Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - February 27th

Today in 1765 the British ship Grenville Packet was on its way from Falmouth with mail bound for Pensacola when it ran aground in the Dry Tortugas. The ship was lost, but the crew was saved. Also, in 1836, the newspaper reported that the bark Grecian ran ashore on Carysfort Reef, the schooner Olive Branch was lost off Cape Florida, and the schooner Theophilus wrecked on Alligator Reef.