List of shipwrecks in the 17th century

1601 • 20 July — Gift (): The East India Company vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic while on a voyage from Torbay to the Canaries. 1606 • 18 August — Dom Duarte De Guerra (): The Portuguese Navy galleon was lost during the Battle of Cape Rachado within the Strait of Malacca. The wreck was found in 1993 off the Bambeek Shoal. • 18 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was lost during the Battle of Cape Rachado off Port Dickson, Malay Peninsula. The wreck was found in 1993 off the Bambeek Shoal. • 18 August — São Salvador (): The Portuguese Navy frigate was lost during the Battle of Cape Rachado within the Strait of Malacca. The wreck was found in 1993 off the Bambeek Shoal. • 18 or 22 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was lost during the Battle of Cape Rachado off Port Dickson, Malay Peninsula. The wreck was found in 1993 off the Bambeek Shoal. • unknown date — Nossa Senhora dos Mártires (): Lost off the mouth of the River Tagus, near Lisbon. She was carrying peppercorns of black pepper (Piper nigrum), with some salvaged and all the crew of the nau saved. 1607 • 20 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was wrecked while leaving Vlissingen in a storm. 1609 • 28 July — Sea Venture (): Having left England for the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the Sea Venture was blown off course, developed a serious leak in a hurricane and, on seeing land, grounded on a reef east of St. George's Island, Bermuda whilst trying to reach shore. The one hundred and fifty crew and passengers were the first settlers on Bermuda. • 24 August — Good Hope (): The pinnace was wrecked on the coast of Gujarat, India. (Date is approximate). • 3 September — Ascension (): The crew of the East India Company vessel, abandoned ship when she ran aground on the Malacca Banks, in the Gulf of Khambhat. The crew reached Surat, Gujarat. • Unknown date — San Francisco (): The ship sank off the coast of Japan. She was on a voyage from New Spain to the Spanish East Indies. 1610 • 10 January — Nossa Senhora da Graça ( Portuguese Empire): The carrack was scuttled in Nagasaki Bay, Empire of Japan with much loss of life. ==1611–1620==

1613 • 7 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace ran aground off Madagascar. • November — '''''' (): The ship was destroyed by fire in the Hudson River, North America. 1616 • 4 January • Abraham (Flag unknown): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. • Jonas (Flag unknown): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. • 25 November — Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (): The carrack was wrecked off the Portuguese coast on her return from the Indies to Viana do Castelo. • unknown date • Unknown ship (): Thought to be a cargo vessel which foundered off Rill Cove, near Kynance Cove in Mount's Bay, Cornwall. Finds include 300 coins in two datable groups 1555–98 and 1598–1603/5. The year 1616 is tentative. • Unknown ship: Wrecked offshore of the Isles of Scilly. 1617 • 10 January — Johane (): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England. • 19 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate was lost off Suratte while on a journey from Bantam to Suratte. • unknown date — Supply (): The pinnace, belonging to the East India Company, was driven aground on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly while homeward bound from Bantam to London. Men saved and goods salvaged, and she made a second voyage to Java in 1621 and was reported as laid up, there, in 1623. • Unknown date — Sampson (): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. • unknown date — Unnamed ship (): With a cargo of silver bullion, the San Lucar ship was wrecked near Polpear Cove on the Lizard peninsula. ==1621–1630==

1621 • Unknown date — Ark Noah (): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, England. • Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion (): The galleon capsized during the same hurricane as, Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario. • Nuestra Senora de los Reyes (): The slave ship sank near East Key, part of the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico. • 6 September • Nuestra Senora de Atocha (): Out of Havana and carrying a valuable cargo of silver, gold and tobacco for Spain, two hundred and sixty people died when Atocha sank in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico. 1623 • 19 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was lost off Formosa while in the service of the Kamer van Amsterdam. • November — Anne Lyon (): The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. • 25 September — Moon (): The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. 1628 • 10 August — '''''' ( Royal Swedish Navy): The warship capsized and sank off Stockholm on her maiden voyage with the loss of 30 lives. The wreck was salvaged in 1959. 1629 • 4 June — Batavia ( Dutch East India Company): The vessel struck Morning Reef near Beacon Island, Western Australia on her maiden voyage from Texel for Batavia. Forty people drowned and over one hundred people died during a mutiny. • 24 August — L´estourneau: Capsized during a storm off Canso, Nova Scotia with the loss of fourteen people. ==1631–1640==

