. ▁Hit ▁broad side ▁by ▁huge ▁se as , ▁the ▁c ables ▁broke ▁and ▁the ▁ships ▁were ▁driven ▁onto ▁the ▁shore ▁where ▁they ▁rapidly ▁broke ▁up . ▁The ▁scene ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁e y ew it ness ▁and ▁surv iv or ▁Francisco ▁de ▁Cu ell ar ▁ ▁W reck site ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁consists ▁of ▁three ▁locations ▁roughly ▁parallel ▁to ▁the ▁shore , ▁marked ▁by ▁the ▁discovery ▁team ▁as ▁sites ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 ▁and ▁ 3 . ▁The ▁state ▁of ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁the ▁w re cks ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁very ▁good ▁both ▁in ▁organ ic ▁remains ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁art ic ulated ▁tim ber ▁h ull s ▁of ▁the ▁ships ▁so ▁far ▁recorded . ▁Further ▁exc av ations ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁after ▁tim ber ▁w reck age ▁was ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁shore . ▁Six ▁can non ▁were ▁recovered , ▁making ▁nine ▁in ▁total ▁so ▁far ▁recovered ▁from ▁the ▁w reck ▁of ▁the ▁Jul iana . ▁ ▁Site ▁ 1 ▁ ▁Site ▁ 1 ▁is ▁located ▁just ▁off ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁beach . ▁Based ▁on ▁magnet ometer ▁read ings ▁site ▁one ▁covers ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁ 1 6 5 m ▁by ▁ 4 0 m . ▁The ▁depth ▁var ies ▁between ▁ 3 . 8 m ▁and ▁ 5 . 2 m . ▁the ▁spread ▁may ▁represent ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁in ▁an ▁exposed ▁position ▁and ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁disturb ance . ▁Three ▁guns ▁identified