FAMOUS SHIPWRECKS OF NORTH AMERICA

For centuries, the words “sunken treasure” have sparked images of chests filled with gold doubloons and fabulous jewels.

The sea exacts a grim toll of men and fortune from the ships that sail its waters.

Galleons packed with New World treasure gathered in Havana before sailing in convoys for Spain. Hundreds wrecked before ever reaching the harbor.

West Coast

Islander - British

Nehalem beeswax wreck - Spanish galleon

Brother Jonathan – American paddle wheeler

San Agustin – Spanish galleon

City of Rio de Janeiro – American steamship

Winfield Scott – American steamship

Golden City – American paddle wheeler

Golden Gate – American paddle wheeler

San José – Spanish Galleon

East Coast

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe – Spanish galleon

Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción – Spanish galleon

Bahia Mujeres wreck

Fleet of 1733 – Spanish galleons

Santa Margarita – Spanish galleon

Nuestra Señora de Atocha – Spanish galleon

El Cazador – Spanish warship

Espiritu Santo – Spanish nao

San Esteban – Spanish nao

Belle – French warship

Fleet of 1715 – Spanish galleons

Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas – Spanish galleon

Emanuel Point wreck – Spanish galleon

Central America – American steamship

San Pedro – Spanish galleon

San Antonio – Spanish galleon

Queen Anne’s Revenge – Blackbeard’s flagship

Yorktown wrecks – 26 British ships

De Braak – British sloop

Andrea Doria – Italian liner

Lexington – American liner

Titanic – British luxury liner

Whydah – pirate ship

Empire Manor – British

Le Chameau – French frigate

Basque whaling ships

Inland

Bertrand – American steamboat

Arabia – American steamboat

Pewabic – steamer

Atlantic – American paddle wheeler

Hamilton & Scourge – American warships

There are literally hundreds of treasure ships lying around the coast of North America alone. Men will never cease to dig or dive for treasure. Whether they work alone or as a group, their goal will eternally be the same, to wrest from the sea the million of dollars in various shapes and forms that lie well hidden.