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ROYAL NAVY LOSS LIST COMPLETE DATABASE LAST UPDATED - 24 NOVEMBER 2015 Photo: Swash Channel wreck courtesy of Bournemouth University MAST is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 07455580 and charity number 1140497 | www.thisismast.org | [email protected] Royal Navy Loss List complete database Page 2 of 209 The Royal Navy (RN) Loss List (LL), from 1512-1947, is compiled from the volumes MAST hopes this will be a powerful research tool, amassing for the first time all RN and websites listed below from the earliest known RN wreck. The accuracy is only as losses in one place. It realises that there will be gaps and would gratefully receive good as these sources which have been thoroughly transcribed and cross-checked. any comments. Equally if researchers have details on any RN ships that are not There will be inevitable transcription errors. The LL includes minimal detail on the listed, or further information to add to the list on any already listed, please contact loss (ie. manner of loss except on the rare occasion that a specific position is known; MAST at [email protected]. MAST also asks that if this resource is used in any also noted is manner of loss, if known ie. if burnt, scuttled, foundered etc.). In most publication and public talk, that it is acknowledged. cases it is unclear from the sources whether the ship was lost in the territorial waters of the country in question, in the EEZ or in international waters. In many cases ships Donations are lost in channels between two countries, eg. the River Plate with Argentina and Uruguay on opposite sides, or for example in the ambiguity of the Dover Straits or the MAST would be very grateful for any financial contribution you might be able to make English Channel. towards this research. Thank you in advance. Therefore this work has taken the ‘best guess’ approach where the location of the wreck is relatively clear. In some cases the location can not be guessed and so the wreck is characterised as ‘location unknown’. Wrecks are in international waters when it is not possible to assign a state without doubt. In the case of the English Channel, wrecks have been position in the UK EEZ. The EEZ of non UK countries are not included. Any site which is known to have undergone any kind of physical investigation is noted to highlight to researchers that publications are available. No attempt was made to try Sources to list each one as it is felt this is the researcher’s domain. Colledge, J.J. and Warlow, B 2010, Ships of the Royal Navy, The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present, Casemate Publishers, UK W. P. Gossett 1986 Lost Ships if the Royal Navy 1794–1900, Mansell Publishing Ltd, UK Countries to are signators to the UNESCO Conevention on Underwater Cultural Hepper, D. J 1994 British warship losses in the age of sail 1650-1859, Jean Boudriot Publications, UK Heritage are also noted. HMSO 1988 British Ships lost at Sea 1914-18 & 1939-45 Kemp, P 1999,The Admiralty regrets, British warship losses of the 20th century, Sutton Publishing Konstam, A., 2000 Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560-1605, Osprey Publishing, UK Exclusive Economic Zone, territorial seas or international waters Konstam, A., 2008 Tudor Warships (I), Henry VIII’s Navy, Osprey Publishing, UK Lavery, B, 1983 The Ship of the Line, Volume I, The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850, Conway Where the source specifically states ‘on’ a coast or specific location, it has been Maritime Press, UK assumed that the wreck is in that country’s territorial waters. If, however, ‘off’ is Lloyds of London 1989 Lloyds War Losses; The Second World War Volume 1 Lloyds of London 1990 Lloyds War Losses; The First World War used, or where no specific location is named, then the wreck is assumed to be in Lloyds of London 1991 Lloyds War Losses; The Second World War Volume II that country’s EEZ. Wrecks stated as being in the North Sea are included in the Lyon , D. 1993 The Sailing Navy List 1688-1860, Conway Maritime Press, UK international listing. Wrecks potentially in UK overseas territories are marked as being Lyon, D. & Winfield, R 2004 The Sail & Steam Navy List 1815-1889, Chatham Publishing, UK in the EEZ as there is insufficient data to state otherwise. Toghill, G. 2004, Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers, Maritime Books, UK Winfield, R, 2005 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817, Seaforth Publishing, UK Winfield, R, 2009 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, Seaforth Publishing, UK Those ships not included in the LL are those rebuilt, hulked or have become Wikipedia.org, List of early warships of the English navy blockships. Wrecksite.eu MAST