1631 • March — Fame (): The ship was wrecked on a sandbank at the mouth of Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hoorn to the West Indies. • 10 September — '''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace ran aground and was wrecked, when her cables parted during a typhoon near Hirado, Japan. Four other ships, Arend, Heusden, Kemphaan and Parel'' also ran aground but were refloated. • 12 September • Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres (): The galleon sank in battle against the Dutch flagship Prins Willem, during the Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of Abrolhos, off the Bahia coast, Brazil. This was the smaller of two Portuguese ships called Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres involved in the battle. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The carrack and flagship of Admiral Peter was lost during the Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of Abrolhos, off the Bahia coast, Brazil. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The carrack was lost during the Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of Abrolhos, off the Bahia coast, Brazil. • San Antonio (): The galleon sank during the Battle of Albrolhos, near the islands of Abrolhos, off the Bahia coast, Brazil. • 21 October — Nuestra Señora del Juncal (): The galleon sank off the coast of Mexico, during its journey between Veracruz and Havana, as it was heading to Spain. Of the 300 people on board, only 39 survived. 1632 • January— Unnamed cargo ship: Wrecked in Manor of Tintagel near Crackington, St Gennys, Cornwall with the loss of all lives. She was carrying fustick wood and tobacco. 1633 • Unknown date— Alfresia (): The ship was wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, England. 1634 • 24 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship ran aground on a shoal in the Paracels, South China Sea. • 11 October — At Dagebüll, Netherlands ships were left stranded on the dike, and at Husum, Netherlands ships were washed on to the highway after a flood, known as the Burchardi flood. Eight thousand to fifteen thousand people are estimated to have drowned. 1635 • February — A galleon (): Homeward bound from the Indies, the galleon was captured and looted by the Dutch. Putting into "Guavers Lake" (Gwavas Lake) off Newlyn she hit the Low Lee ledge. Attempts at salvage by the authorities were opposed by the inhabitants of Mousehole and Market Jew who raided the ship at night and took away "two hundred hides". A looted cannon from this ship was salvaged by the Greencastle in 1916 and for many years was in front of Penzance Library, before being stolen. • 24 July – Nossa Senhora de Belem (): The East Indiaman was wrecked north east of Port St. Johns, Dutch Cape Colony. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Goa, Portuguese India to Lisbon. • 15 August — Angel Gabriel (): Operating as a merchant ship as part of a small convoy bound from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the 240-ton galleon was driven onto rocks on the coast of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Pemaquid Point in Penaquid (now Bristol, Maine), during a storm, killing most of the people on board. There were some survivors. 1636 • 24 March — Gift of God (): Sailing ship of Kirkcaldy wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. • Battle of Getaria: The fireship Fortune () was expended in battle. • Battle of Getaria: The fireship Ours () was expended in battle. • Battle of Getaria: The fireship Saint Jean Baptiste () was expended in battle. • Battle of Getaria: The fireship '''''Saint Louis d'Olonne''''' () was expended in battle. • Battle of Getaria: The fireship Soleil () was expended in battle. 