List of shipwrecks in the 1720s
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The List of shipwrecks in the 1720s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1720s.
1720
In the British Empire, 1720 began on 25 March 25 rather than on 1 January. Thus, the day before "25 March 1720" O.S. (old style) was "24 March 1719" (O.S.). [Note 1] In most of continental Europe, the Gregorian calendar had already been adopted and the year began on 1 January 1720. In addition, the "old style" Julian Calendar was 13 days behind the "new style" Gregorian calendar, so the day recorded as 1 January 1719 "old style" in the British press is now considered 14 January 1720.
September
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand-Saint-Antoine |  France |
Great Plague of Marseille: The plague-infested ship was burnt at Jarre Island, Bouches-du-Rhône by order of the Regent of Marseille. She was on a voyage from Sidon, Smyrna and Cyprus to Marseille.[1] |
November
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Monck |  Royal Navy |
The third rate frigate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2] |
1721
January
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Africain |  France |
The transport ship, a full-rigged ship, ran aground in the Loire River and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[3] |
November
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Royal Anne Galley | Royal Navy |
The fifth rate galley-frigate was wrecked on the Stags Rocks, in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, with the loss of all but three of the approximately 200 people on board.[4] |
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nishtadt (Ништадт, 'Nystad') |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Saaremaa. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holland to Russia.[5] |
December
7 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hind | Royal Navy |
20-gun sixth rate launched in 1711 and wrecked in 1721. The ship struck a rock "half a musket shot" off Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, on 7 December 1721, and 21 hands were lost including the Captain Fuzzard. The loss was attributed to the "ignorance of the pilot". 94 of the ship's company were saved.[6] Amongst those rescued was the ship's surgeon, Mr Forkington, "who was laid up with the gout, but made shift to swim to a rock not far distant, and the cold baths that endangered his life, hath effectively cured his said distemper."[7] The pilot was tried and found guilty, and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and loss of pay.[8] |
1722
June
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Addison | .svg){kind=small} British East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[9] |
| Chandos | British East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[10] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nightingale | British East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[11] |
August
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thirteen unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy |
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723): The ships were wrecked at Derbent.[5] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valkenbos |  Dutch East India Company |
During her voyage to Deshima, Japan, she wrecked near the Japanese coast and sank with all hands between 14 and 18 August 1722.[12] |
September
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 25 unnamed vessels | Imperial Russian Navy |
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723): The ships were driven ashore 30 versts (17 nautical miles (32 km) from Chechen Island before 4 September.[5] |
November
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Schoonenberg | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman ran aground at Cape Agulhas, Africa, at 04h00 at night through negligence of her skipper and officers. All evidence contradict allegation of deliberate beaching.[13] |
1724
18 January (N.S.)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuyn | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman departed from Texel in the Netherlands on 27 September 1723 and reached the Cape of Good Hope on 2 January 1724 (20 December 1723 O.S.) On 18 January 1724 (dated as "5 January 1723" on the British calendar, she left for the Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, possibly wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago. |
Unknown date
November
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Slot ter Hooge | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman struck rocks and sank off Porto Santo Island, Madeira, with the loss of 221 of the 254 people on board.[15]
She was on a voyage to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[16] |
December
21 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christine | France |
The ship was wrecked near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée with some loss of life.[17] |
1725
March 1725 (N.S.)
8 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akerendam | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman was wrecked on Runde, Norway. |
August
26 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chameau |  French Navy |
The transport ship, a flutte, was wrecked north of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, with the loss of all 216 people on board. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Loire-Atlantique to Quebec City.[18] |
1726
January 1726 (N.S.)
3 January
(3 January 1726 N.S. and 20 December 1725 O.S.)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aagtekerke | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman departed from Cape Town for Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, presumed lost with all 200 crew. Possibly wrecked in the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago. |
May
8 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ravesteyn |  Dutch East India Company |
During a voyage from the Dutch Republic to China, she went off course and wrecked in the night of 8–9 May 1726 at Ari Atoll, Maldives. The wreck was discovered in 1997 and after research her final voyage was reconstructed.[19] |
September
6 September
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kazan (Казань) | Imperial Russian Navy |
The ship was wrecked in the Caspian Sea.[21] |
| Zinzili (Зинзили) | Imperial Russian Navy |
The ship was deliberately driven ashore due to a heavy leak at Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan.[21] |
1727
June
9 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zeewijk | Dutch East India Company |
The East Indiaman ran aground and was wrecked off the Houtman Abrolhos with the loss of ten of her 208 crew. She was on her maiden voyage from Vlissingen, Zeeland, Dutch Republic, to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. Survivors built a sloop, the Sloepie from the wreck and 82 of them reached Batavia in her. |
25 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luxborough Galley |  South Sea Company |
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1728
There is a public house in Walmer, Kent, UK, called The Stag. The building dates from 1715 and, as an inn, it was tenanted from 1733 by Nathaniel Long, also a sailmaker. The Stag is believed to have sunk near Deal in 1728 'under ill-fated circumstances'. It is possible that Long had supplied the ship at some time.[citation needed]
1729
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galera Victoria |  Spanish Navy |
The frigate, a galleon, foundered off Gijón on her maiden voyage.[22] |