Spanish Treasure Fleet Leaves Havana: A Hurricane Will Sink Them All
A Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships departed Havana laden with gold, silver, and emeralds, only to be destroyed by a hurricane off Florida's coast seven days later. Nine of the ten vessels sank, drowning over a thousand sailors and scattering a fortune across the ocean floor. The 1715 Fleet wrecks have yielded millions of dollars in recovered treasure and remain active salvage sites three centuries later.
July 24, 1715
311 years ago
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