When the strong Florida hurricane hit, this merchant ship was traveling in the middle of the Nueva España Flota. She was forced westward, past the Florida reefs and into the shallow depth of Hawk Channel. Taking on heavy seas, this three-deck ship severely grounded, and went down fully submerged in 18 feet of water. There are no markers or buoys at this site and she’s not relatively easy to find as she lies about 2.5 miles offshore of Whale Harbor, Islamorada, south of the