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A very small number of coins and effects recovered from the ship were deposited in Gibraltar, because they showed clear signs consistent with an internal explosion on the ship and thus confirmed Spanish claims to the wreck being that of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes. They were not returned to Spain until 2013, when a court finally ordered ...
Since 2014, part of the treasure has been on display in several Spanish public museums as part of an extensive itinerant exhibit relating to the sinking of the ship, and the recovery of the treasure. On August 30, 2017, as a follow-up to the project, the Spanish Navy rescued two cannons, named "Santa Barbara" and "Santa Rufina", each weighing ...
8 reales Mexican silver cob, full date 1715, recovered from the 1715 fleet Rare 8 escudos lima dated 1710, recovered from the 1715 Fleet. The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two Spanish treasure fleets returning from the New World to Spain, the "Nueva España Fleet", under Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, and the "Tierra Firme Fleet", under Don Antonio de Echeverz ...
British documents state that the ship suffered an "internal explosion," which would have caused it to sink with its treasure and hundreds of passengers, according to Colombia's government. Spanish ...
Over the years, divers and treasure hunters on land and sea have come across treasures from the 1715 Spanish Fleet. 1715 treasures: 300-year-old onion glasses retrieved from shipwreck off Treasure ...
The 1715 Treasure Fleet was one in particular that did not make the return home. In July 1715, 11 Spanish fleet ships were destroyed in a hurricane off the Florida coast, according to the National ...
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates Jesus Maria de la Limpia Concepcion Spain: 1654 Spanish treasure ship also known as the Capitana, lost after striking a reef off Chanduy. Santa Maria de la Consolacion Spain: 1681 Spanish treasure ship laden with gold, silver, and precious gems run against a reef by pursuing pirates. Discovered in 1998.
A professional treasure hunter has been charged in the theft of the 37 gold coins stolen from the wreckage of the 1715 Treasure Fleet. ... the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, a convoy of 11 ships ...