1639 • 18 September — Action of 18 September 1639: The full-rigged ship Groote Christoffel () exploded and sank in the English Channel off Calais, Kingdom of France. • 31 October • Delfin Dorado ( Kingdom of Naples): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent, England. • El Pingue (): Battle of the Downs: The hired ship was sunk in The Downs. • Grune ( Castile): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Los Angeles ( Castile): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coat of Kent. • Orfeo ( Kingdom of Naples): Battle of the Downs: The 44-gun ship was lost on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. • San Agustin (): Battle of the Downs: The full-rigged pinnace was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • San Agustin ( Kingdom of Naples): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. She sank on 3 or 4 November. • San Antonio (): Battle of the Downs: The full-rigged pinnace was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • San Carlos ( Dunkirk): Battle of the Downs: The ship was sunk in The Downs. • San Cristo de Burgos (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was lost off the French coast. • San Daniel (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • San Jerónimo(): Battle of the Downs: The ship was destroyed by fire in The Downs. • San Juan Bautista (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was sunk in The Downs. • San Juan Evangelista (): Battle of the Downs: The hired ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • San Pedro de la Fortuna (): Battle of the Downs: The hired ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. She was later refloated. • San Pedro Martir (): Battle of the Downs: The hired ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Santa Agnes ( Kingdom of Naples): Battle of the Downs: The frigate was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. She was refloated on 3 November. • Santa Catalina (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Santa Theresa (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was destroyed by fire with great loss of life. • Santiago (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Santo Domingo de Polonia ( Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth): Battle of the Downs: The hired ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Santo Thomas (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Six ships ( Lübeck): Battle of the Downs: The ships were driven ashore on the coast of Kent. • Five fireships () Battle of the Downs: The vessels were expended in the battle. • 2 November — Santiago ( Castile): Battle of the Downs: The ship was destroyed by fire off Dover. • 5 November — Unnamed ship (): Battle of the Downs: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunkirk, France. ==1641–1650==

1641 • 23 September — Merchant Royal (): The Dartmouth based vessel foundered between Land's End, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. • 4 November — Battle of Cape St. Vincent: The Fourth rate Zwaan () was sunk in battle off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. • 26 November — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company ): The pinnace in the service of Kamer van Amsterdam foundered off the southern end of the Island of Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam. • Unknown date • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company ): The vessel foundered at the southern end of the island of Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam after 19 October. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company ): The vessel was wrecked under cliffs at Poulo Wai, Cambodja. • '''''' (): The East Indiaman was lost off Ceylon. 1642 • 7 July • Guise (): Fell victim to one of her own fireships during the Battle of Barcelona. • Magdalena (): Burnt by enemy action during the Battle of Barcelona, catching fire when the Guise () launched a fireship 1643 • 7 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace in the service of Kamer van Enkhuizen was attacked in the Dutch East Indies by local people and destroyed. 1644 • 13 October • Battle of Fehmarn: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt in battle off Fehmarn. • Battle of Fehmarn: The third rate '''''' () was burnt in battle off Fehmarn. • Battle of Fehmarn: The sixth rate yacht '''''' () was sunk in battle off Fehmarn. 1645 • July — John (): The Royalist vessel ran ashore after a skirmish with three Parliamentary ships. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The galjoot was lost in a sea battle against the Spanish in the Strait of San Bernardino, Philippines. • Two Fire ships (): Lost in a sea battle against the Spanish in the Strait of San Bernardino, Philippines. • 10 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The galjoot was wrecked off the Ganges. 1649 • 30 January — Garland (): While carrying garments and other possessions of the late Charles I, together with some personal belongings of his fugitive Queen, and the wardrobe of the Prince of Wales, the Topsham ship was wrecked at Godrevy in St Ives Bay. She was taking shelter off St Ives, Cornwall in a great storm dragging her anchors. Only a man, boy and wolf–dog survived out of about sixty passengers and crew. • Spring — '''''' (): Second English Civil War: The Middling ship was captured by () and was burnt. 1650 • October — 'Liberty' (): The 44-gun second rate great ship ran aground and was wrecked off Harwich, Essex. ==1651–1660==

