Gulf American Shipwreck

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Marine archaeologists were studying a ship that was found deep in the Gulf of Mexico. While studying the shipwreck, they found two others ships! These three ships most likely all went down during the early 19th century. These ships were found 4,363 feet below the ocean's surface. These are now the deepest ships from North or Gulf American shipwrecks to be studied. Archaeologists still do not know much about the three ships. The first ship was discovered in 2011 and a year later the second ship was found. It had six cannons and it might have had two masts. It is likely that each ship was carrying about 60 men and none survived. Scientists think that the three ships might have all sunk at the same time. People who were researching the ships

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