saying "Valuing the goods more than my life".[19]
Unidentified vessel: An 800-ton ship (Genoa) with forty-eight guns and a value of £100,000 lost on
The Lizard. This wreck may be the ship the Ferdinand Research Group discovered in 1969 below
Angrouse Cliff near
Mullion Cove (see March 1667 above).[151]
San Salvador (France): Wrecked near the Lizard. This wreck may be the ship the Ferdinand Research Group discovered in 1969 below Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove (see 1667 above).[151]
1670
21 August (first report) — Unidentified vessel: "A great ship has been lost about the
Scillies, the afterpart of a wreck has been found".[19]
7 November — Unidentified (England): Only the cabin boy survived when a
Bristol ship, out of
Barbados was wrecked near Pedn-mên-du, a headland to the west of
Sennen Cove,
Cornwall.[170]
December — (Kingdom of England): A cargo vessel was wrecked off
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. The lighthouse keeper on St Agnes was found guilty of negligence for being inattentive to the light, and for plundering some of the cargo.[211]
9 February — President (British East India Company): An East Indiaman ran aground on
Loe Bar,
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall. She was carrying a valuable cargo of spices, indigo, drugs, textiles, pepper, diamonds and ″Jewish Treasure of Pearl″.[218] More of the wreck was uncovered, following storms, in 2018.[219]
16 February 1686 the Stavenisse of the (Dutch East India Company): on her return voyage from India to Europe, was wrecked on the African coast about seventy English miles south of the Bay of Natal (Durban). The ship lost its cargo of pepper.[222]
Winter of 1690–91 — Crowned Raven (Dutch Republic): The ship foundered in
Eddrachillis Bay. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Portuguese port.[235]
^Riecken, Guntram (1991). "Die Flutkatastrophe am 11. Oktober 1634 − Ursachen, Schäden und Auswirkungen auf die Küstengestalt Nordfrieslands". In Hinrichs, Boy; Panten, Albert; Riecken, Guntram (eds.). Flutkatastrophe 1634: Natur, Geschichte, Dichtung (in German) (2nd ed.). Neumünster: Wachholtz. pp. 11–64.
ISBN978-3-529-06185-1.
^Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
ISBN0-9533028-0-6.
^"Angel Gabriel". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^
abcLavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. London: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN0-85177-252-8.
^
abcMcBride, P. W. J.; Richard, L. & Davis, R. (Ferdinand Research Group). (1971) "A Mid–17th Century Merchant Ship-wreck near Mullion, Cornwall: interim report". Cornish Archaeology 10: 75–78
^"Concurso de acreedores del capitán don Antonio de Lima" [Concourse of the Creditors of Captain Don Antonio de Lima]. pares.mcu.es (in Spanish). GOBIERNO DE ESPANA, MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTE. 1681. Retrieved 1 June 2015. El dicho Antonio de Lima fue capitán del galeón 'La Soledad y Santa Teresa', que se perdió en la costa de Chagre, donde se ahogó. 2 ramos y lo son 3º y 4º