El Gallo Indiano
Armed Galleon · Spain · Lost 1733 · The Florida Keys
The armed vice-flagship of the 1733 treasure fleet, wrecked in Channel Five off Long Key with the loss of four lives.
The Vessel and Her Loss
El Gallo Indiano, a 60-gun galleon nicknamed "the Cock of the Indies," served as almiranta of the 1733 New Spain flota. The July 1733 hurricane drove her onto shallows at Cayo de Viboras, today's Long Key, where she flooded and four people died. Spanish salvors quickly recovered the registered silver and copper aboard. Her ballast mound remains visible today along Channel Five.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Sail
- Spanish Crown
Loss
- July 15, 1733
- Storm
- Cayo de Viboras (present-day Long Key), Channel Five
- Atlantic Ocean, Hawk Channel
- Havana, Cuba → Cádiz, Spain
- Hundreds of boxes of silver coin, copper ingots, cochineal, indigo, vanilla, ceramics
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- 4
- Don Bernadino de Maturana
The Wreck Today
- 14 ft
- Ballast mound roughly 140 by 100 feet with exposed keel remnant
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- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Position
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- Long Key, Florida
Sources describe the site's depth and channel location but do not publish a decimal position for this record.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (76/100)
Exact dimensions, tonnage, and coordinates are not established in the sources reviewed.
Florida Division of Historical Resources, 1733 Spanish Galleon Trail
Loss narrative, cargo, casualties, site description.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
NRHP listing confirming site name and location.
