Archaeologists have traced the final movements of a ship that sank more than 250 years ago off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
The shipwreck, called the Ánimas de la Victoria, is in Espíritu Santo Bay in Quintana Roo. The site has 19 cast-iron cannons and four anchors on the seabed.
The wreck is inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, about 4.25 kilometres from the coast near the fishing camp of La Victoria.
The area is remote and has no roads. It is the only documented 18th-century shipwreck found in the bay so far.
Wreckage Covers 200 Metres
The wreckage is spread over about 200 metres. It runs from east to west, in the same direction as the waves that break over the reef. The site is between about 7 metres and 1.5 metres deep.
The way the objects are spread out may show what the crew tried to do before the ship sank. The four anchors are important to the
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