List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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.

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Scilly Isles: map by John Bartholomew

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Before 1601

1305

  • an unnamed sailing vessel wrecked on Tresco. The Coroner, William le Poer, on the island to take charge of the salvaged cargo, was ″seized by the mob″ led by Randulph de Blancminster, Lord of the Manor, and imprisoned until he was able to purchase his freedom.[1]

1555

  • unidentified Spanish or Spanish–Netherlands vessel on Bartholomew Ledge. The oldest wreck site in the Isles of Scilly protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.[1]

1597

  • February – the Spanish Fleet of Indies galleon San Bartolomé (File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain) was lost within the Isles of Scilly. She was carrying lead ingots and fragments of bronze bells.[2] (Note: may refer to 1555 wreck above.)

1601–1700

1616 or 1617

  • a ship (File:Flag of England.svg 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".Template:Fact

1617

1636

1641

1645

  • July – the Royalist vessel John ran ashore after a skirmish with three Parliamentary ships.[1] She was the flagship of the pirate John Mucknell. For more information about this wreck Read the book 'Pirate John Mucknell' by Todd Stevens.

1651

  • Two unidentified Royalist frigates anchored under Hugh Hill (now the Garrison) and blockading St Mary's was driven ashore in a storm and thought to be total wrecks (not confirmed by research).[1]

1665

1667

  • 22 December (first report) – three ships lost near Scilly.[1]
  • (first report) – unidentified vessel (File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain) wrecked at an unknown location. A passenger complained that he was left on a rock for one or two days while the cargo was salvaged, saying "Valuing the goods more than my life".[1]

1668

1670

  • 21 August (first report) – "A great ship has been lost about the Scillies, the afterpart of a wreck has been found."[1]

1680

  • 11 January – East India Company ship Phoenix carrying white pepper and cloth wrecked on the Western Rocks. Much of the cargo was salvaged and sold on Scilly to Thomas Abney who paid £202 8s 1d for 269 pieces of Peerlongs.[5]

1681

  • December – A cargo vessel (Template:Country data Kingdom of England) wrecked off St Agnes. The lighthouse keeper on St Agnes was found guilty of negligence for being inattentive to the light and for plundering some of the cargo.[6]

1686

  • February – Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ship, Prinses Maria sank in shallow water near Silver Carn, north of Santaspery Neck within the Western Rocks. 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.[5]

1701–1800

unknown year

  • a French seventy–four gun ship was wrecked on the Western Rocks whilst making an attempt to invade the islands, an accompanying frigate managed to evade the rocks and return to France.[7]

1707

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The Scilly naval disaster of 1707

1720

  • a Dutch ship lost on Great Wingletang Rock, St Agnes along with her cargo and crew.[9][10]

1727

  • William and Mary from Jamaica[11]

1730

  • a ship carrying wine from the Canary Islands was wrecked on or near Rosevean. The master and a crewman were lashed to a rock for three days before rescue.[5]

1733

  • unknown ship carrying mahogany from the Bay of Honduras to London went ashore on Melledgan. Only the captain and one crew managed to get away on a raft and drifted to Kitten Rock, north of Gugh where they were picked up days later.[5]

1736

  • 9 October – The Triumph from Jamaica carrying 500 hogshead of sugar and a large quantity of rum.[12]

1737

  • a Dutch ship was wrecked in Wingletang Bay, St Agnes in a south-east gale. The master and one of the crew were lost.[13]

1738

1739

1742

  • 9 March – Nancy carrying Bristol compound spirits, hemp, iron and gunpowder caught fire and blew up in New Grimsby. There was damage to several ships in the vicinity.[5]

1743

1748

1750

  • unknown date – a large unidentified sailing vessel lost in the Gilstone area.[5]

1752

  • a Dutchman carrying cotton from Smyrna wrecked on Rosevean. There were no survivors.[5]

1753

  • 20 May – the Johanna stranded at Little Smith, St Agnes; accounts differ as to year of loss and voyage details. Either registered at (or left) Topsham for Swansea[18] or from the Isle of Wight for Liverpool.[5] or en route from South Shields to Liverpool.[18]

