List of shipwrecks in the 1730s
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The List of shipwrecks in the 1730s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1730s.
1730
March
(Dates from 1 January to 24 March 1730 under the calendar used now were considered 1729 "old style" by the British at the time. Within the British Empire, the start of the New Year was on 25 March though it was on 1 January in other European nations. In addition, the British still used the Julian calendar, which was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar by 1730; thus, 3 March 1730 "new style" would have been 18 February 1729 "old style").
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aimable Marthe |  France |
The trois-mâts was wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, to Martinique.[1] |
August
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wilks |  Great Britain |
The frigate foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°30′N 56°00′W). Sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from St Christopher's to London.[2] |
October
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vostochny Gavriil (Восточный Гавриил, 'Eastern Gabriel') |  Russian Empire |
The ship was wrecked 30 versts (17 nautical miles (32 km)) from Bolsheretsk. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Kamchatka.[3] |
Unknown date
1731
October
Unknown date
November
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Swan |  British America |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Squan, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Madeira, Portugal.[7] |
January
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified boats | Boats were sunk and wrecked in the Storfjorden in Norway when a landslide generated a megatsunami 100 metres (328 ft) in height that struck Stranda and inflicted damage as far away as Ørskog.[8] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Astrabad (Астрабад) |  Imperial Russian Navy |
Disappeared without a trace in the Caspian Sea.[3] |
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The East Indiaman was lost in the Hooghly River, India.[9] |
| HMS Hawk |  Royal Navy |
The sloop-of-war foundered.[10] |
1732
May
22 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merkury (Меркурий, 'Mercury') | Imperial Russian Navy |
The packet ship ran aground and capsized off Seskar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Lübeck. She was declared a total loss and dismantled in situ.[3][6] |
June
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphin | British America |
The sloop capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (25°30′N 65°39′W) during a squall with the loss of a crew member. Three more of her crew died before the survivors were rescued by William and Thomas ( France). Dolphin was on a voyage from North Carolina to Montserrat.[11] |
September
28 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Midloo |  Dutch East India Company |
During her voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic, the ship stranded on 27 September 1732 at Vlieland, during the night she foundered at a sandbank where she broke apart due to the storm in the afternoon. Of the 118 people on board, 100 people drowned.[12] |
1733
July
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augustias |  Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key, Spanish Florida.[13] |
| Delores | Spain |
The aviso ran aground in a hurricane off Key Largo, Spanish Florida. Survivors were rescued by El Africa ( Spain). Delores was refloated some months later.[14] |
| El Gallo Indiano | Spain |
The almiranta was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key.[15] |
| El Rubi | Spain |
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Upper Matecumbe Key, Spanish Florida, with the loss of two of her crew.[16] |
| Herrera | Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamorada, Spanish Florida.[13] |
| La Floridana | Spain |
The frigate was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamorada.[17] |
| Nuestra Señora de Balvaneda or El Infante |
Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane on the Fire Coral Shoal, off the coast of Spanish Florida. All on board survived.[13][18] |
| Nuestra Señora de Belem y San Juan Bautista | Spain |
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamadora.[19] |
| Nuestra Señora de las Augustias | Spain |
The nao was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key, Spanish Florida.[20] |
| Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Antonio de Padua y las Animas | Spain |
The ship ran aground in a hurricane off Upper Matecumbe Key. All on board were rescued. Proving not to be refloatable, she was subsequently set afire and destroyed.[21] |
| Nuestra Señora del Populo | Spain |
The guerra, a pink, was wrecked in a hurricane off Key Largo. Survivors were rescued by El Africa ( Spain).[13][14][22] |
| Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Y Santa Isabel or El Nuevo Londres |
Spain |
The nao was wrecked in a hurricane off Islamadora.[19] |
| San Felipe | Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane at Islamorada. There were survivors.[13] |
| San Francisco | Spain |
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Long Key.[23] |
| San José y las Animas | Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane at Plantation Key, Spanish Florida. All on board survived.[13][24] |
| San Pedro | Spain |
The galleon was wrecked in a hurricane off Indian Key, Spanish Florida.[13] |
| Sueco de Aragon | Spain |
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Conch Key, Spanish Florida.[25] |
November
17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marget | Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on Bodie Island, North Carolina, British America, with the loss of eleven lives. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, South Carolina, to London.[26] |
December
21 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Simbirsk (Симбирск) | Imperial Russian Navy |
The ship was driven ashore near Derbent.[3] |
1734
September
12 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kars-Maker (Карс-Макер, 'Keersmaeker') | Imperial Russian Navy |
The galiot was wrecked with the loss of one crew member. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Reval.[3] |
November
17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Okham (or Ockham) | British East India Company |
The East Indiaman was destroyed by fire at Calcutta while loading in the Hooghly River, India.[27] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harschendal |  Dutch Republic |
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain.[28] |
1735
February
3 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Catharina | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked off Rammekens, Zeeland, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rammekens to the Netherlands East Indies.[29][30] |
| 't Vliegend Hert | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman foundered off Middelburg with the loss of all 256 people on board. She was on a voyage from Rammekens to the Netherlands East Indies.[29][30] |
1736
January
