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Wreck of HMS Fowey

Shipwreck site

Position
About 25.5° N, 80.1° W (within about 10 km)
Sank
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Cause
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Depth
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Protection status

Location generalised to protect military remains

The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.

The wreck of a military vessel.

This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.

How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.

HMS Fowey was a fifth-rate warship of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 August 1744 in Hull, England. She spent only four years in commission before she struck a reef and sank in what is known today as Legare Anchorage in Biscayne National Park, off the coast of Florida. She was armed with six, nine, and eighteen pounder guns and crewed by more than 200 men.

History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

About this wreck

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