1758

  • 30 December – the Furnace bound for Gosport with a cargo of brandy, oil, prunes, rosin and pewter wrecked on Broad Ledge near Guther's Island. Most of her cargo was saved by locals and Custom officers.[5][19]

1759

  • January – while bound for Barcelona from London and Falmouth the Vincento Farea was lost at Scilly.[20]
  • 23 February – schooner Anna Adriana wrecked at Scilly with the loss of her crew and cargo.[20]

1760

  • a ″Dutchman″ was lost on the rock Biggal of Melledgan. She was carrying wine and paper.[5]

1762

  • a French vessel was wrecked on Rosevean; six of the eighteen crew survived by clinging to floating timbers.[5]

1764

  • a Dutch galliot carrying wine and brandy from Bordeaux to Hamburg wrecked on the Lethegus Ledge, St Agnes. Accounts vary from no lives lost to three lives lost.[21][22]
  • a vessel with coal for the beacon (St Agnes lighthouse) was wrecked on Burnt Island, St Agnes.[17]

1767

  • 11 January – Seahorse of Newcastle, John James, Master, bound from Cadiz to London, laden with currants, cream of tartar, Spanish wool and fustick, was wrecked near Old Grimsby[23]

1771

  • an unidentified ship lost with all hands on Gugh (probably on the Cuckolds Ledge).[10]

1773

  • 25 September – snow Duke of Cumberland from Boston, Massachusetts carrying oil, lumber, deal and other timber to London wrecked north-east of St Helen's.[5]

1774

1776

  • A galliot was driven ashore while on a journey from Bordeaux to Hamburg with a cargo of coffee, sugar, indigo and wine, which was salvaged and put under lock and key. They were consequently stolen by a number of men. A Custom House boatman was sentenced to transportation for seven years and two women were acquitted.[24]

1780

1781

  • 3 March – brig Endeavour (Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain) of Liverpool was beached and lost along with her cargo of herrings, coal, rum and brandy. She was bound for Portsmouth from her home port.[5]
  • an unidentified Venetian ship was wrecked on Crebawethan. She was out of Marseille carrying Castille soap, wine almonds and oil for London. Eleven of her crew escaped the wreck by holding on to a mast which carried them to New Grimsby on Tresco.[5]

1782

  • 2 February – a British cargo ship the Lady Johanna (Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain) wrecked at Little Smith, St Agnes. The cargo of cotton and rum was salvaged and taken to Plymouth whilst the wreck was sold and broken up.[25] Note: this is a different ship to the wreck on Little Smith in 1753.[5]
  • 14 July – cargo ship the Madonna de Carmine (File:Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice) hit the Golden Ball Bar, west of St Helen's. Bound from Rotterdam to Smyrna with cloth, the crew sold some of the cargo in order to pay for their passage to Falmouth. No lives lost. A scheduled monument and also referred to as Madonna de Carminic.[5][26]
  • an unidentified Venetian ship was wrecked on Crebawethan. She was out of Marseille carrying Castille soap, wine almonds and oil for London. Eleven of her crew escaped the wreck by holding on to a mast which carried them to New Grimsby on Tresco.[5]

1783

  • 24 January – brig Oldenburger carrying a general cargo from St Vincent to Ostend went ashore on Tresco in New Grimsby harbour.[5]
  • 31 July – Agnetta wrecked.[5]
  • 4 September – the Financier bound for London from Charlestown, Carolina with tobacco, rice and indigo hit rocks near Annet and sank.[5] In the same hour the Nancy (see 1784 for a different ship) carrying sugar and rum from Jamaica was wrecked near St Agnes with no loss of life. A third, unnamed, ship was also believed to have been lost with all hands.[27][28]
  • 25 November – while bound for Liverpool from Viborg with deals the Sophia (Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain) of London stranded and sank.[5]