1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Falconburg | British America |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.[31] |
May
29 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ekspeditsion (Экспедицион, 'Expedition') | Imperial Russian Navy |
The koch was driven aground by ice and wrecked off the mouth of the Pechora River. All on board were rescued.[6] |
October
9 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Triumph | Great Britain |
The vessel, from Jamaica carrying 500 hogshead of sugar and a large quantity of rum struck the Steval Rock in the Isles of Scilly.[32][33] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Biddeford | Royal Navy |
The sixth rate foundered after 26 January.[34] |
| HMS Princess Louisa | Royal Navy |
The sixth rate was wrecked.[35] |
1737
May
21 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| De Buys | Dutch East India Company |
The 130 foot long fluyt sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[36] 47 of the 77 crew were killed.[37] |
| Duynbeek | Dutch East India Company |
The 145 foot long merchant ship sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[38] 11 of the 98 crew were killed.[37] |
| Flora | Dutch East India Company |
The 145 foot long “hekboot” (a fluyt variant) sank at Cape of Good Hope (where she arrived on 29 April 1737) during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[39] 59 of the 111 crew were killed.[37] |
| Goudriaan | Dutch East India Company |
The 130 foot long fluyt sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope. The skipper and some crew members were rescued. 10 of the 81 crew were killed.[37][40] |
| Paddenburg | Dutch East India Company |
The 145 foot long merchant ship sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[41] 12 of the 105 crew were killed.[37] |
| Rodenrys | Dutch East India Company |
The 130 foot long fluyt sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[42] 7 of the 82 crew were killed.[37] |
| Victoria | Dutch East India Company |
The ship sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope.[43] |
| Westerwyk | Dutch East India Company |
The 145 foot long merchant ship sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[44] 2 of the 103 crew were killed.[37] |
| Ypenroode | Dutch East India Company |
The 130 foot long merchant ship sank during a storm at Cape of Good Hope during her return voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to the Dutch Republic.[45] 19 of the 83 crew were killed.[37] |
June
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 170 unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy |
Lacy's campaign to Crimea: 170 boats (out of 217 total) of the Azov Flotilla were driven ashore and wrecked near Strilkove at the Arabat Spit.[3] |
July
1 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sixteen unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy |
Lacy's campaign to Crimea: The boats of the Azov Flotilla were wrecked or floundered near Strilkove at the Arabat Spit.[3] |
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Imperial Russian Navy |
Lacy's campaign to Crimea: The Azov Flotilla boat sank at the Arabat Spit. She was on a voyage from Strilkove area to the Henichesk Strait.[3] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine | Great Britain |
The snow foundered off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, British America, with the loss of 98 of the 201 people on board.[46][47] |
October
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuna (Фортуна) | Imperial Russian Navy |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Bolshaya. She was on a voyage from Okhotsk to Bolsheretsk.[3][6] |
December
29 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vendela |  Danish Asiatic Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked off Fetlar, Shetland Islands. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Tranquebar.[48] |
January
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leusden | Dutch East India Company |
The slave ship was travelling from Elmina, Ghana to Surinam, carrying around 700 enslaved men, women and children. The vessel capsized slowly in a storm at the mouth of the Maroni and before leaving the vessel, the crew deliberately nailed shut the hatches on the deck so that the slaves imprisoned below could not escape; drowning or suffocating between 664 and 702 people.[49] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah | British America |
The sloop was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina before 6 January. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Charles Town, South Carolina.[50] |
| Priscilla | Great Britain |
The brig was driven ashore at Nash Point, Glamorgan, where she was stripped and set afire by the local inhabitants.[51] |
| Pye | Great Britain |
The snow was driven ashore at Nash Point, where she was stripped and set afire by the local inhabitants.[51] |
1738
December
27 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princess Augusta | Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked on Block Island, Rhode Island, British America. She was on a voyage from the Electorate of the Palatinate to British America.[52] |
March
10 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sussex | British East India Company |
The East Indiaman sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned by 82 of her 98 crew, who were rescued by Winchester ( British East India Company). Sussex was subsequently beached on Bassas da India where she was wrecked with the loss of eleven of the sixteen crew on board. Only one of the five survivors reached Madagascar in the ship's boat.[53] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna and Helena | Dutch Republic |
The hoy was driven ashore at Thurlestone, Devon, Great Britain, where she was wrecked and plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France, to Flensburg.[54] |
September
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yekaterina (Екатерина) | Russian Empire |
The fluyt ran aground on a reef and was wrecked at the Hanko Peninsula, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Kronstadt.[3] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| La Victoria | Spanish Navy |
The Man-of-war was wrecked on Anegada.[4] |
| Speedwell | British America |
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, before 26 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from North Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts.[55] |
1739
December
19 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rooswijk | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, Great Britain, with the loss of all hands, over 200 people. She was on a voyage from Texel, North Holland, to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[28][56] |
February
19 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | Great Britain |
The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Kenfig River, Glamorgan.[51] |
September
20 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lavensar (Лавенсар, 'Lavansaari') | Russian Empire |
The fluyt ran aground and was wrecked off Moshchny Island. She was on a voyage from Reval to Kronstadt.[3] |