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A steamship that was wrecked and beached in a hurricane on Dog Island. [citation needed] James A. Garfield United States: 1 August 1899 An American barque that was wrecked and beached in a hurricane on Dog Island. Jafnhar Norway: 1 August 1899 A Norwegian barque that was wrecked in a hurricane and beached on Dog Island. Latara Russia: 1 August 1899
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.
August 29, 1880 –68 people die from a shipwreck as a result of a Category 2 hurricane making landfall just to the south of Cocoa Beach, Florida. [47] Several other ships are washed ashore from Jupiter Inlet to the mouth of the St. Johns River , and another is damaged in the Gulf of Mexico after the hurricane crosses the state.
In November, a treasure hunter found a diamond ring worth $40,000 in St. Augustine. Joseph Cook, who found the ring, decided not to sell the jewelry and instead tracked down the owner.
For years, beachgoers at Daytona Beach Shores in Volusia County, Florida, have unknowingly been walking over a piece of history. ... with pieces unearthed due to erosion caused by hurricanes Ian ...
Florida's Shipwrecks is a 2008 history book by Michael C. Barnette about shipwrecks in the coastal waters of Florida. Barnette has been actively diving and researching shipwrecks for close to twenty years, and this has resulted in the identification of seventeen wreck sites. [ 1 ]
A barge that sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. The barge was raised on 12 November 1965. [22] New York: 7 September 1846 Sunk in a hurricane off the coast while carrying $40,000 in gold and silver. 17 people out of 53 passengers/crew perished. [23] Robert E. Lee United States: 30 July 1942 A passenger freighter torpedoed by ...
Parts of an ancient shipwreck emerged from the sand at the 3200 Block of Daytona Beach Shores earlier this week, located about 5 miles south of downtown Daytona Beach, Florida. "The ocean gives us ...