1650s • Believed to be between 1650 and 1660, an unidentified vessel called the Palmwood shipwreck. 1651 • 10 May — Unidentified vessel: Wrecked on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. • 16 August — Battle of Plymouth: The fireship Charity ( Commonwealth Navy) was expended in battle off Plymouth, Devon. • 28 October • Burgh van Alkmaar (): Battle of the Kentish Knock: The ship exploded and sank. • Three ships (): Battle of the Kentish Knock: The ships were sunk in the battle. • Battle of Portland: The hired ship '''''' () was sunk in battle off Portland. • Battle of Portland: The hired ship '''''' () was sunk in battle off Portland. • Battle of Portland: The hired ship '''''' () was sunk in battle off Portland. • Battle of Portland: The fifth rate '''''' () exploded and sank in battle off Portland. • 3 June — Battle of the Gabbard: The fireship '''''' () was expended in battle. • June — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company ): The flute was lost somewhere between Batavia and Formosa. • 31 July • Battle of Scheveningen: The fourth rate '''''' () was sunk in battle off Scheveningen. • Battle of Scheveningen: The fourth rate '''''' () was sunk in battle off Scheveningen. • 16 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company ): The pinnace was wrecked on Cheju Island, Korea with the loss of twenty-eight crew. • 13 September • Martha and Margaret ( Commonwealth of England): One of three ships lost during a gale while attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. • Speedwell ( Commonwealth of England): Foundered during a storm while attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Twenty-two lost their lives. • Swan ( Commonwealth Navy): The frigate foundered during a gale when attempting to take Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. The wreck was found in 1979. • November • 38 ships — Due to a four-day storm on the coast of the Dutch Republic, 23 ships lost their masts and fifteen sank. Almost 1,400 men drowned. • Unknown date — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company : The pinnace, out of Ternate, was wrecked east of Batavia. 1654 • 6–7 January • Due to a two-day storm on the coast of the Dutch Republic, at least 20 ships sank. Around 200 men drowned. • Battle of the Dardanelles: The hired armed ship '''''' () was sunk in battle in the Dardanelles. • Battle of the Dardanelles: The galley '''''' () was sunk in the Dardanelles. • 13 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was lost off Amboina while in the service of the Kamer van Amsterdam. • 9 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off Formosa when she lost her anchors while unloading, drifted and ran aground. The cargo and crew were saved. 1656 • March — : the sixth rate, 22 gun English man-o'-war, lost her main topmast off Land's End and drifted onto the Seven Stones Reef. Along with the Mayflower, she was searching the area between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for two Spanish frigates, which had captured a vessel bound for Bristol. She managed to free herself from the reef and sank in taking, sixteen men, two women and a child with her. • 28 April — Vergulde Draeck ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace broke in two when she ran aground on the north-west coast of Australia, at Ledge Point with the loss of one hundred and eighteen crew. • • Battle of the Dardanelles: The hired armed ship '''''' () was burnt in the Dardanelles to prevent capture by the Ottoman Navy. • Battle of the Dardanelles: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt in the Dardanelles to prevent capture by the Ottoman Navy. • Battle of the Dardanelles: The hired armed ship '''''' () was burnt in the Dardanelles to prevent capture by the Ottoman Navy. • 19 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The fluyt, was lost off Nusa Untelue while en route from Solor. • 11 September — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost in a typhoon while in harbour at Formosa. • 2 December — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate ran aground on Madagascar. 1658 • 9 February — '''''' ( Commonwealth Navy): The ship was wrecked on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. 1659 • 23 June — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace broke in two when she ran aground, in the Bay of Galle, Celyon after dragging her anchors. Her cargo of areca nuts was salvaged. • unknown date — Unidentified vessel ( Dutch East India Company): The vessel was wrecked off Sennen Cove, Cornwall with a cargo of silver ingots. 1660 • 2 September — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was wrecked near Macao with one hundred and twenty-eight people aboard. • Unknown date — An unnamed man-of-war () was wrecked in Table Bay. ==1661–1670==

