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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.
Angustias Shipwreck Site: approximately a mile south of U.S. 1 in Long Key Channel: Layton vicinity: June 15, 2006 Chavez Shipwreck Site: seaward end of Snake Creek off Windley Key: Islamorada vicinity: June 15, 2006 El Gallo Indiano Shipwreck Site: seaward end of channel #5 bet. Craig Key and Long Key: Layton vicinity: June 15, 2006 El Infante ...
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 remains of a 300-year-old British warship found 30 years ago in the waters off Florida have finally been identified as belonging to HMS Tyger by US archaeologists.
The San Jose Y Las Animas is a shipwreck with historical significance near Plantation Key, Florida, United States. It sank in a hurricane in 1733 and is located approximately 4 miles southeast of Plantation Key. On March 18, 1975, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [2]
The USS Amesbury was at the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
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.
The Key West Shipwreck Museum (formerly Shipwreck Historeum) is located in Key West, Florida, United States. It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys. The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa Tift.