1784

  • 26 February – a New York transport vessel wrecked on the back of Bryher.[5]
  • 26 February – the packet ship Nancy, carrying actress Ann Cargill and her young child, struck the Gilstone in the Western Rocks and sank in deeper water near Rosevear Ledges. Some of the crew and passengers took to a small boat which was dashed on Rosevear killing all aboard. In total 36 crew, 12 passengers, and 1 prisoner drowned. For lots more information on this wreck read book 'Ghosts of Rosevear' by Ed Cumming & Todd Stevens.[29][30][31]
  • 31 December – the Aurora struck a sunken rock off Land's End and made it to the Isles of Scilly finally sinking in St Helen's Gap. Cargo salvaged and she was refloated.[32]

1786

1788

1789

  • 24 March – Ann wrecked.[5]

1790

  • 5 June – brigantine Eagle of Charlestown carrying tobacco, rice and staves went ashore near St Agnes.[5]
  • 8 July – the 28-gun, sixth rate, HMS Pegasus (Template:Flagicon Royal Navy) ) went ashore on Annet and refloated on the flood tide undamaged.[5]
  • 20 April – the Elizabeth of London (Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain) with a cargo of salt from Alicante wrecked under Tinklers Hill, St Martin's.[19] She was originally seen with a broken mainmast, smashed decking and rigging trailing astern and encircled the islands three times before beaching herself.[5]

1791

  • April – Scilly pilot boat sunk off Old Town Bay with the loss of eleven men.[38]

1797

  • 10 January – Albion wrecked.[5]
  • September – The Lethe wrecked on Scilly Rocks.[20]

1798

  • 10 December – HMS Colossus, (Template:Flagicon Royal Navy) British naval vessel wrecked off Samson in St Mary's Roads. One sailor drowned.[39] For more information on this wreck read 'Wreck of Colossus' by Todd Stevens who discovered the stern of this wreck in St Marys Roadstead.Template:Fact

1801–1900

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1901–1914

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Figurehead of the Falkland in Tresco Abbey Gardens
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The schooner Thomas W. Lawson, world's only seven-masted ship and largest pure sailing vessel (without an auxiliary engine) ever built. Destroyed off the uninhabited island of Annet in a storm on 14 December 1907.

1901

  • 22 June – four masted barque Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Template:Flagcountry) of Liverpool struck the Crebinacks and drifted onto the Bishop's Rock where she foundered with several of the crew drowning. Two passengers and twenty-one of the crew made it on to the ship's boat which was piloted to St Mary's by the St Agnes lifeboat.[5][40][41]

1902

1903

  • 17 June – Newcastle steamer Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Template:Flagcountry) bound for Bastia from Liverpool was rammed in dense fog by Norwegian barque Magdelen 30 miles SSW. She lost her mizzen mast and was towed to Penzance by steam trawler Buckhound.[42]
  • 20 September – barque Queen Mab (Template:Flagcountry) of Glasgow was 105 days out of Punta Arenas when she struck the Spanish Ledges. She was bound for Falmouth, with fustic log-wood and had passed the Wolf Rock on the 18th but was forced back by a strong, easterly gale. She was holed as she sailed over the Spanish Ledges and was then piloted by the St Agnes gig O & M to anchorage off the southern tip of Samson. Found to be taking in water, and under tow by the island's packet steamer Lyonesse, she was escorted to harbour with the assistance of the St Mary's and the St Agnes (James and Caroline) lifeboats. Thirteen local men manned the pumps for over five hours, and she made it to Hugh Town where she grounded at the harbour entrance. She was salvaged and left, on tow, for Falmouth and Le Havre on 7 October.[5][10][40]
  • 17 October – while entering Crow Sound on a journey from Glasgow to Nova Scotia with a general cargo, the Kilkeel hit the Hats. She was later refloated.[5]