1661 • April — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off Pegu, Burma. • 17 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate ran aground while engaged in battle with the Chinese military leader Coxinga north of Tayouan, off the River Soulang, Formosa. 1662 • 10 February — Wapen van Holland was one of seven ships on voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived. • 10 February — Gekroonde Leeuw was one of seven ships on voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm. It’s assumed nobody survived. • 10 February — Prins Willem was one of seven ships on voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. The ship sank during a storm near Madagascar. It’s assumed nobody survived. • 11 February — Arnhem was one of seven ships on voyage from Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. The ship sank near St. Brandon. 98 crew members survived, at least 22 were killed. 1663 • 22 February — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off China. • 15 May — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was abandoned after springing a leak in the Bay of Galle, Ceylon. The wreck has been found. • 26 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute was lost off Mishima Islands, Japan while out of Batavia for Nagasaki, Japan. • 16 November — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace foundered. 1665 • 3 June • Battle of Lowestoft: The third rate '''''' () was sunk off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England by ) with the loss of 404 of her 409 crew. • Battle of Lowestoft: The fifth rate '''''' was expended as a fireship. • Battle of Lowestoft: The hired armed ship '''''' () was burnt off Lowestoft by () after she had struck her colours. • Battle of Lowestoft: The third rate '''''' () was burnt off Lowestoft. • 4 June — Battle of Lowestoft: The sixth rate '''''' () was expended as a fireship. • • Battle of Cherchell: The fifth rate '''''' ( Algerian Navy) was sunk in battle. • Battle of Cherchell: The fifth rate '''''' ( Algerian Navy) was sunk in battle. • December • Sea Horse ( East India Company): The East Indiaman was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of County Mayo, Ireland with the loss of about 74 of her crew. About 100 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire to the East Indies. • Charity (): The ship was captured and burnt off Cádiz, Spain by five Turkish vessels, one of which she sunk. Charity was on the Plymouth, England - Alicante, Spain leg of a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Tsardom of Russia to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. • 18 January — Royal Oak (): The British East India Company vessel, while on her first voyage home from the Moluccas and Bantam to London, was lost (probably) on Pednathise Head within the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. Some of the crew managed to abandon ship and took to a ″low rock″ where they were rescued fifty-two hours later. She was carrying peppercorns, cloth and porcelain. • 3 February — Graesmeger (): The ship was destroyed by fire at Middelburg. Her crew were rescued. • 8 March — London (): exploded and sank off Southend with an estimated loss of three hundred people. 1666 • 31 May — Unnamed vessel (): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon, England with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Portugal to London, England. • 1 June • '''''' () Four Days' Battle: The warship was burnt during the battle. • '''''' () Four Days' Battle: The fourth rate was burnt during the battle. • 2 June • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle. The warship was sunk during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The warship was burnt during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The warship was damaged beyond repair during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The fourth rate was sunk in battle. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle. The fireship was expended in battle. • Spiegel (): Four Days' Battle: The warship was sunk during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Day's Battle: The sixth rate was expended as a fireship. • 3 June — '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The warship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was captured and burnt by the Dutch to avoid her being recaptured. • 4 June • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The fourth rate sank after being captured by () due to damage sustained during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Day's Battle: The fireship was expended in battle. • '''''' (): Four Day's Battle: The fifth rate was expended as a fireship. