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List of shipwrecks in the 15th century

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The list of shipwrecks in the 15th century includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost between (and including) the years 1401 to 1500.

1401–1410

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1405
1406
  • Sancta Maria et Sanctus Nicholaus (Catalonia): A carrack was stranded near Portsmouth during a storm. She was broken up and her cargo of spices, alum, wine, fruit, grain and other goods stolen by local people.[1]
1408

1411–1420

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1412

4 February (first report) — Unknown (England Kingdom of England): Henry V's carrack carrying wine from Aquitaine was wrecked on or near the Isle of Wight during a storm, which may be the same storm as the following vessel at Southampton.[3]

12 February (first report) — Unknown (Genoa): Wrecked in a storm when departing Southampton. Sometimes recorded as Stephanus Columbilus which may be a version of the masters name.[4]

1413
1416
  • August or September — Unidentified: An Italian or French carrack foundered off Southampton with eight hundred troops on board.[8]
1419

1421–1430

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1425
  • (first report) — Mochechawde (Spain): Enquiry held at Poole, Dorset after a ship registered in Gijón, and carrying a cargo of wine, was wrecked near Swanage.[10]
1428
  • 12 December (first report) — Seintmarie de Portaferro (Portugal): The Lisbon ship was captured by English pirates and wrecked near Southampton. Her goods owned by Afonso Rico and other merchants were plundered. Also recorded as Santa Maria de Portaferro.[11]
1430
  • 1 March (first report) — Unidentified (Genoa): Enquiry by Thomas Arundell and James Chiddelegh into the plunder of a carrack, owned by merchants of Genoa who lived in England, when it was lost near the sound (portus) of Plymouth.[12]
Unknown date

1431–1440

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1435
1439

1461–1470

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1468

1471–1480

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1478
1480
  • December — Unnamed: Four ships carrying almost 1,000 tons of wine lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall.[21]

1481–1490

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1483
1484
  • 15 October — many ships in Kingrode sank in a storm described as the "greatest wind that ever was heard of, which caused a great flood in most part of the land from Bristol to the Mownt and many other places".
  • 15 October — Anthony ( Kingdom of England): Wrecked (set alond) at Holow Backes (or bakkes), Bristol.[23]
  • 15 October — Unidentified (Bilbao): Wrecked (set alond) at Holow Backes (or bakkes), Bristol.[24]
1488
  • (first report) — Anthony or Anthony Margaret ( Kingdom of England: A great ship lost in Hungrode, her home port of Bristol, by default of the master, or lost at Kingrode by default of the master.[25][26] See 1484 above.

1491–1500

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1492
1495
1499
1500

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Sancta Maria et Sanctus Nicholaus (=1450959)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ De Maisonneuve, Bernard. "SV Corentin (+1408)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1450760". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1456130". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Part 5 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
  6. ^ D'Alton, John (September 13, 1861). "Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List, 1689: 2d Ed.--enl". J.R. Smith – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Chambers, Anne (October 26, 2018). Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530–1603 with a foreword by Mary McAleese. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717151745 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1456151". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Agase (1494833)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b c Larn, Richard and Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN 0-900528-88-5.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Seintmarie de Portaferro (1446505)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1450963". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1451092". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1451094". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Grace Dieu 1420". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Raphael (907783)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  17. ^ Shuttleworth, Peter (27 January 2020). "Newport Ship could be Wales' answer to the Mary Rose". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Treasure-Filled Wreck Found in Finland". Discovery News. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  19. ^ Historic England. "La Kateryne (919993)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  20. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1527009". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1109293". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  22. ^ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. p. 31. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Anthony (1433268)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  24. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1433270". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  25. ^ Historic England. "Anthony (1433277)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  26. ^ "Chancery petition: Weston vs Smith". University of Bristol. 1490. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  27. ^ Murphy, Patrick J.; Coye, Ray W. (2013). Mutiny and Its Bounty: Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300170283.
  28. ^ Fisher, David E. (1994), The scariest place on earth: eye to eye with hurricanes, New York: Random House, pp. 250, ISBN 9780679427759
  29. ^ Warming, Rolf. "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  30. ^ Avec43. "SV São Rafael (+1499)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 4 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Robinson, Conway (1848). An Account of Discoveries in the West until 1519, and of Voyages to and along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from 1520 to 1573. Richmond: Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society. p. 105. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  32. ^ Lettens, Jan. "Gull Rock wreck [+1500]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  33. ^ Historic England. "Gull Rock (1000053)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2014.