<P> The 1715 Treasure Fleet was a Spanish treasure fleet returning from the New World to Spain . At two in the morning on Wednesday , July 31 , 1715 , seven days after departing from Havana , Cuba , eleven of the twelve ships of this fleet were lost in a hurricane near present - day Vero Beach , Florida . Because the fleet was carrying silver , it is also known as the 1715 Plate Fleet ( plata being the Spanish word for silver ) . Some artifacts and even coins still wash up on Florida beaches from time to time . </P>
<P> The 1715 Treasure Fleet was a Spanish treasure fleet returning from the New World to Spain . At two in the morning on Wednesday , July 31 , 1715 , seven days after departing from Havana , Cuba , eleven of the twelve ships of this fleet were lost in a hurricane near present - day Vero Beach , Florida . Because the fleet was carrying silver , it is also known as the 1715 Plate Fleet ( plata being the Spanish word for silver ) . Some artifacts and even coins still wash up on Florida beaches from time to time . </P>
the sunken spanish treasure fleet ( florida usa )
the sunken spanish treasure fleet ( florida usa )
1715 Treasure Fleet
1715 Treasure Fleet