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The fourth rate was burnt during the battle. • '''''' (): Four Days' Battle: The fifth rate was expended as a fireship. • '''''' (): Four Day's Battle: The fireship was expended in battle. • 9 July — '''''' (): The French East India Company ship was one of four sent to colonise Madagascar. She left for home on 20 February and within days of her destination of Le Havre, she was attacked by an English corsair and sank off Guernsey in the Channel Islands. At the time she was reported to be carrying a valuable cargo worth £1,500,000. • 25 July • '''''' (): St James's Day Battle: The fireship was expended in battle. • (): St. James's Day Battle: The third rate frigate ran aground during the battle. She was subsequently burnt by a Dutch fireship. • 19 August • '''''' (): Grounded during a raid on the Vlie estuary in the Netherlands. She refloated after jettisoning eight cannon and beer. • '''''' (): Holmes's Bonfire: The fireship was expended in the raid on the Vlie. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was set alight by English fire ships along with one hundred and fifty other ships in Vlie, Netherlands during an attack by the English. 1667 • March — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The vessel with a cargo of sugar, coffee, spices and Banca tin with a value of £50,000 was wrecked under Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove, Cornwall. • 10 May • Battle of Nevis: The hired ship '''''' () was sunk in battle off Nevis. • Battle of Nevis: The hired ship '''''' () was sunk in battle off Nevis. • 9 June — Second Anglo-Dutch War, Raid on the Medway: The fireship '''''' () was expended in battle. • 11 June — Raid on the Medway: • The fireship '''''' () was scuttled as a blockship. She was burnt by the Dutch on 14 June. • The ketch '''''' () was scuttled as a blockship. She was burnt by the Dutch on 14 June. • The fireship '''''' () was scuttled as a blockship. She was burnt by the Dutch on 14 June. • The ketch '''''' () was scuttled as a blockship. She was burnt by the Dutch on 14 June. • October — Unidentified vessel: Ship carrying silver coin lost at Lizard Point, Cornwall. • 22 December (first report) — Three unidentified ships: Lost near Scilly. • 30 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute ran aground in the Ganges, Bengal. • 4 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. • 9 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia when her ammunition load exploded. • 11 December — '''''' (): The sixth-rate ship was lost on Crim Rocks, Isles of Scilly. • San Salvador (): Wrecked near the Lizard. This wreck may be the ship the Ferdinand Research Group discovered in 1969 below Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove (see 1667 above). ==1671–1680==

1671 • 8 May • Battle of Bugia: The fifth rate '''''' () was expended as a fireship against the Algerian Navy, • Battle of Bugia: The fireship '''''' () was expended in battle against the Algerian Navy. • Battle of Bugia: The fireship '''''' () was expended in battle against the Algerian Navy. • 8 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute ran aground off Galle, Ceylon. • 7 November — Unidentified (): Only the cabin boy survived when a Bristol ship, out of Barbados was wrecked near Pedn-mên-du, a headland to the west of Sennen Cove, Cornwall. • Unknown date — Crown (): The East India Company vessel was lost on voyage to Formosa. 1672 • 24 March • '''''' () sank off the coast of Sussex, England. • 28 May • Battle of Solebay: The fireship '''''' was expended in the battle. • Battle of Solebay: The third rate '''''' () was sunk off Southwold, Suffolk, England. • First Battle of Schooneveld: The fireship '''''' was expended in battle. • First Battle of Schooneveld: The fireship '''''' was expended in battle. • First Battle of Schooneveld: The fireship '''''' was expended in battle. • Battle of Solebay: The first rate '''''' () was destroyed by fire during the battle. • 4 June — Second Battle of Schooneveld: The fourth rate '''''' () was expended as a fireship. • 2 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The vessel was lost during a storm off Quelang, Keelung, on the north coast of Formosa. • 11 August — Battle of Texel: The sixth rate '''''' was expended as a fireship. 1673 • 20 February — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship was lost little to the eastward of Cape Hangklip near False Bay, South Africa. • 25 February — Écueil (): The fourth-rate ship of the line sank off Puerto Rico. • February — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate wrecked off England, while out of Texel, Netherlands. • 16 April — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute was lost in the Bay of Bengal, off Bengal. • 21 August — Arrogant (): The fire ship was used at the Battle of Texel, off Texel, Netherlands. • 23 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute, en route for Batavia from Texel foundered from the Cape of Good Hope. • Unknown date • '''''' (): The 52-gun frigate