List of shipwrecks before Anno Domini

The list of shipwrecks before Anno Domini includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost before the year AD 1 of the Gregorian calendar.

Before 20th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
3455 BCE — 3400 BCE Swifterbant Bergschenhoek Shipwreck Logboat Bergschenhoek, Netherlands
2700–2200 BC Argolid Dokos shipwreck Small merchant vessel Coast of southern Greece near the island of Dokos [1]

20th–10th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
1410 BC Danish Svælget 2 Shipwreck Cog Sound, Denmark Protected by law
c. 1300 BC Canaanite Canaanite shipwreck merchant vessel 90 kilometres (56 mi) off Israel in the Mediterranean Sea Wreck is located at a depth of 1,800 metres (5,900 ft).[2]
1300 BC Canaan Uluburun shipwreck Deep-sea merchant vessel Southeast of Kaş, Turkey
1200 BC Canaan Cape Gelidonya shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Cape Gelidonya
1200–1000 BC Istrian Zambratija shipwreck Sewn boat Bay of Zambratija near Umag

7th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
unknown Phoenician Gozo Phoenician shipwreck deep-sea merchant vessel Off Malta [3]
600 BC Phoenician Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck Trade ship Off Murcia, Spain
650–600 BC Phoenician Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón Coastal merchant vessels Off Mazarrón, Spain

6th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
~600 BC Etruria Giglio Island shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Giglio Island, Italy [4]

5th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
~400 BC Phoenician Ma'agan Mikha'el shipwreck Coastal merchant vessel Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael, Israel [5]
450–425 BC Erythrae Tektas wreck Coastal merchant vessel Turkey [5]

4th century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
unknown unknown Mediterranean on the Eratosthenes Seamount Found by the Ocean Exploration Trust's vessel EV Nautilus.[6]
unknown unknown Porticello [5]
unknown Greek unknown Merchant ship Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria Rudder, rowing benches, and hold still intact.[7]

3rd century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
c. 294 BC Greek Kyrenia Merchant ship Kyrenia, Cyprus
241 BC Punic Marsala Punic ships Sicily [5]

2nd century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
Late 2nd century BC unknown Warship Thonis Sunk by debris falling from a temple that collapsed during an earthquake.[8]

1st century BC

Year Origin Name Type Location Notes
80 BC Mahdia shipwreck
86 BC Antikythera wreck

References

  1. ^ Lienhard, John H. "A Minoan Wreck". University of Houston. The Engines of Our Ingenuity. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Cargo from 'most ancient' shipwreck found off Israel". BBC News. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Exploring an Archaic Shipwreck off Xlendi Bay, Gozo". Phoenician Shipwreck Project. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ Lienhard, John H. "An Etruscan Wreck". The Engines of Our Ingenuity. University of Houston. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Åkesson, Per. "Wrecks & shipfinds of the Mediterranean". www.abc.se. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  6. ^ Learn, Joseph Rapp (9 December 2017). "Wayfarers of the ancient world". New Scientist. Vol. 236, no. 3155. p. 12.
  7. ^ Lettens, Jan. "Oldest intact shipwreck found in the Black Sea". Wrecksite. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Underwater archaeologists discover ancient shipwreck in sunken city". Heritage Daily. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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