Nuestra Señora de Atocha, 1622

Country: USA, Florida

Type: Merchantman

Identified: Nuestra Señora de Atocha

Dated: 1622

Introduction

Located by treasure hunter Melvin Fisher in the 1980s off the coasts of Florida, this Spanish ship wrecked in 1622 was salvaged.

No plans have been published. It is said to have had square dovetail scarves in the floor/futtock connections, and no lead sheathing, according to David Moore (pers.comm.).

Sided (cm)

Molded (cm)

Frames

23-24

21-25

Room-and-space

50.8

Ceiling

6.4

Planking

13-39

9.8-10.8

Bibliography

New World Shipwrecks, 1500-1800: A Compendium of Sites Salvaged or Excavated, by Roger Smith, December 1978;

Mathewson, Duncan Treasure of the Atocha, Pisces Books, New York, 1986.

Lyon, Eugene, "The trouble with Treasure" NGM (1976) June 149.6: 787-809.