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The 1733 Fleet was an entire Spanish convoy (except for one ship) lost in a hurricane off Florida. The lesser severity of the 1733 hurricane (which struck the fleet on July 15) and the shallowness of the wrecksites in the Keys, however, made for many survivors and even left four ships in good enough condition to be re-floated and sent back to Havana.
Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and its colonies in the Americas. The wreck is located north of Fort Pierce Inlet, 200 yards off the
She was one of the first women to learn how to dive and set a women's record by staying underwater for 50 hours. Mel and Deo had five children. On July 20, 1975, Fisher's oldest son Dirk, his wife Angel, and diver Rick Gage died after their boat sank due to bilge pump failure. [1] Fisher spent decades treasure hunting in the Florida Keys. [2]
Divers had an incredible encounter with a whale shark as they explored a Florida wreck. Scuba group Diver's Den were joined by the world's largest fish as they swam near to the wreck of the Red ...
This dive is becoming less common, as the rapid deterioration of the wreck is making diving more difficult on top of the already treacherous dive to reach the vessel. SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida; SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
Divers in the Florida Panhandle carried out an underwater cleanup around the Okaloosa Island Pier in Fort Walton Beach, finding car keys and a tire among the detritus on the seabed, footage posted ...
A Spanish-Cuban slave ship that wrecked on a reef in the Florida Keys after a running gun battle with a Royal Navy anti-slavery patrol ship. USS Helena I United States Navy: 11 September 1919 A yacht that was wrecked off Key West in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. Henrietta Marie England: 1700 A slave ship sunk off Florida Keys. Herrera Spain ...
A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six ...