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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 ...
Location Nearest town/city Added San Jose Shipwreck Site: San Jose Y Las Animas or Nao San Jose de Animas: approximately four miles southeast of Plantation Key: Plantation Key vicinity: March 18, 1975 San Felipe Shipwreck Site: El Lerri, El Terri, or Tyrri: east of Lower Matecumbe Key and south of the wreck of the San Pedro. Islamorada vicinity ...
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.
The San Felipe (also known as El Lerri, El Terri, or Tyrri) is a historic shipwreck near Islamorada, Florida, United States. It is located east of Lower Matecumbe Key and south of the wreck of the San Pedro. On August 11, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The wreck was found by treasure hunter Tom Gurr and backed by the Smithsonian under Mendel Peterson. [6] They used 8-inch airlifts to bring the wreckage up from the sea. Because San Jose y Las Animas was within three miles of the coast, Florida wanted to enforce a 25 percent finder's fee on the treasure that Tom Gurr and his crew had found. [ 7 ]
Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys includes ships wrecked or deliberately sunk (as artificial reefs) along the Florida Keys. Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
It was Fisher's son, Kane, who radioed the news to Treasure Salvors headquarters on the Florida coast, from the salvage boat Dauntless. [ 6 ] The salvaged coins, both gold and silver, were minted primarily between 1598 and 1621, although numerous earlier dates were represented as well, some of the dates extending well back into the 16th century.
The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs. The park is noted for abundant sea life, tropical bird breeding grounds, colorful coral reefs, and shipwrecks and sunken treasures.