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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: 1733 A ship in the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet that was wrecked along the Florida Keys. Isaac Allerton United States: 28 August 1856 A merchant ship that sank in a hurricane off the Saddlebunch ...
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 shore from Jack Island Park.
Map of Florida, 1835. The maritime history of Florida describes significant past events relating to the U.S. state of Florida in areas concerning shipping, shipwrecks, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to protect or aid navigation and development of the Florida peninsula.
List of shipwrecks of Europe. List of shipwrecks of France; List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom. List of shipwrecks of England; List of shipwrecks of North America. List of shipwrecks of Canada; List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California; List of shipwrecks of Florida; List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Shipwrecks of the Florida coast include ships lost off of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and in coastal waterways. Subcategories.
A mysterious shipwreck that emerged off Daytona Beach, Florida, is three times larger than initially described, according to marine archaeologists.
The Vamar is a shipwreck (which sank on March 21, 1942) near Mexico Beach, Florida, United States. [2] It is located 3.7 miles offshore from Mexico Beach. It became the ninth Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when it was dedicated in 2004. [2] On April 10, 2006, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [3]