Azores's Shipwrecks
Archival Research by Paulo Monteiro
XVIIth century
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Identification |
Year |
Date of Loss |
Island |
Place of loss |
Name |
Type |
Observations |
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146 |
1600 |
? |
S. Jorge |
Bairro da Ribeira, east of Calheta |
? |
English Man'o war |
|
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336 |
1603 |
? |
S. Miguel |
|
Nuestra Señora de los Reyes |
Spanish Nao |
From Santo Domingo, Captain Luis de Acosta |
|
229 |
1605 |
15-Set |
Terceira |
Wrecked on sunken reef, Angra bay |
? |
Portugueses Nao |
Capt. Manuel Barreto Rolim |
|
834 |
1605 |
? |
S. Miguel |
? |
El Unicornio |
Spanish Ship |
|
|
230 |
1606 |
? |
Terceira |
? |
São Jacinto |
Portuguese Nao |
From India |
|
835 |
1606 |
? |
Santa Maria |
? |
La Gracia de Diós |
Spanih Nao |
From Mexico, Captain Alonso Valenzuela |
|
231 |
1608 |
? |
Terceira |
? |
? |
Spanish Nao |
Capitania of D. Juan de Salas Valdes |
|
147 |
1611 |
? |
S. Jorge |
? |
? |
Galleon |
Artilery salvaged |
|
41 |
1614 |
? |
Faial |
? |
? |
Portuguese Nao |
From India |
|
42 |
1615 |
07-Nov |
Faial |
Coast of Carrasca, Porto Pim |
Nª Senhora da Luz |
Portuguese Nao |
Capitana, with peper and Birmany treasure |
|
43 |
1615 |
09-Nov |
Faial |
Costa de Porto Pim |
? |
Portuguese Ship |
From St Tome |
|
337 |
1615 |
? |
S. Miguel |
? |
? |
Portuguese Nao |
|
|
232 |
1618 |
Terceira |
Terceira |
Angra bay |
São Jacinto |
Portuguese Nao |
Salvaged by the town people |
|
45 |
1625 |
? |
Faial |
? |
? |
Portuguese Nau |
Almiranta from Brazil, the crew was rescued |
|
148 |
1625 |
Out |
S. Jorge |
Run aground |
Sta. Anna Maior |
Portuguese Galleon |
From Bahia, Brazil |
|
836 |
1625 |
? |
Corvo |
? |
? |
Spanish Ship |
|
|
837 |
1633 |
? |
Santa Maria |
? |
San Antonio y Buena Esperanza |
Spanish Ship |
From Mexico, Captain Francisco de Goycoechea. |
|
459 |
1634 |
16-Mai |
S. Maria |
|
Santo António |
Portuguese Carvel |
From India |
|
233 |
1642 |
Abril |
Terceira |
Angra bay, near Dois Paus fortress |
? |
Portuguese ship |
Sunk by artillery fire and a storm |
|
234 |
1642 |
Out |
Terceira |
Run aground on São Mateus coast |
? |
Portuguese Nao |
Almiranta of the rebbels, 250 tons, Capt. Domingos Aguiar |
|
472 |
1644 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Portuguese Galleon |
Three wrecks from Brazil |
|
235 |
1649 |
12-Fev |
Terceira |
Angra bay |
? |
Portuguese Ships |
Four wrecks from Brazil |
|
475 |
1649 |
Nov |
? |
? |
|
Portuguese Frigate |
Sunk by a corsair |
|
239 |
1650 |
? |
Terceira |
On the coast |
Santo António |
Spanish Ship |
From S. Cristóvão, cargo was salvaged |
|
338 |
1651 |
03-Jan |
S. Miguel |
Ponta da Galé |
S. Pantalião |
Portuguese Galleon |
300 dead, 30 rescued |
|
47 |
1652 |
? |
Faial |
Run aground |
? |
? |
Ship of the Paladin Prince |
|
30 |
1654 |
Set |
Corvo |
High seas |
? |
Portuguese Ship |
With sugar |
|
240 |
1654 |
? |
Terceira |
Vila da Praia |
São Pedro Hamburgo |
Portuguese Galleon |
From Brazil, 600 tons |
|
124 |
1659 |
23-Fev |
Pico |
Porto da Vila da Madalena |
? |
Portuguese Ship |
Nine dead |
|
48 |
1660 |
? |
Faial |
? |
N. S da Boa Memória |
Portuguese Carvel |
From India |
|
241 |
1663 |
? |
Terceira |
Angra bay |
? |
Portuguese Ships |
Eleven ships from Brazil in a storm |
|
49 |
1673 |
01-Nov |
Faial |
Porto da Horta |
Elias |
English Ship |
London. Prize of the dutch fleet of Evertsen |
|
50 |
1673 |
01-Nov |
Faial |
Porto da Horta |
Pearl |
English Ship |
Bristol. Prize of the dutch fleet of Evertsen |
|
51 |
1673 |
01-Nov |
Faial |
Porto da Horta |
? |
Fishing Ketches |
Two wrecks from the dutch fleet of Evertsen |
|
252 |
1674 |
? |
Terceira |
? |
? |
Dutch ship |
50 cannons |
|
186 |
1680 |
Ago |
Graciosa |
? |
Le Saint Lucq |
French ship |
Lost in a storm |
|
53 |
1681 |
? |
Faial |
? |
? |
French Ship |
|
|
254 |
1690 |
26-Mar |
Terceira |
East of Porto Judeu |
? |
Carvel Nao |
To Cape Verde Islands with lime and bell, 22 deads |
|
187 |
1691 |
? |
Graciosa |
? |
? |
Patacho |
In a storm |
|
255 |
1694 |
? |
Terceira |
25 leagues east of the island |
La Cassandre |
French ship |
|
|
149 |
1695 |
15-Set |
S. Jorge |
Ponta do Topo |
? |
Portuguese Ship |
Run aground while trying to escape a morish ship |
|
54 |
1697 |
Nov |
Faial |
Western tip of the island |
La Ville de Bayonne |
French flute |
|
|
256 |
1697 |
Nov |
Terceira |
Angra bay |
? |
Portuguese Ships |
Four wrecks, with wheat, in a storm |
|
55 |
1698 |
13-Nov |
Faial |
Run aground |
? |
Ship |
Five wrecks, in a storm |
|
260 |
1698 |
Jun |
Terceira |
Angra bay |
St. François |
French Ship |
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