List of shipwrecks before Anno Domini

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The list of shipwrecks before Anno Domini includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost before the year AD 1 of the Gregorian calendar.

Before 20th century BC

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3455 BCE — 3400 BCE Swifterbant Bergschenhoek Shipwreck Logboat Bergschenhoek, Netherlands
2700–2200 BC Argolid Dokos shipwreck Small merchant vessel Coast of southern Greece near the island of Dokos [1]
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20th–10th century BC

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1410 BC Danish Svælget 2 Shipwreck Cog Sound, Denmark Protected by law
c.1300 BC Canaanite Canaanite shipwreck merchant vessel 90 kilometres (56 mi) off Israel in the Mediterranean Sea Wreck is located at a depth of 1,800 metres (5,900 ft).[2]
1300 BC Canaan Uluburun shipwreck Deep-sea merchant vessel Southeast of Kaş, Turkey [citation needed]
1200 BC Canaan Cape Gelidonya shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Cape Gelidonya [citation needed]
1200–1000 BC Istrian Zambratija shipwreck Sewn boat Bay of Zambratija near Umag [citation needed]
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7th century BC

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unknown Phoenician Gozo Phoenician shipwreck deep-sea merchant vessel Off Malta [3]
600 BC Phoenician Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck Trade ship Off Murcia, Spain [citation needed]
650–600 BC Phoenician Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón Coastal merchant vessels Off Mazarrón, Spain [citation needed]
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6th century BC

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~600 BC Etruria Giglio Island shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Giglio Island, Italy [4]
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5th century BC

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~400 BC Phoenician Ma'agan Mikha'el shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael, Israel [5]
450–425 BC Erythrae Tektas wreck Coastal merchant vessel Turkey [5]
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4th century BC

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unknown unknown Mediterranean on the Eratosthenes Seamount Found by the Ocean Exploration Trust's vessel EV Nautilus.[6]
unknown unknown Porticello [5]
unknown Greek unknown Merchant ship Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria Rudder, rowing benches, and hold still intact.[7]
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3rd century BC

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c. 294 BC Greek Kyrenia Merchant ship Kyrenia, Cyprus [citation needed]
241 BC Punic Marsala Punic ships Sicily [5]
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2nd century BC

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Late 2nd century BC unknown Warship Thonis Sunk by debris falling from a temple that collapsed during an earthquake.[8]
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1st century BC

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80 BC Mahdia shipwreck [citation needed]
86 BC Antikythera wreck [citation needed]
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