Wreck of the schooner RED WING, lost in 1896 with reported Spanish gold aboard...

[barney]

Here is some video from a wreck dived this past weekend in 340 feet of water off Destin, Florida. Based on location, dimensions, and wreck architecture, I believe this to be the wreck of the schooner RED WING, lost en route from Havana, Cuba, to Moss Point, Mississippi. Newspaper articles documented $12,000 in Spanish gold (1896 value) went down with the ship...enjoy!



Cheers,
Mike

 

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[Salvor6]

Lionfish all over the place.

 

[capt dom]

I hope the guy with the re breather had a ditty bag with him... just in case...

 

[WKD@BYS86]

I just watched the YT video. Very good.

 

[seekerGH]

What makes you think it is the Red Wing?

 

[Blak bart]

I believe the original poster stated that location, dimensions, and wreck architecture were his reasons for assuming it was the red wing.

 

[Salvor6]

Hey Seeker: "Based on location, dimensions, and wreck architecture, I believe this to be the wreck of the schooner RED WING, lost en route from Havana, Cuba, to Moss Point, Mississippi."
Did you catch that? Mike knows boats.

 

[FISHEYE]

If the ship hit a submerged object in shallow water you would think they would toss out the anchor/s to keep it from going into deeper water.I saw a anchor in the video.How many anchors did that schooner have?

 

[Tommybuckets]

It might have hit an angry white whale lol. Who said it hit something in shallow water?

 

[Bum Luck]

It's in remarkable shape for an old timer.

If my math is right, $12,000 in gold was 37.5 pounds.

P ensacola , Fla., Nov. 28.—The schooner Red Wing of Philadelphia was lost 69 miles south of Pensacola, I while enroute to Pascagoula she sprang a leak and sank in an hour. Captain Carle, crew and one passenger have arrived here.

Yuk, couldn't have been pleasant. Wonder if the lifeboated it?

 

[Old Pueblo]

I doubt they swam.