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a ship ( England) equipped by Sir Walter Raleigh at his own expense sank in a gale whilst outward bound to Guiana seeking gold. [1]A small Elizabethan shipwreck fitting the size and description of this ship was found by Todd Stevens in St Marys Roadstead which could be the remains of this vessel- the Fly boat "Flying Joan".
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.
List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly; List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly (19th century) 0–9. 1979 Fastnet Race; A. HMS Association (1697) B. Bartholomew ...
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]
One of the club's first major projects, initiated by Larn's extensive research into the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, was to send a team of Royal Navy divers, based on board the minesweeper HM/XSV Puttenham, to the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall to find an historic fleet of sunken Royal Navy ships, led by HMS Association, a 90-gun ...
Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The third rate ship of the line was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all hands. HMS Firebrand: Royal Navy: Scilly naval disaster of 1707: The fireship struck the Outer Gilstone Rock and consequently foundered in Smith Soud, off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 28 of her 40 crew. HMS Romney ...
Topographic map of the seafloor between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, showing location of the Seven Stones Reef. The Seven Stones reef is a rocky reef nearly 15 miles (24 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall and 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the Isles of Scilly. The reef consists of two groups of rocks and is nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) long ...
The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired: For ships wrecked both before and after the 20th century see List of shipwrecks of Cornwall; For ships wrecked off the Isles of Scilly see List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly.