AH-WR-0949

Nuestra Señora del Rosario Santo Domingo, San Antonio y San Vicente Ferrer

Merchant Ship · Spain · Lost 1733 · The Florida Keys

A small merchant nao nicknamed "the Swede of Arizón," grounded intact and without loss of life off Conch Key in the 1733 hurricane.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Sueco de Arizón, possibly built in Sweden despite her Spanish service, was among the smaller ships of the 1733 New Spain flota. Sailing near the rear of the convoy, the hurricane carried her into just nine feet of water off Conch Key. Her hull stayed largely intact even after losing her masts and rudder, no lives were lost, and her cargo of silver and colonial goods was saved.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Possibly Sweden
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Jacinto Arizón

Loss

Date: July 15, 1733
Cause: Storm
Location: Grass flats off Conch Key
Water: Atlantic Ocean, Hawk Channel
Voyage: Veracruz, New Spain (via Havana) → Cádiz, Spain
Cargo: Silver, porcelain, leather hides, cochineal, indigo, tobacco
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Juan José de Arizón

The Wreck Today

Depth: 9 ft
Condition: No visible hull remains; two low mounds of round ballast stones mark the grounding and later wreck-deterioration sites
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Conch Key, Florida
Region: The Florida Keys

The Florida Heritage galleon trail page quotes two ballast-mound positions near Conch Key; treated as unconfirmed here pending an authoritative survey source.