The list of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost from 1700 to 1709.
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Carlisle | ![]() |
The 48-gun fourth rate exploded and sank in The Downs with the loss of 124 of the 128 crew on board. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Thornton |
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The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall. [2] |
Henrietta Marie | ![]() |
African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the New Ground Reef, off the Marquesas Keys, Spanish Florida, with the loss of all hands. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Padang |
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The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amity |
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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. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Roebuck | ![]() |
The
fifth rate sprang a leak and sank in
Clarence Bay,
Ascension Island. Her crew survived. They were rescued on 8 April by Hastings (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Merestein |
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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. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Glocester Frigot |
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The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Bencoolen, India. No further trace. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dauphin | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Espérance | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Fort | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 76-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Oriflamme | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 64-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Prudent | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The ship was sunk during the battle. [7] |
Sirène | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Solide | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 56-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Superbe | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Voluntaire | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was run ashore in Vigo Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amsterdam |
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The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) type pinnace foundered en route to Basra from Bombay during a storm. All hands were lost. [8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Speaker |
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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. [9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed ship | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England with the loss of all hands. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Canterbury | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew. [1] Later salvaged and sold. [10] |
HMS Eagle | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
HMS Mary | ![]() |
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HMS Mortar | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts. [1] |
HMS Newcastle | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire, with the loss of 229 of her crew. |
HMS Northumberland | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel foundered at the Nore with the loss of 44 of her crew. [1] |
HMS Reserve | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was abandoned off Pevensey, Sussex. Her crew survived. |
HMS Restoration | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Dutch coast. |
HMS York | ![]() |
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. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Mortar | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast. [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bandera | ![]() |
The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon, Gloucestershire, England with the loss of all hands. |
Richard & John | ![]() |
The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of all hands. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John and Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albemarle |
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The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro". [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castle Del Ray | unknown | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America. [14] |
Cinque Ports | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol | ![]() |
The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida. [15] |
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. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Major | ![]() |
The pink was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Hazardous | ![]() |
The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Association |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Norske Løve |
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The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed ship |
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The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all 60 crew. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Samuel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concepción | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
War of the Spanish succession,
Wager's Action): The
galleon exploded and sank off the Isla de Baru during battle with
HMS Expedition (
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The list of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost from 1700 to 1709.
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Carlisle | ![]() |
The 48-gun fourth rate exploded and sank in The Downs with the loss of 124 of the 128 crew on board. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Thornton |
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The East Indiaman was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall. [2] |
Henrietta Marie | ![]() |
African slave trade: The ship was wrecked on the New Ground Reef, off the Marquesas Keys, Spanish Florida, with the loss of all hands. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Padang |
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The frigate was reported lost while on a voyage from Batavia to Amboina. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amity |
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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. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Roebuck | ![]() |
The
fifth rate sprang a leak and sank in
Clarence Bay,
Ascension Island. Her crew survived. They were rescued on 8 April by Hastings (
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Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Merestein |
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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. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Glocester Frigot |
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The ship departed from Plymouth, Devon for Bencoolen, India. No further trace. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dauphin | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Espérance | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Fort | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 76-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Oriflamme | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 64-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Prudent | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The ship was sunk during the battle. [7] |
Sirène | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 60-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Solide | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 56-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. |
Superbe | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. |
Voluntaire | ![]() |
War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Vigo Bay: The 46-gun ship was run ashore in Vigo Bay. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amsterdam |
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The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) type pinnace foundered en route to Basra from Bombay during a storm. All hands were lost. [8] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Speaker |
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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. [9] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unnamed ship | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England with the loss of all hands. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Canterbury | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew. [1] Later salvaged and sold. [10] |
HMS Eagle | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
HMS Mary | ![]() |
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HMS Mortar | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts. [1] |
HMS Newcastle | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire, with the loss of 229 of her crew. |
HMS Northumberland | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel foundered at the Nore with the loss of 44 of her crew. [1] |
HMS Reserve | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The third rate ship of the line was abandoned off Pevensey, Sussex. Her crew survived. |
HMS Restoration | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Dutch coast. |
HMS York | ![]() |
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. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Mortar | ![]() |
Great Storm of 1703: The bomb vessel ran ashore on the Dutch coast. [11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bandera | ![]() |
The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon, Gloucestershire, England with the loss of all hands. |
Richard & John | ![]() |
The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of all hands. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John and Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albemarle |
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The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro". [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castle Del Ray | unknown | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, English America. [14] |
Cinque Ports | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Malpelo Island, Viceroyalty of Peru. Her crew survived. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol | ![]() |
The ship sank in Pensacola Bay, Spanish Florida. [15] |
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. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Major | ![]() |
The pink was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Hazardous | ![]() |
The fourth rate ran aground and sank at Bracklesham Bay, Sussex. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Association |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Norske Løve |
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The East Indiaman sank in Lambavík, Faroe Islands. About 100 crew survived. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unnamed ship |
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The privateer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all 60 crew. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Samuel | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Cardigan. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concepción | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
War of the Spanish succession,
Wager's Action): The
galleon exploded and sank off the Isla de Baru during battle with
HMS Expedition (
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adding to it. (January 2015) |