1904

1906

  • 3 June – steam-trawler Magdalene (File:Flag of France.svg France) of Boulogne, despite passing on the wrong side of the buoy while entering St Mary's Roads to seek medical assistance for an injured member of crew, managed to miss the Bartholmew Ledges. When leaving for sea the following day she again took the wrong route and this time struck the Ledges and sank two hours later.[10]
  • 5 June – steam-trawler General Roberts (Template:Flagcountry) of Hull sank after taking on water in the fishing grounds north of St Martin. Her crew abandoned ship in the punt and rowed towards Round Island.[5]
  • 22 July – 2126 ton King Line steamer Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Template:Flagcountry) bound for Naples with a cargo of coal from Barry, was lost on the Hard Lewis rocks to the east of St Martin's.[5][16][40]
  • 21 August – steam-trawler Grassholm damaged her bows on Great Minalto while trying to make anchorage during thick fog. She was on passage to Cardiff with fish. St Mary's Lifeboat Henry Dundas towed her to harbour.[5]

1907

  • 14 December – Thomas W. Lawson (File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States), the world's only seven-masted schooner going as bulk oil carrier in charter for the Anglo-American Oil Co. Bound for London from Philadelphia the huge schooner was caught in a northwest gale off the Isles of Scilly on 13 December 1907. The captain and engineer were found the following day on South Carn in the Hellweather Rocks by a gig's crew which included the son of the pilot who was out searching for his father.[40][43]

1909

  • 14 August – the Plympton struck the Lethegus' Ledge off St Agnes in thick fog. All the crew were saved but a man and boy from Hugh Town were lost when the boat went down without warning as they were unloading the cargo of grain which she was carrying from Villa Constitution to Dublin via Falmouth.[16][43]

1910

  • 18 April – SS Minnehaha, first-class liner hit Scilly Rock off Bryher in dense fog. Later refloated with no loss of life.[40]

1911

  • 8 January – Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Template:Flagcountry) off the Gunners, abandoned by the crew and foundered about three o'clock in the afternoon in the North West Channel.[40][44]
  • 13 January – Georges of Auray was found, by the St Mary's lifeboat Henry Dundas on the 12th, at anchor near St Agnes with a light burning but no one on board. Out from Swansea for Trinite with 170 tons of coal she lost her sails in a gale and started to leak. Her crew abandoned and landed safely on St Agnes and she sank the next morning.[5]
  • 26 March – steamship Setiembre (File:Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg Spain) struck The Hats in Crow Sound and sank. She was a total loss despite her crew dumping her cargo of iron-ore overboard in an attempt to refloat her. Her boiler can still be seen above low water.[5]

1912

  • 8 December – steamer Antonios (File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece) lost on Old Bess with the loss of her crew. The wreck went unnoticed for three days until wreckage and thousands of oranges were washed up on St Agnes.[5]

1913

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1914

  • 23 June – Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". struck the Crim with a ″consignment of Belgium undesirables″ deported from the USA. The passengers were landed on St Mary's and later taken to Cornwall on the Lyonesse. The Gothland was refloated.[40]

World War I

1915

1916

1917

  • 11 May – two ships were wrecked on the same day during heavy fog, the SS Italia (File:Civil Ensign of Italy.svg Italy), a steam collier was wrecked on the Great Wingletang Rock off St Agnes, and the SS Lady Charlotte, another collier, was lost, shortly before, at Porth Hellick on St Mary's. The Italia was carrying coal from Cardiff to Taranto and went aground at 15:30 and quickly sank. The only witness, a St Agnes girl was not believed and the wreckage that washed up was believed to belong to the Lady Charlotte. When the crew of the Italia reached St Mary's it was assumed that she had been torpedoed somewhere off the islands, as none of the crew could speak English. The Wingletang wreck was finally identified in 1964 when her serial number was found on the ship's patent log.[10]
  • 5 October – schooner Annie F. Conlon (File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States) was badly damaged by gunfire from a German submarine, and was towed to Crow Sound, where she began to break up. Her cargo of 455 casks of oil made £1,406 9s for her owners Marine Transport of Mobile, Alabama.[5]
  • 6 December – USS Jacob Jones (Template:Navy/core), American destroyer was hit in the stern by a torpedo while on convoy duty. She exploded killing her crew and sank within eight minutes 25 miles SE of the Bishop Rock.[5]

