Spanish Gold

Well here we are, 

With the gold of 1715 Spanish Fleet

1. On July 31, a hurricane struck the Florida coast, sinking 10 of the 11 ships that made up the plate fleet of 1715.
2. The plate fleets carried 20% of tax that was imposed on gold,silver and other valuables.
3. This was probably the largest loss of treasure in all of maritime history.
4. A beachcomber, Kip Wagner, resident of Sebastian creek on Florida coast, found  coral- encrusted lukp of coins , walking down the shore.
5. After showing his findin to a certain Kip Kelso, Kelso at the library of Congress, found a book  - A Concise Natural History Of East & West Florida by Bernard Romans.
6. This gave Wagner an exact location of the wrecked fleet.
7. Armed with this information ,Wagner took to the sea  & immediately found what he was looking for. 

Savages continue at this location till date.

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The wrecks that were and the wrecks that remain

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Now, starting where we left,

-The Royal Chatrer Treasure wreck

1. The royal charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked on the east coast of Anglesey on 26 October,1859.The precise number of dead is uncertain , as the passenger list was lost, but 459 lives are believed to be lost with this incident being the most prominent victim of the Royal Charter Storm.
2. The Royal Charter was built at the Sandycroft Ironworks on the River Dee and was launched in 1857.
3. In late october, the Royal Carter was returning to Liverpool from Melbourne.Her complement of about 371 passengers included many gold miners, some of whom were carrying large sums of gold. A consignment of gold was also being carried as cargo.
4. At north western tip of Anglesey on 25 oct, the barometer was droppping annd off pont Lynas the ship tried to pick up the Liverpool pilot, but the wind had now rosed to force 10 and the rapidly rising sea made this impossible.
5. On morning of 26 oct, the rising tide drove her onto the the rocks at a point just north of Moelfre on the eastern coast of Anglesey.
6. Battered against the rocks by huge waves and winds over 100 mph, she quickly broke and sunk.
7. Reportedly there were 39 survivors, some of them becoming rich overnight.
8. Many of the recovered bodies from the sea were buried at Llanallgo church nearby.
9. The aftermath of the disater is described vividly by Charles Dickens in his novel, The Uncommercial Traveller. 

In recent years, the site of the wreck has been popular with divers, with many artefactswhich was not washed ashore being recovered  in recent years.

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Starting with famous treasure wrecks

These include:

- the Royal charter treasure wreck 

- the 1715 Spanish plate  fleet

-  the  controversial treasure of Atocha

- RMS Republic treasure salvage

- the Lutine Shipwreck & many more

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