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The crew survived. This is the oldest known shipwreck in Australian waters. 5 September Buen Jesus y Nuestra Senora del Rosario ( Spain): The sailing ship, along with seven others, out of a fleet of twenty-eight, was lost during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, between Florida and Cuba.
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1701 Ship State Description HMS Roebuck Royal Navy The fifth rate sprang a leak and sank in Clarence Bay, Ascension Island.Her crew survived.
The Western Australian Shipwrecks Database lists as sources Heeres (1899) p. 51; The West Australian, 4 February 1937; The West Australian, 24 February 1937; and research notes of D. C. Cowan. The first of these appears to be in error, as Heeres makes no mention of a ship grounding on the south coast on that page.
The silk dress is largely intact and is "unique" as a remaining artifact of 17th-century clothing textiles, according to textile restorer Emmy de Groot. [6] It consists of a bodice, full skirt with pleats, and sleeves with ruffles. [3] It is typical of dresses of the 1620s to 1630s in Western Europe and is believed to be an everyday dress. [3]
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The depth where this shipwreck lies varies from 27–60 feet (8.2–18.3 m). The three propellers of this tugboat are still clearly visible. [1] London: Sunk in the 17th century in Samaná Bay. Monte Cristi Pipe Wreck: Thought to have been a merchant trader, probably sunk in the latter part of the 17th century.
The Royal Merchant was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641. On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold (over US$1.5 billion in today's money), [3] 400 bars of Mexican silver (another 1 million) and nearly 500,000 pieces of eight and other coins, making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all time.
Later in the 17th century the center for English "wracking" in the Caribbean shifted to Port Royal in Jamaica. William Phips went there to recruit the divers he used to salvage treasure from a Spanish wreck on the north shore of Hispaniola, where he recovered the largest amount of treasure from a single wreck before the 20th century. [6]