(first report) — Pwll Fanog (Wales): Wrecked in the Menai Strait, Gwynedd, Wales.
(1550) (1541–1550)
31 August — La Serena (
Spain): Sank in a storm following the Battle of Flores.
(1591) (1591–1600)
Unidentified vessel: A frigate was wrecked in Studland Bay, Dorset.
(1520) (1511–1520)
25 July — Capitana de la Saane (France): Lost during a battle off Corcubión, Cape Finisterre, Spain.
(1543) (1541–1550)
29 April — San Esteban ( Spain): Part of a treasure fleet en route for Havana, Cuba from Veracruz, Mexico, three galleons were wrecked in a storm off Padre Island, Texas.
(1554) (1551–1560)
8 June — São João (
Portugal): The galleon was wrecked during a storm near Port Edward, South Africa. Approximately 120 died in the wreck while the remaining 500 survivors had to march to the mouth of the Maputo River. Only twenty-five survived due to attacks from indigenous people, starvation and disease.
(1552) (1551–1560)
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The world’s oceans and coastlines are littered with thousands of shipwrecks spanning thousands of years of history. By some estimates, less than one percent of wrecks have been found, and only a fraction have been explored or excavated. Some 171 ships recorded in this random tool went down in the 16th century, the largest shipwreck in history and the largest shipwreck in the world.
Some of the ships sank because of their own material problems, some because of human problems caused by the tragedy of the sinking on different scales. Even the British-built ships, the masters of the sea at the time, though they were the fastest and most well-equipped, did not escape the tragedy of the sinking. Details of the 16th-century shipwreck, the main cause of the wreck, the ship’s builder and country of construction, and subsequent salvage information are all preserved in the generator, which can be viewed by interested parties.
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