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Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas (3 P) Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Texas coast" The following 15 pages are in this category ...
The Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District contains three Spanish shipwrecks caused by a 1554 storm off the southern Texas Gulf Coast near the Mansfield Cut. While the exact location of the site is unpublished, the three shipwrecks were found near the Padre Island National Seashore.
In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that all territory up to 10.35 miles (16.66 km) from the Texas coastline was the property of the state of Texas. On this basis, due to a concern that the excavation should be conducted using scientific archaeological methods, and since this was the oldest shipwreck site to be examined in the Western ...
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 U-166. [24] [25] USS Signal United States Navy: 19 April 1864 A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria. U-166 Kriegsmarine
A man riding a Jet Ski stumbled across the wreckage, a local museum says.
Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico include ships which have sunk or otherwise wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico ... Shipwrecks of the Texas coast (1 C, 15 P) W.
The researchers from Texas A&M's Galveston branch had already found three shipwrecks roughly 175 miles off the coast. So they sent two remote-controlled vehicles to investigate what they believed ...
In the 1970s, Kathleen Gilmore of Southern Methodist University analyzed historical accounts of the La Salle shipwrecks, and gave general guidance as to where they might be found. In 1977, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) asked an independent researcher to search the archives in Paris for information on the shipwrecks. She found original ...