Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Antonio de Padua y Las Animas
Merchant Ship · Spain · Lost 1733 · The Florida Keys
A 1733 Spanish fleet nao lost off Windley Key, documented in the National Register nomination for the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Chaves, formally Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Antonio de Padua y Las Animas, was one of the merchant naos in the 1733 New Spain flota destroyed by the July hurricane along the Florida Keys reefs. She wrecked off Windley Key near Snake Creek. Documentary detail on her specific loss is thinner than for some fleet sisters, but her identity and site are formally recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- July 15, 1733
- Storm
- Seaward end of Snake Creek off Windley Key
- Atlantic Ocean, Hawk Channel
- Veracruz, New Spain (via Havana) → Cádiz, Spain
- Colonial goods and silver coin, per the vessel's role in the flota
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- Casualty figures are not stated in the sources reviewed.
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The Wreck Today
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- Scattered ballast and hull remains documented in the National Register nomination
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- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Position
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- Windley Key, Florida
The National Register nomination places the site at the seaward end of Snake Creek off Windley Key without a published decimal position in the sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (62/100)
Builder, captain, tonnage, casualty figures, and site depth are not established in the sources reviewed.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
Vessel identity, historic name, location, listing date.
