Dry Tortugas Shipwrecks

SHIPWRECKS LISTED FROM ADMIRALTY FINAL RECORD BOOK, volume 2-19, microfilm number 1360, roll 2 – 19, any number following a listing below is the actual account number in the reel so you can trace the information. This information was taken out of an index of all ship mishaps compiled by Tom Hambright, of the Monroe County Public Library, Key West, Florida, in 1988. 

  • SYLPHIDE: lost 21 Dec. 1850 on Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas
  • TARTAR: brigantine, lost January 4, 1855 on East Key, Dry Tortugas with a cargo of rice.
  • ZOTOF: ship, lost December 15, 1844 on Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas with cotton, flour, lead, and sugar from New Orleans aboard.
  • WILLIAM M JONES: schooner, lost January 24, 1877 on Polaski Shoal, Dry Tortugas with sugar, rice, and syrup aboard.
  • RUDOLPH GRONING: brigantine, from New York to Apalachicola with assorted cargo aboard, lost June 01, 1843, on Southwest Reef, Dry Tortugas. 9530.32 3 160.
  • GUTENBERG: bark, lost December 15, 1885 at Bird Key, Dry Tortugas, with a cargo of cotton, cottonseed, and staves aboard. 20702.26 13 579.
  • FOLOMER: bark, lost March 2, 1881 on Southwest Reef, Dry Tortugas, with cotton aboard. 6384.37 13 65
  • PILGRAM: brigantine, lost November 17, 1843 on Bush Key, Dry Tortugas, with whiskey, molasses, and lead aboard. The free blown whiskey bottles of this era could be worth considerable money today! 6149.53 3 186.
  • PACIFIC: bark, lost July 24 1857 on East Key, Dry Tortugas with assorted cargo aboard.
  • NEW YORK: schooner, lost May 4, 1842 on Northwest Reef, Dry Tortugas with molasses aboard. 929.45 3 57.
  • ELENORA: ship, lost July 2, 1885 on Southwest Reef, Dry Tortugas, with lumber aboard. 217.75 13 548.
  • HENRY J.MAY: schooner, lost February 14, 1877 on Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas with syrup aboard. 6599.50 12 318.
  • JOSEPH BAKER: bark, lost January 13, 1891, on North Key, Dry Tortugas, with a cargo of syrup and rice. 6104.91 15 90.
  • ATLANTIC: brigantine, lost April 6, 1865 on East Key, Dry Tortugas, with a cargo of coal aboard. 850.00 8 664.
  • AURORA: bark, lost February 2, 1879 on Southwest Key, Dry Tortugas with lumber aboard. 18.95 12 616.
  • CANTON: ship, lost November 3, 1848, on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, with a load of cotton and flour aboard. 6286.30 4 191.
  • CARMALITE COMPOSITE: bark, lost October 16, 1893 at Bird Key, Dry Tortugas in ballast. Possible money to buy return cargo aboard. 446.92 15 542.
  • CERRO GORDO: ship, lost October 13, 1860 at Loggerhead Reef, Dry Tortugas, with a load of cotton. 1733.60 6 529.
  • CIMBUS: brigantine, lost March 17, 1853 on Western Dry Rocks (Tortugas). Had a locomotive engine aboard among other assorted cargo. Could be a valuable find. 8135.44 5 18.
  • MARTHA GILCHRIST: bark, lost December 19, 1858 on North Key, Dry Tortugas, with a load of bricks. 225.75 6 227.
  • NANCY W. STEVENS: ship, lost September 12, 1849, at Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, with assorted cargo aboard. Could be valuable. 13761.00 4 336.