was accidentally blown up. 1674 • 18 January • '''''' (): The sixth rate was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. • 'HSwMS Svärdet''''' (): Battle of Öland: The War ship was lost after the battle. • 2 June • Battle of Palermo: '''''' (): The fire ship was lost off Sicily after the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The fourth rate '''''' () was sunk off Palermo, Sicily. • Battle of Palermo: The second rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: the fourth rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The third rate '''''' () was burnt during the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The third rate '''''' () was sunk in the battle. • Battle of Palermo: The third rate '''''' () was sunk off Palermo. • 26 August — Unknown vessel: Wrecked off Seal Island, Nova Scotia. 1677 • 3 March • Battle of Tobago: '''''' (): The sixth rate was sunk off Tobago, West Indies. • Battle of Tobago: '''''' (): During the Franco-Dutch War and in a battle to control the island of Tobago, the flagship third rate caught fire and sank with the loss of approximately sixty lives. • Battle of Tobago: '''''' (): : The fourth-rate frigate exploded during a battle to control the island of Tobago, West Indies. • Battle of Tobago: '''''' (): The fourth rate was sunk off Tobago. • 1 June — Battle of Møn: The hired armed ship '''''' () was sunk off Møn, Denmark. • 31 August • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was wrecked when she hit rocks to the east of Madura, Java. Eighteen people lost their lives. • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The hoeker ran aground to the east of Madura, Java. 1678 • '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate was lost in the South Atlantic on her maiden voyage from Texel, Netherlands. 1679 • Le Griffon — (): With a crew of six on board, the barque departed Green Bay on Lake Michigan bound for the Niagara River with a cargo of furs on 18 September and was never seen or heard from again. • Unknown vessel: Wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. 1680 • 11 January — Phoenix: The East India Company ship carrying white pepper and cloth wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. Much of the cargo was salvaged and sold on Scilly to Thomas Abney who paid £202 8s 1d for 269 pieces of Peerlongs. ==1681–1690==

1681 • December — (): A cargo vessel was wrecked off St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. The lighthouse keeper on St Agnes was found guilty of negligence for being inattentive to the light, and for plundering some of the cargo. • 29 November - 3 December • Nuestra Señora de Encarnación () - Spanish Nao Carrack of the 1681 Flota de Tierra Firme off the mouth of the Chagres River near present-day Panama. • Boticaria () - Spanish Nao Carrack of the 1681 Flota de Tierra Firme near the Isla de Naranjos near present-day Panama. • Nuestra Señora de la Soledad () - Spanish Galleon of the 1681 Flota de Tierra Firme under Antonio de Lima sank near present-day Panama. • Chaperon () - Nao carrack of the 1681 Flota de Tierra Firme near present-day Panama. • Unknown date — Unknown vessel: Wrecked on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. • 8 June — '''''' ( East India Company ): The East Indiaman was wrecked near Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of ten of the 114 people on board. • Unknown date — '''''' () - The second rate was destroyed by fire. • Unknown date — Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y San Ignacio de Loyola () - Spanish galleon of the 1681 Tierra Firme Fleet sank on approach to Havana at Cape San Antonio. 1683 • 11 February — Unknown: An unnamed ship foundered in Mount's Bay off Porthleven, Cornwall, and her captain Jonathan Hide drowned. 1684 • 9 February — President ( British East India Company): An East Indiaman ran aground on Loe Bar, Mount's Bay, Cornwall. She was carrying a valuable cargo of spices, indigo, drugs, textiles, pepper, diamonds and ″Jewish Treasure of Pearl″. More of the wreck was uncovered, following storms, in 2018. • 4 April — Schiedam (): A Dutch built fluit and, at the time of sinking a sixth rate transport ship of the English fleet, wrecked at Jangye Ryn near Gunwalloe Church Cove, Mount's Bay, Cornwall. • 1 September — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace was lost off Duizend Eilanden, while en route to Palembang, Sumatra from Batavia. 1686 • 16 February 1686 the Stavenisse of the ( Dutch East India Company): on her return voyage from India to Europe, was wrecked on the African coast about seventy English miles south of the Bay of Natal (Durban). The ship lost its cargo of pepper. • February — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The ship sank in shallow water near Silver Carn, north of Santaspery Neck within the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. King James II sent his yacht to salvage some of the cargo and in 1973 a diving team recovered real coins, iron cannon and timbers. • 13 September — Unknown: Lost on the Isles of Scilly. 