Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - April 3rd

Today in 1837, a schooner was found capsized in the Gulf Stream near Cape Florida. Though the vessel was lost, the wreckers were awarded $1,705. Four years later, in 1841, the ship Manchester was lost on the Florida Reef. For their efforts, the wreckers were awarded $575. Nearly one-hundred years after that, in 1945, the submarine S-16 was sunk as a target off of Key West.