The 50 oldest shipwrecks

The 50 earliest-dated wrecks on this map, oldest first. Dates of ancient wrecks are often approximate (“c.”).

1. Dokos shipwreck c. 2150 BCshipwreck · off Greece
2. Nanhai One 1127heritage site · off China
3. HMS Vervain 1276corvette · off Ireland
4. St Anthony 1527off England
5. Mary Rose 1545naval vessel · off England
6. Mars 1564ship of the line · off Sweden
7. Girona 1588ship · off Northern Ireland
8. Nuestra Señora de Atocha 1622galleon · off United States
9. Tryall 1622sailing ship · off Australia
10. Vianen 1628sailing ship · off Indonesia
11. Blessing of Burntisland 1633ship · off Scotland
12. Vergulde Draeck 1656sailing ship · off Australia
13. Kennemerland 1664off Scotland
14. Wreck site of the Klein Hollandia 1672shipwreck · off England
15. Kronan 1676ship of the line · off Sweden
16. Johanna (East Indiaman) 1682East Indiaman · off South Africa
17. HMS Schiedam 1684fluyt · off England
18. HMS Anne 1690third-rate · off England
19. HMS Coronation 1691second-rate · off England
20. Beeswax wreck 1693occurrence · off United States
21. HMS Mary 1703third-rate · off England
22. HMS Northumberland 1703third-rate · off England
23. HMS Restoration 1703third-rate · off England
24. HMS Stirling Castle 1703third-rate · off England
25. HMS Association 1707second-rate · off England
26. San José 1708galleon · off Colombia
27. Dannebroge 1710ship of the line · off Denmark
28. Urca de Lima 1715archaeological site · United States
29. Queen Anne's Revenge 1718frigate · off United States
30. Brown's Ferry vessel 1730archaeological site · United States
31. San José y Las Animas 1733archaeological site · off United States
32. Rooswijk 1740ship · off England
33. HMS Wager 1741sixth-rate frigate · off Chile
34. Hollandia 1743ship · off England
35. HMS Victory 1744first-rate · off England
36. Amsterdam 1749cargo ship · off England
37. HMS Assurance 1753fifth-rate frigate · off England
38. HMS Invincible 1758third-rate · off England
39. Vrouw Maria 1771merchant vessel · off Finland
40. USS Philadelphia 1776shipwreck · United States
41. HMS Endeavour 1778survey vessel · off United States
42. HMS Liverpool 1778sixth-rate frigate · United States
43. HMS Somerset 1778third-rate · off United States
44. HMS Hussar 1780sixth-rate frigate · off United States
45. HMS Ontario 1780sixth-rate frigate · United States
46. HMS Culloden 1781third-rate · off United States
47. HMS Serapis 1781fifth-rate frigate · Madagascar
48. HMS Royal George 1782first-rate · off England
49. HMS Guardian 1790fifth-rate frigate · INDIAN OCEAN
50. HMS Pandora 1791post ship · off Australia