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HMS INVINCIBLE

HMS Invincible, the vessel lost in 1758. Historical drawing by John Hood, dated 1747 in the museum catalogue; not a photograph.
HMS Invincible, the vessel lost in 1758. Historical drawing by John Hood, dated 1747 in the museum catalogue; not a photograph.
John Hood; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (PAD8491), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain. Image source and rights

Identity and rights checked 2026-09-10. Identity checked against Royal Museums Greenwich: Invincible (1744), lost in February 1758. Commons public-domain status checked. Supporting collection record

Remains of the wreck of a British Third Rate ship of the line · Source-reported sinking date: 1758

The ship lies on her seaboard side which is intact although appears to have brocken her back. The remains are extensive and generally protrude less than 1 meter above the seabed.

Sank in 1758, when it was driven into a sandbank and in deteriorating weather, she rolled over onto her beam-ends and was completely wrecked. Discovered by a local fisherman.

Protection: Protected wreck. Position: Polygon centroid.

Depth notes: 6-7.

Source: Historic England; reference 1000052; source update 2025.

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7,073 of 7,073 heritage records · 3 with verified images

United Kingdom · Submarine

HMS/m A1

Source-reported sinking: 1911 · Historic England

HMS A1 in 1906, before her final sinking as a target in 1911.
HMS A1 in 1906, before her final sinking as a target in 1911.
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United Kingdom · Remains of an English transport vessel (originally Dutch fluit in the Dutch East India service)

SCHIEDAM

Source-reported sinking: 1684 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an American paddle steamer wreck

IONA II

Source-reported sinking: 1864 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of the wreck of a British Third Rate ship of the line

HMS INVINCIBLE

Source-reported sinking: 1758 · Historic England

HMS Invincible, the vessel lost in 1758. Historical drawing by John Hood, dated 1747 in the museum catalogue; not a photograph.
HMS Invincible, the vessel lost in 1758. Historical drawing by John Hood, dated 1747 in the museum catalogue; not a photograph.
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United Kingdom · Extraordinary preservation state. The surviving length of the ship is 44 meters.

AMSTERDAM

Source-reported sinking: 1749 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an English Third Rate Ship of the Line

STIRLING CASTLE

Source-reported sinking: 1703 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a wooden warship

RESTORATION

Source-reported sinking: 1703 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an English Third Rate Ship of the Line

NORTHUMBERLAND

Source-reported sinking: 1703 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an English Third Rate ship of the line

ANNE

Source-reported sinking: 1690 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an English carrack 'Grece Dieu' and of the wreck of the Holigost

GRACE DIEU and the possible site of the HOLIGOST

Source-reported sinking: 1439 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of an English East Indiaman

ADMIRAL GARDNER

Source-reported sinking: 1809 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · The Tearing Ledge may be the remains of one of a number of ships: the 50-gun fifth-rate Romney and the 70-gun third-rate Eagle.

TEARING LEDGE

Source-reported sinking: 1707 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Early sixteenth-century vessel

CATTEWATER

Source-reported sinking: 1530 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a mid-sixteenth to early-seventeenth century armed cargo vessel

BARTHOLOMEW LEDGES

Source-reported sinking: 1597 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a Portuguese carrack

ST ANTHONY

Source-reported sinking: 1527 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a British galley

ROYAL ANNE

Source-reported sinking: 1721 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of the offshore section of an English Second Rate warship

CORONATION OFFSHORE

Source-reported sinking: 1691 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of the inshore section of an English Second Rate warship

CORONATION INSHORE

Source-reported sinking: 1691 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a Dutch armed cargo vessel

DUNWICH BANK

Source-reported sinking: 1672 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Mid-seventeenth century wreck site

SALCOMBE CANNON SITE

Source-reported sinking: 1640 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of the Henry VIII's flagship

MARY ROSE

Source-reported sinking: 1545 · Historic England

Mary Rose depicted in the Anthony Roll, circa 1546. Period illustration, not a photograph.
Mary Rose depicted in the Anthony Roll, circa 1546. Period illustration, not a photograph.
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United Kingdom · Remains of a seventeenth-century armed cargo vessel

LOE BAR WRECK

Source-reported sinking: 1684 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a British 74-gun Third Rate Ship of the Line bound from Naples to Portsmouth

HMS Colossus

Source-reported sinking: 1798 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a late 18th-century French/American ship

FILEY BAY WRECK

Source-reported sinking: 1779 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Experimental submarine

HOLLAND NO. 5

Source-reported sinking: 1912 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a Dutch East Indiaman

The Rooswijk

Source-reported sinking: 1739 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of tow wrecks: The Assurance: a 44-gun fifth frigate and HMS Pomone: a 38-gun fifth rate

THE NEEDLES SITE

Source-reported sinking: 1753 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a second Rate 'Large Ship'

LONDON

Source-reported sinking: 1665 · Historic England

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Ireland · Steamship

County of Lancaster (SS)

Source-reported sinking: 1901 · GSI_326

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United Kingdom · Remainsof a British Second Rate Ship of the Line

Association

Source-reported sinking: 1967 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Submarine

HM submarine A3

Source-reported sinking: 1912 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Submarine of the German Imperial Navy

SM U-8

Source-reported sinking: 1915 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a trawler requisitioned by the Royal Navy

Wreck of HMT Arfon

Source-reported sinking: 1917 · Historic England

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United Kingdom · Remains of a coastal minelaying submarine

SM UC-70

Source-reported sinking: 1918 · Historic England

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Ireland · Schooner

Margaret & Ann

Source-reported sinking: 1888 · National Monuments Service

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Ireland · Barque

Bell Hill

Source-reported sinking: 1875 · National Monuments Service

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Ireland · Clipper

Tayleur

Source-reported sinking: 1854 · National Monuments Service

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Ireland · Wreck record

Unknown

Source-reported sinking: 1853 · Fraser 1853 (1866), Admiralty Chart 2831

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