List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

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Map of the Isles of Scilly

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.

Contents

Before 1601

1305

1555

1597

1601–1700

1616 or 1617

1617

1636

1641

1645

1651

1665

1667

1668

1670

1680

1681

1686

1701–1800

unknown year

1707

The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 HMS Association (1697) (cropped).jpg
The Scilly naval disaster of 1707

1720

1727

1730

1733

1736

1737

1738

1739

1742

1743

1748

1750

1752

1753

1758

1759

1760

1762

1764

1767

1771

1773

1774

1776

1780

1781

1782

1783

1784

1786

1788

1789

1790

1791

1797

1798

1801–1900

1901–1914

Figurehead of the Falkland in Tresco Abbey Gardens National Maritime Museum, FHD0026 - Figurehead of the Falkland (1889).jpg
Figurehead of the Falkland in Tresco Abbey Gardens
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. StateLibQld 1 172555 Thomas W. Lawson (ship).jpg
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

1902

1903

1904

1906

1907

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

World War I

1915

1916

1917

1918

1918–1939

1920

1921

1925

1927

1938

World War II

1939

1944

1945

1946–2000

1949

1951

1955

1961

1967

1970

1976

1977

1979

1997

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MV Cita

See also

References

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