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The 1715 FLEET

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The wreck of the 1715 Fleet involved ten of eleven ships which made up the Spanish Treasure Flotilla, know as the 1715 Fleet. The ships were lost to a hurricane on July 31, 1715, off the east coast of Florida. The convoy had left Havana on July 27th and was bound for Florida and ultimately Spain, but a storm had developed by July 30th and at 2 am on the 31st all but one of the ships was pushed on to Florida’s jagged reefs. Salvage operations were undertaken in 1716 but the majority of the treasure would remain undisturbed for the next 265 years until 1980.