The list of shipwrecks in the 1700s includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost from 1700 to 1709.
List of shipwrecks: October 1702 Ship State Description Dauphin French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 46-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. Espérance French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay . Fort French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 76-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. Oriflamme French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 64-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. Prudent French Navy 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 Spanish Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The ship was sunk during the battle.[ 7] Sirène French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 60-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. Solide French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 56-gun ship was set afire and destroyed following the battle. Superbe French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 70-gun ship was run ashore and wrecked in Vigo Bay. Voluntaire French Navy War of the Spanish Succession , Battle of Vigo Bay : The 46-gun ship was run ashore in Vigo Bay.
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1702 Ship State Description Speaker John Bowen 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]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1703 Ship State Description HMS Canterbury Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew.[ 1] [ 10] HMS Eagle Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The advice boat sank at Selsey , Sussex . Her crew were rescued.[ 1] HMS Mary Royal Navy The Great Storm at the Goodwin Sands. Great Storm of 1703 : The third rate ship of the line , a Speaker -classfrigate , was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . Only one of the 273 crew on board survived. HMS Mortar Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The bomb vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coasts.[ 1] HMS Newcastle Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The fourth rate frigate was wrecked at Spithead , Hampshire , with the loss of 229 of her crew. HMS Northumberland Royal Navy 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 Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The bomb vessel foundered at the Nore with the loss of 44 of her crew.[ 1] HMS Reserve Royal Navy 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 Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The third rate ship of the line was abandoned off Pevensey , Sussex . Her crew survived. HMS Restoration Royal Navy 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 Royal Navy 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 Royal Navy 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 Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The fourth rate ship of the line was wrecked on the Dutch coast. HMS York Royal Navy Great Storm of 1703 : The Speaker -classfrigate 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]
List of shipwrecks: November 1703 Ship State Description Bandera Spain The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon , Gloucestershire , England with the loss of all hands. Richard & John England The ship foundered at the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of all hands.[ 12]
List of shipwrecks: August 1704 Ship State Description John and Ann England The ship was wrecked near Cardigan .[ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1704 Ship State Description Albemarle British East India Company The ship departed on this date. She was subsequently lost at "Balparro".[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: January 1707 Ship State Description Samuel England The ship was wrecked near Cardigan .[ 13]
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