8 9 1 ▁one ▁of ▁J ard ine ' s ▁large ▁p ear l ▁and ▁tre p ang ▁( be che - de - mer ) ▁fleet , ▁sch oon er ▁Lanc ash ire ▁L ass ▁( 1 8 6 9 - 1 8 9 5 ), ▁Captain ▁Samuel ▁R owe , ▁reported ▁finding ▁a ▁ship w reck ▁on ▁a ▁cor al ▁re ef ▁whilst ▁tre p anging . ▁The ▁items ▁recovered ▁included ▁an ▁anchor , ▁a ▁small ▁non - fer r ous ▁can non , ▁and ▁ 1 6 0 ▁l bs ▁( 7 2 ▁kg ) ▁of ▁Spanish ▁dollars , ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁worth ▁over ▁£ 3 0 0 . ▁The ▁dates ▁of ▁three ▁co ins ▁were ▁given , ▁the ▁oldest ▁ 1 8 0 0 , ▁ 1 8 1 4 , ▁and ▁a ▁very ▁ind ist inct ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁young est . ▁The ▁exact ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁w reck ▁was ▁kept ▁secret . ▁ ▁The ▁Th urs day ▁Island ▁exports ▁for ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁May ▁ 2 2 ▁included ▁" 6 ▁boxes ▁of ▁specie " ▁( co ins ) ▁sent ▁to ▁London , ▁England ▁via ▁the ▁ste amer ▁Tar oba . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁J ard ine ▁dis closed ▁that ▁he ▁equ ipped ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁fleet ▁for ▁salv age ▁and ▁recovered ▁a ▁further ▁~ 1 5 ▁c wt ▁( ~ 7 6 0 ▁kg ) ▁of ▁Spanish ▁silver ▁pill ar ▁dollars . ▁The ▁Queensland ▁ste