The List of shipwrecks in the 1720s includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1720s.
1720 In the British Empire, 1720 began on 25 March 25 rather than on 1 January. Thus, the day before "25 March 1720" O.S. (old style) was "24 March 1719" (O.S.). In most of continental Europe, the Gregorian calendar had already been adopted and the year began on 1 January 1720. In addition, the "old style" Julian Calendar was 13 days behind the "new style" Gregorian calendar, so the day recorded as 1 January 1719 "old style" in the British press is now considered 14 January 1720.
September 26 September
November 24 November
1721
January Unknown date
November 10 November
12 November
December 7 December
1722 June 16 June
17 June
August 24 August
Unknown date
September Unknown date
November 20 November
1724 18 January (N.S.)
Unknown date
November 19 November
December 21 December
1725 March 1725 (N.S.) 8 March
August 26 August
1726 January 1726 (N.S.) 3 January (3 January 1726 N.S. and 20 December 1725 O.S.)
May 8 May
September 6 September
Unknown date
1727 June 9 June
25 June
1728 There is a public house in Walmer, Kent, UK, called The Stag. The building dates from 1715 and, as an inn, it was tenanted from 1733 by Nathaniel Long, also a sailmaker. The Stag is believed to have sunk near Deal in 1728 'under ill-fated circumstances'. It is possible that Long had supplied the ship at some time.
1729 Unknown date
Notes Until 1752 in the British Empire, the year began on Lady Day (25 March) Thus 24 March 1720 was followed by 25 March 1721. 31 December 1721 was followed by 1 January 1721.
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