Urca de Lima

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The Urca De Lima is a wooden-hulled sailing ship that was part of a Spanish plate flota (fleet) sunk by a hurricane off the east coast of Florida in 1715. The Urca De Lima was rediscovered in 1928. For the next half century the wreck was heavily salvaged. In the 1980s, the state of Florida stopped issuing salvage permits on the Urca De Lima and opened the wreck to the public as the state’s first Underwater Archaeological Preserve. To recreate a visual sense of the original state of the wreck, five cement replicas of cannons and an anchor were positioned around the sunken ship. All that remains of the ship is the 100-foot by 50-foot ballast mound which covers the hull timbers. Bottom sediments constantly cover and uncover the vessel as a result of wave action, storms and currents. The remains of the Urca De Lima are especially significant because the ship is extremely well preserved and it is the only surviving wreck from that 1715 flota. The Urca De Lima is in good condition and has stabilized, reaching a state of equilibrium with its environment. • For more information, visit http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/flshipwr...

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