Wrangles Palais
Location: off the Out Skerries islands, Shetland
This is probably the wreck of a Danish warship that ran aground and sank in 1687 when chasing pirates in thick fog.
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Dartmouth
Location: Sound of Mull
Built in 1655, the Dartmouth was a small frigate. It was wrecked in October 1690, in the Sound of Mull, when she broke anchor during a storm and ran aground.
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Swan
Location: off Duart Point, Sound of Mull
It was originally build for Charles I in 1641 and so served the first part of the English Civil War carrying messages for royalist troops. However, when the money ran out, she swapped sides. In 1653, she was lost in the Sound of Mull, transporting troops for Oliver Cromwell.
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La Trinidad Valencera
Location: Kinnigoe Bay, north coast of Ireland
She was part of Philip II of Spain's Armada which was sent against England in 1588. After the Armada was scattered by English forces, the remaining Spanish ships were blown into the North Sea. Some of the Armada ships, including 'La Trinidad Valencera', were wrecked off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, on their journey home.
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Girona
Location: off Lacada Point, north coast of Ireland
A Neapolitan galleass which was part of the Spanish Armada fleet, sent against England in 1588. She was wrecked in October 1588 due to the very severe storms that destroyed a number of Armada ships as they attempted to return to Spain.
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Mary
Location: off The Skerries, off Anglesey, North Wales
Presented by the city of Amsterdam to Charles II on his restoration to the throne in 1660, she served a year as the first royal yacht before being transferred to the Navy. She was wrecked in March 1675.
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Resurgam
Location: off Rhyl, North Wales
The world's first mechanically propelled submarine which was built in Birkenhead in 1879. She was on her way to Portsmouth in February 1880 for Admiralty evaluation when she was lost off Rhyl. She was under tow in deteriorating weather when the tow parted and the submarine sank.
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Iona II
Location: off Lundy Island, Devon
She was built as a fast ferry for the Clyde in 1863 and could reach speeds of 24 knots. She was lost in 1864 on her first trans-Atlantic voyage after being bought by an American. There were rumours that she was to be used for gun running for the Confederate Forces during the American Civil War. There is still a mystery surrounding the cargo that she was carrying when she sank.
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Hanover
Location: off Cligga Head, near Perranporth, Cornwall
The Hanover, built in 1757, was a brigantine of the Falmouth Packet Company. She was en-route from Falmouth in Cornwall to Lisbon in Portugal carrying a large amount of gold and valuables. She was wrecked in a gale in December 1763, when she was driven ashore. Only 3 people survived from the passengers and crew of 67. The cove, where she was wrecked, is now known as Hanover cove.
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Royal Anne
Location: off Stag Rocks, the Lizard, Cornwall
Launched in 1709, this was the last oared fighting ship that was built for the Royal Navy. In 1721, when she was on her way to the West Indies, bad weather forced her to return to the safety of Falmouth. However, she was wrecked on the Stag Rocks.
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Mary Rose
Location: off Spithead, Portsmouth
The flagship of Henry VIII's navy, she was built between 1509 and 1511. In July 1545, she sailed from Portsmouth to join an engagement with the French fleet, but sank with the loss of hundreds of men. The hull has now been recovered from the seabed by the Mary Rose Trust and is on display in Portsmouth.
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Amsterdam
Location: off Hastings, Sussex
A Dutch East Indiaman that was built in 1748 but ran aground in January the next year. She was on her maiden voyage to Indonesia but sank, shortly after leaving Texel, in the Netherlands.
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