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Date

1715

Ship type

Galleon

Cause

A hurricane

Located

Command

Juan Esteban de Ubilla

Shipwreck zone

Private Beach, Vero Beach, Florida

Port of departure

Havana (CUB)

Destination

Spain

Alias

Chaves

The remains at the site known as Sandy Point Wreck are probably from this 151-ton galleon.

Cannons, Spanish dollars, gold Spanish escudos, silver plates, clay pipes, the ship’s bronze bell, Mexican ceramics and cannonballs have been extracted from the site.

Read the full story in “10 notable shipwrecks”