A mock Spanish shipwreck is located in approximately 4 feet of water off of the beach in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida. The shipwreck is made up of a 1733 shipwreck anchor and 15 cannons- 14 of which were from a 1715 shipwreck and one of an unknown shipwreck which was recovered in 2003 by Indiana University divers and subsequently added to the site.
This model depicts Cannon #1 along with a plaque placed on the site in 2015 which reads:
Mock Spanish Shipwreck
“Living Museum in the Sea”
18th Century Shipwreck exhibit was established in 1979 from artifacts of the 1715 and 1733 Spanish Fleets
Courtesy of the Florida Park Service, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Indiana University 2012
“Take only photos, leave only bubbles”
Pictures taken and model prepared by Kirsten Hawley, Indiana University Center for Underwater Science
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