List of shipwrecks in the 1720s

The List of shipwrecks in the 1720s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1720s.

1720

1720 did not begin on 1 January!^{[Note 1]}

September

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1720

Ship	Country	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

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1720

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Monck	Royal Navy	The third rate frigate foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[2]

1721

January

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: January 1721

Ship	Country	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

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1721

Ship	Country	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]

December

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1721

Ship	Country	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 the 7th 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.[5] 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."[6] The pilot was tried and found guilty, and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and loss of pay.[7]

1722

June

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1722

Ship	Country	Description
Addison	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[8]
Chandos	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[9]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1722

Ship	Country	Description
Nightingale	British East India Company	The East Indiaman was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[10]

November

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1722

Ship	Country	Description
Schonenberg	Dutch East India Company	The East Indiaman was deliberately run aground at Cape Agulhas, Africa by her captain. she was subsequently set afire and destroyed.[11][12]

1723

January

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1723

Ship	Country	Description
Fortuyn	Dutch East India Company	The East Indiaman departed from the Cape of Good Hope for the Netherlands East Indies on her maiden voyage. No further trace, possibly wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago.

1724

August

List of shipwrecks: August 1724

Ship	Country	Description
Guadaloupe	Spain	The ship was wrecked in a hurricane in Saldaná Bay, Hispaniola.[13]
Tolosa	Spain	The ship was wrecked in a hurricane in Saldaná Bay.[13]

December

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1724

Ship	Country	Description
Christine	France	The ship was wrecked near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée with some loss of life.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: December 1724

Ship	Country	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. She was on a voyage to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[15]

1725

March

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1725

Ship	Country	Description
Akerendam	Dutch East India Company	The East Indiaman was wrecked on Runde, Norway.

August

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1725

Ship	Country	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.[16]

1726

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1726

Ship	Country	Description
Santa Rosa	Portugal	The galleon caught fire, exploded and sank off Recife, Brazil with the loss of all but seven of the approximately 700 people on board. She was on a voyage from Salvador to Portugal.[17]

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1726

Ship	Country	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.

1727

June

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1727

Ship	Country	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

Luxborough Galley.

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1727

Ship	Country	Description
Luxborough Galley	South Sea Company	African slave trade: The ship was accidentally set on fire in the Atlantic Ocean and burnt down to the waterline with the eventual loss of all but eleven of her crew.

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

A public house sign that depicts a ship believed to be sunk in UK waters, 1720s

1729

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 1729

Ship	Country	Description
Galera Victoria	Spanish Navy	The frigate, a galleon, foundered off Gijón on her maiden voyage.[18]

Notes

1. ^ Until 1752, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1720 was followed by 25 March 1721. 31 December 1721 was followed by 1 January 1721.

References

1. "Grand-Saint-Antoine (+1720)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
2. "HMS Monck (+1720)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
3. "Africain (+1721)" (in French). Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
4. "1721 Cornwall shipwreck to be further studies". Xray Magazine. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
5. "From the Whitehall Evening Post, Jan 2". Caledonian Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 9 January 1722. Retrieved 6 September 2014. (subscription required (help)).
6. "From the Weekly Journal; Or, Saturday's Post, London Jan.6". Newcastle Courant. British Newspaper Archive. 13 January 1722. Retrieved 6 September 2014. (subscription required (help)).
7. "From the St Jame's Evening Post, London Jan.18". Newcastle Courant. British Newspaper Archive. 27 January 1722. Retrieved 6 September 2014. (subscription required (help)).
8. "Addison (+1722)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
9. "Chandos (+1722)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
10. "Nightingale (+1722)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
11. ""The Schonenberg 1722" (page 1 of 2)". Shipwreck. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
12. ""The Schonenberg 1722" (page 2 of 2)". Shipwreck. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
13. "Guadalupe-Tolosa, sunk in 1724 in Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic". Sedwick. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
14. "SV Christine (+1724)" (in French). Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
15. "Slot ter Hooge, (Castle of Hooge) 1724". Artifact Exchange. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
16. "Chameau - 1725". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
17. "Santa Rosa (+1726)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
18. "Galera Victoria (+1729)" (in Spanish). Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

Ship events in 1720
Ship launches:	1715	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725
Ship commissionings:	1715	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725
Ship decommissionings:	1715	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725
Shipwrecks:	1715	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725

Ship events in 1730
Ship launches:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Ship commissionings:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Ship decommissionings:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735
Shipwrecks:	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735