HMS Royal Anne Galley
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Royal Anne Galley | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | fifth-rate frigate | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | English Channel | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | official dataset |
| Position | 49.9579, -5.2165 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
| Protected Wreck | List entry 1000068 | Historic England |
| Designated | 1993-10-18 | Historic England |
| Restricted area | 12.56 ha | Historic England |
| Grid reference | SW 69392 11383 | Historic England |
About the wreck
HMS Royal Anne Galley was a 42-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She ran aground and was wrecked during a gale off Lizard Point, Cornwall, while she was travelling to the West Indies. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Diving & visiting
This is a designated Protected Wreck under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Under the Act, diving on or otherwise interfering with the wreck inside its restricted area requires a licence; see the Historic England list entry for details.
The wreck of the ship lies at (49°55′N 5°12′W) and was found near Lizard Point by a local diver, Robert Sherratt in 1991. Artefacts that were raised include cutlery bearing Lord Belhaven's family crest.
Location
- Recorded position: 49.9579, -5.2165 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: English Channel
- Nearest coast: England
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Royal Anne Galley (revision 1375272532), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Protected Wreck data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby wrecks
- Rill Cove Wreck 3 km
- U-1018 1945 · 9 km
- HMS Schiedam 1684 · 10 km
- U-399 1945 · 11 km
- HMS Loch Fada 12 km
- St Anthony 1527 · 12 km
Browse more: UK & Ireland wrecks · wrecks off England · English Channel