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When the shipwreck is recovered, it is expected that there will be a dispute over who should lay claim to the bounty. A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San ...
San José was a 64-gun, three-masted galleon of the Spanish Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias. It was launched in 1698 [ 1 ] and sank in battle off Barú Island , just south of Cartagena, Colombia , in 1708, while laden with gold, silver and emeralds worth about US$17 billion as of 2023.
The history of shipwreck discoveries has been wrought with legal battles between individuals, companies, and countries trying to lay claim to a shipwreck and its associated artifacts. One of the most contentious legal battles over a shipwreck's ownership rights is over the Spanish galleon San José which sunk off the coast of Cartagena ...
It said a robot surveyed the wreck, whose exact location has been kept secret since its discovery in 2015, between May 23 and June 1, covering an area "equivalent to more than 40 professional ...
San Felipe Shipwreck Site: El Lerri, El Terri, or Tyrri: east of Lower Matecumbe Key and south of the wreck of the San Pedro. Islamorada vicinity: August 11, 1994 San Pedro Shipwreck Site: 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles south of Indian Key: Islamorada vicinity: May 31, 2001 Angustias Shipwreck Site: approximately a mile south of U.S. 1 in Long Key Channel ...
[9] [10] In 2014, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most valuable shipwreck to be recovered, as it was carrying roughly 40 tonnes of gold and silver, and 32 kilograms (71 lb) of emeralds, [11] although this record has now been superseded by the discovery of the San José in 2015. [12]
San José y Las Animas, a New England-built 326-ton ship in the Spanish Treasure Fleet, sunk in a hurricane off the coast of Florida in 1733; Spanish ship San José (1769), a 70-gun ship of the line built at Havana and wrecked (without casualties) at Brest in April 1780; Spanish ship San José (1796), a polacca.
Molasses Reef Wreck: Unknown Unknown Early 16th-century Spanish shipwreck, the earliest European shipwreck in the Americas to be scientifically excavated. Trouvadore Spain: March 1841 A Spanish slave ship that was wrecked off East Caicos. The crew were arrested upon reaching land, and the 168 Africans took up residence at Grand Turk Island.