is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 07455580 and charity number 1140497 | www.thisismast.org | [email protected] Royal Navy Loss List complete database Page 3 of 209 Year built Tonnage / Geographical position Country where UNESCO Investigation Name Type Manner of loss Date lost / acquired displacement (WGS84 if known) lost signator conducted / launched Regent (formerly Grace Dieu) burnt at Battle of St Matthieu, Brest burnt France 10.08.1512 1488 Yes No Henry Galley galley 80 unknown lost unknown 01.01.1513 1512 No No Great Elizabeth (formerly ship 900 unknown unknown unknown 01.01.1514 No No Salvator von Lubeck) Anne Gallant unknown unknown unknown 01.01.1518 1518 No No John Baptist unknown unknown unknown 01.01.1534 No No Mary Rose carrack 700 sank off Portsmouth sunk UK 19.07.1545 1510 No Yes Henri Grace a Dieu carrack or great ship 1000 burnt perhaps at Woolwich burnt UK 01.01.1553 1514 No No Edward Bonaventure ship 160 wrecked off Aberdeen wrecked UK 01.11.1556 1551 No No Greyhound galleon unknown wrecked unknown 01.01.1563 1558 No No Jesus of Lubeck ship 700 sunk at Battle of San Juan de Ulua, Veracruz, Mexico sunk unknown 23.09.1568 1544 Yes No Lion’s Whelp ship lost at sea lost unknown 01.01.1591 1590 No No Revenge galleon 46 440 ran aground on Azores run aground Spain 01.09.1591 1577 Yes No Pinnace, or Alderney Elizabe- pinnace 12 wrecked off Alderney wrecked UK 01.01.1592 No No than wreck Advantage 4th rate 20 216 burnt accidentally in Scotland, UK burnt UK 01.12.1613 1599 No No Speedwell 3rdrate 28 333 wrecked on sandbank near Vlissingen, Netherlands wrecked France N 01.11.1624 1624 Yes No Lion’s Whelp (6th) 5th rate 10 206 lost off Brittany, France lost international 01.01.1628 1628 No No waters Lion’s Whelp (7th) 5th rate 10 206 blown up in action against Dutch. Location unknown burnt UK 25.10.1630 1628 No No Lion’s Whelp (5th) 5th rate 10 206 wrecked on Dutch coast, Netherlands wrecked UK 28.06.1637 1628 No No Swan 6th rate wrecked off Guernsey, UK wrecked UK 01.10.1638 1636 No No Lion’s Whelp (9th) 5th rate 10 206 wrecked in River Clyde, UK wrecked UK 01.04.1640 1628 No No Lion’s Whelp (4th) 5th rate 10 206 sank in St Aubin’s Bay, Jersey, UK sunk Netherlands 26.07.1649 1628 No No Mary Rose 4th rate 24 228.6 wrecked off Flanders, Belgium wrecked Belgium 01.03.1650 1624 Yes No Increase 6th rate 12 133 wrecked nr Cardiff, UK wrecked UK 01.03.1650 1646 No No Charles 2nd rate 44 607 ran aground and wrecked off Harwich, UK wrecked UK 01.10.1650 1636 No No Tresco/ex Michael 5th rate 24 wrecked in St Aubin’s Bay, Jersey, UK wrecked UK 12.10.1651 1651 No No Sampson/ex Samsun 5th rate 22 disabled and scuttled at Battle of Portland, UK scuttled UK 18.02.1653 1653 No No Bonaventure 3rd rate 40 418 blew up under fire from Dutch in Battle of Leghorn, Italy burnt Italy 04.03.1653 1623 Yes No Fairfax MAST3rd rate 52 745 burnt accidentallyRN at Chatham, UK Lossburnt UK 21.03.1653 List1650 No No MAST is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 07455580 and charity number 1140497 | www.thisismast.org | [email protected] Royal Navy Loss List complete database Page 4 of 209 Year built Tonnage / Geographical position Country where UNESCO Investigation Name Type Manner of loss Date lost / acquired displacement (WGS84 if known) lost signator conducted / launched Sussex 4th rate 46 600 blown up accidentally at Portsmouth, UK explosion UK 02.06.1653 1653 No No Antelope 3rd rate 50 384 burnt at Hellovoetsluis, Netherlands burnt Netherlands 31.07.1653 1620 No No Hunter fireship 10 expended at Battle of Texel, Netherlands burnt Netherlands 31.07.1653 1652 No No Lily 6th rate 10 110 wrecked in Weymouth Bay, UK wrecked UK 01.09.1653 1643 No No Henrietta Maria 2nd rate 42 594 caught fire accidentally north of Cuba burnt Cuba 13.07.1655 1635 Yes No Islip 5th rate wrecked off Inverlochy, UK wrecked UK 24.07.1655 1654 No No Pelican 4th rate 42 500 burnt accidentally at Portsmouth, UK burnt UK 13.02.1656 1650 No No Primrose 5th rate 24 287 foundered by Seven Stones rocks, Cornwall, UK foundered UK 13.03.1656 1652 No No Greyhound 5th rate 12 126 blown up in Farne Islands, UK burnt UK 14.06.1656 1636 No No Arms of Holland 5th rate 32 blew up en route to UK from Jamaica explosion international 01.07.1656 1653 No No waters Fox 5th rate 22/fireship expended at Malaga, Spain burnt Spain 08.07.1656 1650 No No Laurel 4th rate 48 489 wrecked off Great Yarmouth, UK wrecked UK 30.05.1657 1651 No No Princess Maria 4th rat 38 442 wrecked on Goodwins, UK wrecked UK 08.02.1658 1652 No No Happy Entrance 3rd rate 30 404 burnt accidentally at Chatham, UK burnt UK 28.09.1658 1623 No No Acadia 6th rate 10 240 foundered in English Channel, UK foundered UK EEZ 01.09.1659 1656 No No Hunter 6th rate 6 50 foundered in North Sea foundered international