Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - April 2nd

One of the earlier shipwrecks to have happened on this date was in 1632. The Almiranta de Honduras and a frigate wrecked near Miami. The frigate had a cargo of cocoa and the ships were on their way from Havana to Spain. Exactly two-hundred years later, in 1832, the schooner William & Frederick was on its way to Key West from Apalachicola when it was lost at Sanibel Key. Three years prior to that, in 1829, the Spanish brig Correrro was bound for Spain when it wrecked on Carysfort Reef. The crew and treasure were saved. More recently, just 99 years ago in 1913, the four-masted schooner Clifford N. Carver was stranded on Tennessee Reef.