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Centerboard Schooner Wreck

Centerboard Schooner · United States · Lost Believed to date to the second half of the 19th century · Florida's Atlantic Coast

An unidentified 19th-century cargo schooner off St. Augustine, its hold still holding two mounds of cement barrels that solidified into concrete underwater.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

This wooden centerboard schooner, whose name and identity have not been determined, wrecked off St. Augustine sometime in the second half of the 19th century while carrying a cargo of barreled cement. First surveyed in 1995 as the 'Seafood Wreck,' it was later renamed the Centerboard Schooner Wreck to distinguish it from other local sites. The cement barrels solidified into two large mounds after long submersion, preserving impressions of their original construction. The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) has conducted periodic investigations of the site since the late 1990s.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Believed to date to the second half of the 19th century
Cause: Not established
Location: Offshore St. Augustine, Florida
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Barrels of cement, later solidified underwater; possible iron pipe, chain, and windlass components
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 18 ft
Condition: Lower hull timbers buried beneath sand; two large mounds of concreted cement cargo mark the site
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: 1995
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 29.89° N 81.31° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: St. Augustine, Florida
Region: Florida's Atlantic Coast

General area only: coordinate of St. Augustine, Florida from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.