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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]
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 ...
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.
Shipwrecks of the Florida coast include ships lost off of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and in coastal waterways. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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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 ]
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Fort Pierce, Florida — A collection of 37 gold coins — with a combined value estimated at more than $1 million — have been recovered after they were stolen by salvagers back in 2015 from a ...