1918

1918–1939

1920

1921

1925

1927

1938

  • 12 September – Pasteur (File:Flag of France.svg France), a fishing vessel from Camaret stranded on Hanjaque. She was a regular visitor to Scillonian and Cornish waters fishing for crayfish.[49] She was refloated on the next high tide.[5]

World War II

1939

1944

1945

1946–2000

1949

  • 6 October – the 6,300 ton Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (or Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".) (File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) of the Elder Dempster Line, en route from West Africa to Liverpool via Amsterdam and carrying a cargo of hardwood, palm kernels, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, cotton, coffee beans and copal struck the Seven Stones reef in dense fog. The 53 crew and passengers managed to launch the ship's two lifeboats and many of the mahogany logs were salvaged by local boatman.[17][55]

1951

  • 10 September – the Isles of Scilly packet steamer SS Scillonian (File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) ran ashore on the Wingletang Rock in fog. She was later refloated and continued in service.[56] The 54 passengers were taken to Hugh Town by the company launch Kittern which went ashore on Rat Island damaging her rudder before finally making it to harbour.[10]

1955

  • 21 January – Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama) a former liberty ship, previously known as Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., drifted onto Golden Ball bar 0.5 miles west of St Helens when her engines failed. She was en route from Hampton Roads to Rotterdam with 9,000 tons of coal. The captain was initially reluctant to leave his ship and twenty-five crew were saved by the St Mary's lifeboat Cunard. A scheduled monument.[57]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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1961

1967

  • 18 March - oil tanker Torrey Canyon struck Pollard's Rock on Seven Stones reef, 7 mi (11 km) east-northeast (ENE) of Scilly, causing an environmental disaster and the largest oil spill in UK waters to date.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

1970

  • 25 February – channel trawler Jean Gougy (File:Flag of France.svg France) was lost on the Western Rocks. The exact location is unknown, but wreckage and a body were washed up on Tresco. The other thirteen crew were never found.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • 15 April – the MV Poleire (File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus) transporting zinc ore to Poland was wrecked on the Little Kettle Rock north of Tresco, and rapidly sank.[5]

1976

1977

  • 13 February – St Malo trawler Enfant de Bretagne (File:Flag of France.svg France) was lost on Pednathise, within the Western Rocks at night. The lifeboat came within hearing distance of the crew, but all drowned in the heavy seas before they could be brought aboard.[5]

1979

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1997

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MV Cita
  • 26 March – Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda), German-owned cargo ship wrecked at Newfoundland Point, St Mary's. She was en route to Ireland and on automatic pilot whilst the crew slept. The St Mary's lifeboat took all nine Polish crew ashore.[16][58]

See also

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Further reading

  • Arlott, John (1972) Island Camera: the Isles of Scilly in the photography of the Gibson family; in collaboration with Rex Cowan and Frank Gibson. Newton Abbot: David & Charles Template:ISBN
  • Du Boulay, Juliet (1959) "Wrecks of the Isles of Scilly", in The Mariner's Mirror; 1959
  • Larn, Richard & Carter, Clive (1969) Cornish Shipwrecks. 3 vols. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969–71
  • Noall, Cyril (1968) Cornish Lights and Shipwrecks. Truro: D. Bradford Barton
  • Scilly Museum Shipwrecks Around the Isles of Scilly.
  • Vivian, John (1969) Tales of the Cornish Wreckers. Truro: Tor Mark Press
  • Cumming, Ed (2010) Shipwreck & Ship Incidents. www.scillypedia.co.uk
  • Larn, Richard & Carter, Clive (1993) Shipwrecks of the Scilly Isles. Shipwreck & Marine. Template:ISBN.
  • Fowles, John (1974) Shipwreck; photography by the Gibsons of Scilly. London: Jonathan Cape Template:ISBN
  • See further literature and details: ScillyMaritime.co.ukShipwrecks UK

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