St Micahels Publishing Company Spanish wreck

[AUVnav]

Not sure what this is all about, the article is not clear. Did you Court say that only FLA or Spain has title to the wreck?


"In a separate ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra of the Southern District of Florida vacated a default judgment giving another salvage company title to a sunken Spanish military frigate.
St. Michael Publishing Co. had found an unidentified shipwreck off the coast of Palm Beach County in U.S. territorial waters and had recovered at least one artifact, according to the Sept. 26 order. The company asked for exclusive title to the shipwreck, which it assumed to be a Spanish military frigate wrecked more than 200 years ago.
After the court appointed it as substitute custodian, St. Michael asked for, and obtained, a default judgment against Florida.
The state contested the default in May, arguing that only Spain or Florida could be the owners of the ship. It claimed that it had not been properly served, and moved to dismiss St. Michael's action. Marra agreed that St. Michael had failed to comply with rules of service, and found that Florida's claims may have merit."

 

[Jason in Enid]

Not sure what this is all about, the article is not clear. Did you Court say that only FLA or Spain has title to the wreck?

Yes, Florida passed laws declaring ALL shipwrecks inside the state's nautical zone are the property of the state, AND the US ratified an international law that all military vessels remain the property of the original country for all time. In other words, nobody has right's to any wrecks beyond what was already awarded to Mel Fisher (and Spain will probably still try to claim any treasure found)

 

[ivan salis]

the abandoned shipwreck act --in effect took all federal "salvage claims" that could occur in any state territorial waters and in effect turned them over to the states for them to own and "deal with" --this was after mel fisher took the us govt and state of florida to "federal maritime court" and won * it was done by the govts to "shut the court house doors" so that others could not do the same thing --- the states now have to "issue "permits" for people to claim wrecks with state territorial waters --and with spain saying its a "military" vessel that means it all belongs to spain

 

[AUVnav]

Thanks....wonder why the St Michaels bothered to file an arrest knowing it was Spanish?

 

[mad4wrecks]

1) If the shipwreck was unidentified, how do they know it was a military frigate? It was also identified as a salvage vessel of the Maravilla in the same document.

2) The coordinates provided to the court are actually off Jupiter Island in Martin County, not Palm Beach County, and are (mostly) within state of Florida waters.

3) If there is a shipwreck at that location, a better bet would be Jonathan Dickinson's ship Reformation (1696), which Dickinson stated wrecked 5 miles north of the indian village of Jobe (at Jupiter inlet).

4) I wouldn't give any credance to this "discovery." I could be wrong but this sounds like more wishful thinking from Captain Robert Bouchlas. (ask Capt. Dom about him).

5) Try this link: http://www.sanmigueltreasuretours.com/pdf/HARALAMBOS_WRAP_AROUND.pdf.

That document from 2006 will make your head spin and is full of errors. Around page 19 or 20 you will see references to St. Michael Academy ( I assume aka St. Michael Publishing)

Around page 28 and 29, Bouchlas argues (incorrectly) that the Jupiter wreck, the San Miguel de Archangel (get the St. Michael connection now?), was a salvage vessel on the Maravilla. And then things really start to get weird. Keep reading.

6) I think this newest claim is just more nonsense related to the above document.

7) Another link regarding Robert Bouchlas: http://myhometownnews.net/index.php...s=Your+email+address&words=&where=2&go=Search

 

[bikerlawyer]

Capt. Bouchlas is known for discovering the wreck site of the Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas near the Bahamas.What?

 

[mad4wrecks]

Exactly Brad! What?