1689 • 2 January — '''''' (): The fourth rate was driven ashore and wrecked at South Foreland, Kent. • 18 November — Unknown: Lost on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. 1690 • 16 January the galiot Noord of the ( Dutch Cape Colony): wrecked at Algoa Bay • '''''' (): Battle of Beachy Head: The 68-gun third rate ship of the line was captured by the French. She was subsequently burnt and sunk. • '''''' (): Battle of Beachy Head: The severely damaged second rate was burnt after the battle. • Suikermolen (): Battle of Beachy Head: The fireship was sunk in battle. • 8 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The galjoot was lost off Palau Rakit, while out of Makassar, Sulawesi. • 9 October — '''''' (): The fifth-rate frigate ran aground in the Sound of Mull, Scotland after her anchor cables parted. • Unknown date — '''''' (): The second rate ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated. ==1691–1700==

1691 • 3 September — '''''', (): The second-rate ship of the line driven aground at Lady Cove Penlee Point on Rame Head, Cornwall while at anchor, in a south-east gale, with the loss of approximately six hundred lives. • 1 November — Rose, (): The chartered troop transport Rose of Chester, sailing down the River Shannon out of Cork for France carrying Irish Williamite troops, hit a rock, with the loss of one hundred and twenty lives. • Winter of 1690–91 — Crowned Raven (): The ship foundered in Eddrachillis Bay. She was on a voyage from the Baltic to a Portuguese port. 1692 • 4 June • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fireship was expended in battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fireship was expended in battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fourth rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fireship was expended in battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The sixth rate was expended in battle as a fireship. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fireship was expended in battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The third rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The third rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The third rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The first rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The second rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The first rate was burnt in the battle. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fifth rate was expended in battle as a fireship. • Battle of La Hogue: '''''' (): The fireship was expended in battle. • 12 September — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The spiegelretour sank near Bordeaux in the Bay of Biscay, after being attacked by the French with the loss of all on board. 1693 • 9 February • Battle of the Oinousses Islands: The fourth rate '''''' () was sunk in the battle. • Battle of the Oinousses Islands: The third rate '''''' () was sunk in the battle. • Battle of the Oinousses Islands: The third rate '''''' () was sunk in the battle. • 28 April — '''''' (): The second rate was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew survived. • Unknown date — Unidentified vessel (): The cargo vessel was wrecked on St Michael's Mount in Mount's Bay, Cornwall and ″torn to pieces by the local people″. 1696 • 17 June • Battle of Dogger Bank: The sixth rate frigate '''''' () was burnt after being captured in the battle. • Battle of the Dogger Bank: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt after being captured in the battle. • Battle of Dogger Bank: The fourth rate '''''' () was burnt after being captured in the battle. • 23 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate ran aground on the Flemish Banks near the Scheldt Estuary, North Sea. • 11 September — '''''', (): The fifth-rate frigate sank off Bay Bulls, Newfoundland during a battle with the French. 1697 • 23 July — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The flute was lost on this date. 1698 • 15 August — '''''' ( Dutch East India Company): The frigate foundered when she reached her destination of Batavia. She was carrying timber from Japara. • Unknown date — '''''' (): The fireship was sunk as a breakwater at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. The ship was excavated and broken up in 1871. 1699 • June • Mercuriy (): The ship ran aground in the Don. She sank in November. • Mirotvorets (): The bomb vessel ran aground in the Don. She was refloated some months later. 1700 ==Unknown date==

• De Zwaan (). The 1636-built fluyt foundered in the Baltic Sea. The wreck was discovered in 2020. ==References==