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Date

1559

Ship type

Galleon

Cause

A storm

Command

Tristán de Luna

Captain

Pedro Andonasgui

Shipwreck zone

Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, Florida

Port of departure

Veracruz (MEX)

Destination

Spain

The tonnage of the galleon and other ships —San Antón, Santiago and San Amaro— is unknown. Considering that the remains of the hull found at Emanuel Point Shipwreck are too large to belong to a boat, frigate or caravel, they are most likely to have belonged to a galleon.

The remains found at the so-called Emanuel Point I Shipwreck or Emanuel Point II could belong to this wreck.

Read the full story in “10 notable shipwrecks”