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  • Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ( Spain): The nau was wrecked on São Jorge Island, Azores.

    (1554) (1551–1560)

  • 1 January — Chancellor: Ran aground off Cape Breton Island, Canada.

    (1596) (1591–1600)

  • 29 August — HMS Delight ( Royal Navy): Ran aground on Sable Island, approximately 175 km (109 mi) south-east of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia. All the crew drowned bar sixteen men who spent seven days in a small boat before reaching Newfoundland. The ship was part of an expedition led by Humphrey Gilbert.

    (1583) (1581–1590)

  • 8 June — São Filipe (1578–1640 Portugal): The nau was heading for India when she was wrecked on São Miguel in the Azores.

    (1587) (1581–1590)

  • 25 September — Falcón Blanco Menor ( Spain): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, sank during a storm off the island of Freaghillaun, Galway, Ireland.

    (1588) (1581–1590)

  • 4 September — Castillo Negro ( Spain): Part of the twenty-three strong Squadron of Urcas (Hulks) and part of the armada, the sailing ship foundered off Donegal, Ireland.

    (1588) (1581–1590)

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The world’s oceans and coastlines are littered with thousands of shipwrecks spanning thousands of years of history. By some estimates, less than one percent of wrecks have been found, and only a fraction have been explored or excavated. Some 171 ships recorded in this random tool went down in the 16th century, the largest shipwreck in history and the largest shipwreck in the world.

Some of the ships sank because of their own material problems, some because of human problems caused by the tragedy of the sinking on different scales. Even the British-built ships, the masters of the sea at the time, though they were the fastest and most well-equipped, did not escape the tragedy of the sinking. Details of the 16th-century shipwreck, the main cause of the wreck, the ship’s builder and country of construction, and subsequent salvage information are all preserved in the generator, which can be viewed by interested parties.

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