List of shipwrecks in the 1710s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1710s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1710s.

1710

2 March
List of shipwrecks: March 1710
ShipCountryDescription
Christianus Quintus Denmark African slave trade: The ship was wrecked near Cahuita, Limón, Costa Rica.[1]
Fredericus Quartus Denmark African slave trade: The ship was wrecked near Cahuita, Limón, Costa Rica.[1]

10 July
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1710
ShipCountryDescription
Herbert unknown The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, British America. Her crew were rescued.[2]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: December 1710
ShipCountryDescription
Kromstrijen Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman, a fluyt, was lost in the Gulf of Bengal.[3]
Nottingham Galley  Great Britain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Boon Island, Maine, British America. Her fourteen crew survived.[4]

1711

7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1711
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Feversham Royal Navy The fifth rate was wrecked on Scaterie Island, Nova Scotia, with the loss of 102 lives.

23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1711
ShipCountryDescription
Bretagne  Kingdom of France The Saint Malo privateer frigate hit rocks, while leaving her home port, and broke up beneath the Fort de la Latte. The crew survived.[5]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: November 1711
ShipCountryDescription
Liefde Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked off the Shetland Islands, Great Britain, with the loss of all but one of her 300 crew.[6]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1711
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Edgar Royal Navy The third-rate ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Spithead, Hampshire.

1712

16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1712
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Dragon Royal Navy The fourth rate frigate was escorting a convoy from Guernsey to England when it was wrecked on Les Casquets, west of Alderney, Channel Islands, with no recorded lives lost. [7] [8]

June
List of shipwrecks: June 1712
ShipCountryDescription
Zuytdorp Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked at a location now known as Zuytdorp Cliffs, Australia.[9]

1713

15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1713
ShipCountryDescription
Rijnenburg Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman, a fluyt, was wrecked off the Shetland Islands, Great Britain.[10]

1714

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1714
ShipCountryDescription
Arion Dutch East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked in the Paracel Islands. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to a Japanese port.[11]

2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1714
ShipCountryDescription
Narva  Imperial Russian Navy The Sviataia Ekaterina-class ship of the line ran aground at Petershoff. She was refloated on 9 November.[12]

1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1712
ShipCountryDescription
Saint Jerome  Kingdom of France The ship foundered off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Quebec to a French port.[13]

1715

31 July
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1715
ShipCountryDescription
Almiramta  Spain The ship was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
Capitana  Spain The ship was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
El Ciervo  Spain The ship was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
Maria Galante  Spain The balandrita was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[15]
Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion  Spain The ship was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves  Spain The patache was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[16]
San Miguel  Spanish Navy The frigate was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
Refuerzo  Spain The ship was wrecked off the coast of Spanish Florida in a hurricane.[14]
Santísima Trinidad  Spain The ship ran aground near Fort Pierce, Spanish Florida, in a hurricane. She was set afire and destroyed after her cargo had been salvaged.

25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1715
ShipCountryDescription
Huis te Warmelo  Dutch Republic Navy The fourth rate frigate foundered in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of all 130 people on board.[17][18]

1716

20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1716
ShipCountryDescription
Catherine British East India Company The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked in the Sunda Strait.[19]

10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1716
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Auguste Royal Navy The Man-of-war was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Most of her crew survived.

1717

26 April
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1717
ShipCountryDescription
Whydah Gally "Black Sam" Bellamy The galley capsized and was wrecked at Wellfleet, Massachusetts, British America, with the loss of all but two of her crew.

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1717
ShipCountryDescription
HDMS Lossen Dano-Norwegian Navy Christmas Flood of 1717: The frigate was wrecked on Vesterøy with the loss of about 50 of her 103 crew.

1718

10 June
List of shipwrecks: May 1718
ShipCountryDescription
Queen Anne's Revenge Blackbeard The frigate ran aground in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, British America
Adventure Blackbeard The sloop ran aground in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, British America

1719

2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1719
ShipCountryDescription
Vansittart British East India Company The East Indiaman was wrecked on Maio Island, Cape Verde Islands,[20] on the outward leg of her maiden voyage to Madras.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: March 1719
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Crown Royal Navy The fourth rate frigate was wrecked.

Notes
  1. ^ Until 1752, in Great Britain and its possessions, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1710 was followed by 25 March 1711. 31 December 1711 was followed by 1 January 1711. In most of Europe (though not Russia or Greece) and Latin America, 24 March 1711 was followed by 25 March 1711, and 31 December 1711 was followed by 1 January 1712.

References
  1. Gordon-Chipembere, Natasha (11 July 2016). "A rare find: African voices in the Costa Rican National Archives". Tico Times. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "The Herbert Shipwreck". Aquaexplorers. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. "Kromstrijen 1706" (in Dutch). De VOC site. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. "Shipwreck of 1710 to be marked in Maine". Boston.com. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. Avec43. "SV Bretagne (+1711)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. "#7584 DeLiefde Shipwreck Ducat Pendant". Lost Galleon. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. "1712 Wreck of HMS Dragon".
  8. "HMS Dragon [+1711]".
  9. "The Wreck of the Zuytdorp". Sharkbay. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  10. "Rijnenburg 1704 (ook Reynenburg)" (in Dutch). De VOC site. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  11. "Arion 1706" (in Dutch). De VOC site. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  12. "No. 5287". The London Gazette. 18 December 1714. p. 1.
  13. "Saint Jerome (+1714)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  14. DeBry, John. "THE 1715 FLEET DISASTER". Wreckoverysalvage. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  15. "Maria Galante (+1715)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  16. "Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (+1715)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  17. Pieters, Janene. "Eighteenth century Dutch warship found in Gulf of Finland". NL Times. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  18. "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Huis te Warmelo' (1708)". Threedecks. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  19. "Catherine (+1716)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  20. "Vansittart (+1719)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
Ship events in 1710
Ship launches: 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715
Ship commissionings: 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715
Ship decommissionings: 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715
Shipwrecks: 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715
Ship events in 1720
Ship launches: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
Ship commissionings: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
Ship decommissionings: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
Shipwrecks: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
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