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The list of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly is a list of ships which sank on or near the Isles of Scilly. The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired.
The list of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly is a list of ships which sank on or near the Isles of Scilly. The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired. Scilly Isles: map by John Bartholomew. For ships wrecked both before and after the 19th century see List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly.
The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly in severe weather on 22 October 1707. [a] Between 1,400 and 2,000 sailors lost their lives aboard the wrecked vessels, making the incident one of the worst maritime disasters in British naval history. [2]
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Ships, Shipwrecks and Maritime incidents in the Isles of Scilly. Museum Pub. No. 3 (for the Isles of Scilly Museum Council), 1999; Shipwrecks at Land's End Richard Larn & Edwin Mills Clark. Doble & Brendon, 1970; Shipwrecks of Devon. Countryside Books, 1996 (2nd ed.) Shipwrecks of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles, 1981
Peter McBride, Richard Larn (1999) Admiral Shovell's Treasure and Shipwreck in the Isles of Scilly, Shipwreck & Marine, ISBN 0952397129; Simon Harris (2001) Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Stuart Admiral ISBN 1-86227-099-6; Richard Larn (ed., 2007) Poor England has Lost so Many Men, Council of the Isles of Scilly, ISBN 0952397161
Hollandia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC) which, on her maiden voyage, was wrecked on Gunner Rock, west of Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13 July 1743 causing 306 fatalities (276 sailors and soldiers and 30 passengers). The wreck was discovered in 1971 by Rex Cowan, a London attorney.
Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The fourth rate ship of the line struck the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, and foundered with the loss of all but one of her crew. HMS St George: Royal Navy: Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The first rate ship of the line struck rocks off the Isles of Scilly. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.