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San Esteban (1607 shipwreck) Santísima Trinidad (1600s) HMS Seahorse (1694 fireship) State Barge of Charles II. Categories: 17th century in transport. Ships by century. 17th century in water transport. Hidden categories:
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
Dragon (1542) – taken to pieces 1552. Greyhound (1545) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558. George (1546) - taken to pieces 1558. Second group The four ships built to this type (together with two similar vessels captured from the Scots) were four-masted galleasses with a higher forecastle.
The 17th century was a period of growth in maritime shipping. English ships were being used as a strategic transportation method, especially for Armenian merchants, to link the Persian Gulf trading centers to the Levant. Even though Armenians had their own ships, they were mainly using English fleet services. [6]
East Indiaman. East Indiaman was a general name for any merchant ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vessels belonging to the Austrian, Danish, Dutch, British, French, Portuguese or Swedish East India ...
24 August — Good Hope ( England): The pinnace was wrecked on the coast of Gujarat, India. (Date is approximate). [9] 3 September — Ascension ( England): The crew of the East India Company vessel, abandoned ship when she ran aground on the Malacca Banks, in the Gulf of Khambhat. The crew reached Surat, Gujarat.
This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total. World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom (1 C, 127 P) World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom (4 C, 223 P) Merchant ships of England (2 C, 3 P) Merchant ships of Scotland (3 P)
Poolo Bay, a bay some nine miles southward of Fort Marlborough, Bengkulu (city) Port Cornwallis, on Ross Island in the Andaman Islands. Porto Novo. Porto Praya. Priaman. Pring: a pepper port some 16 miles northwest of Manna Point, on the west coast of Sumatra.