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1.        This ship was listed as the Patache of the Squadron and her

       full name was Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, San Joseph y San

       Francisco. Her captain was Diego Pablo Soliar and the owner was

       Antonio de Echeverz. She was built in the Indies of 265 tons

       (burden). No dimensions on this ship are known. She carried 32

       iron cannon: 18 ten pounders, 10 six pounders and 4 four

       pounders.

2.        Testimony of Captain Nicolas de Ynda, Havana, 16 Aug 1715.

"...all of the ships were lost except a French nao and

3 frigates of Echeverz' Squadron, because they took different

routes when the storm struck ..The total number of ships lost is

eight and they are located from 27d 15m to 27d 50m. The day

before the storm the San Miguel of the Tierra Firme Squadron

separated from the convoy; two days before the storm the French

ship Grifon separated; and on the day of the storm the frigate

named Concepcion separated.."

3.        Casa Torres to the King, Havana, 17 Sept 1715.

"...Another 130 persons were lost on the Refuerzo, the

Patache of Ubilla; and on the "C" & "A" of Echeverz and on the

Concepcion.... (NOTE: This means that they knew sometime before

this date of the Concepcion's loss)

4.        Casa Torres to Viceroy of Mexico, Havana, 12 Oct 1715.

"The Capitana and Almiranta and 3 other ships commanded

by Echeverz were also lost, and a portion of the people off these

ships drowned.. We have no news of the other three ships: Grifon,

the French Prize, and the San Miguel.."

5.        Lima to Viceroy of Mexico, Havana, 19 Oct 1715.

"...the ship La Concepcion, which was wrecked at Cape

Canaveral, had only 7 survivors who, after great hardships,

finally reached shore. For three days they were on a hatch cover

of the wreck, unable to reach shore because of the many shallows

and reefs that lie off this Cape for about 8 to 10 leagues

seaward.."

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6.        Vatican Document, Undated.

"Of the six ships of Echeverz, 400 people drowned."

7.        Duro, Armada Espanola, Vol VI, pp 121.

"La Concepcion of Echeverz was totally wrecked, one of

the 135 victims being it's Captain Manuel de Echeverz, Don

Antonio's son..”

NOTE. When this ship left Spain it had 136 crew, but

many deserted in the New World. Documents state that there were

73 seamen and 8 officers on board when the hurricane struck, and

all drowned but two officers and 13 seamen. Lima's letter states

only 7 survived. (After news of the Concepcion loss, accounts use

the distance between the wreck sites as 15 to 16 1eagues instead

of 10 leagues - JH)