Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - February 17th

Today has been a busy day for shipwrecks in the Florida Keys. We have three ships that ran aground along the Florida Reef today, two of which happened just a year apart from one another. The first shipwreck for today happened in 1877. The Swedish bark Suerige was stranded on Pickles Reef while it was traveling to Liverpool, England from Pensacola, Florida and carried a cargo of sawed timber. The next shipwreck was a year later, in 1878. The British steamer Arratoon Apcar was stranded on Fowey Rocks while it was en route from Liverpool, England to Havana, Cuba. It was carying a cargo of coal and iron. The most recent shipwreck was in 1907. The schooner Irene was stranded on Hospital Key in the Dry Tortugas. The schooner had actually been built here in Key West in 1885.