Araucana

Date
1811Period
19th centuryShip type
SchoonerCause
A stormCaptain
Benito de la RigadaShipwreck zone
Elliot Key, Byscaine National Park, Florida.Port of departure
Havana (CUB)Destination
SpainOn October 17, she left Havana carrying mail from the Spanish Mainland. On the 26th, she was hit by a hurricane over the Florida Keys, and ran aground at Elliot Key. The crew was found on this key by a pilot boat, which took them to Providencia and from there to Havana on an English warship.
She was wrecked at midnight on the reefs of Elliot Key, Florida, after being hit by a violent storm.