Urca de Lima
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Urca de Lima
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| Location | St. Lucie County, Florida, United States |
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| Nearest city | Fort Pierce, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27°30′19″N 80°17′57″W / 27.50528°N 80.29917°WCoordinates: 27°30′19″N 80°17′57″W / 27.50528°N 80.29917°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 01000529 |
| FUAP # | 1 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 31, 2001 |
| Designated FUAP | 1987 |
Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, herself, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and her colonies in the Americas. The wreck is located north of Fort Pierce Inlet, 200 yards off the shore from Jack Island Park. It became the first Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when dedicated in 1987. This was followed on May 31, 2001 with its addition to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The original name of the ship was Santísima Trinidad. Her nickname Urca de Lima is derived from the Spanish term urca for cargo vessels and its owner Miguel de Lima y Melo. Another name for her being used in some historical sources is Nao de Refuerzo. This name might indicate that she got reinforced for traveling routes across the Atlantic. She was a Dutch built merchant ship of 305 tons and used by the Spanish for cargo transport between Spain and its colonies in the Americas.
In 1712 Urca de Lima belonged to a fleet of eight ships under the command of Juan Esteban de Ubilla, which sailed from Spain to the Americas to fetch goods and much needed bullions. The fleet arrived in Veracruz in December and due to various political and logistic issues it did not leave until the spring of 1715. In January 1715 de Lima was promoted to captain of Urca de Lima by Ubilla and the ship got new masts and a hull cleaning. Some of the smaller ships were scrapped for parts to prepare the rest of the fleet for the crossing of the Atlantic. In May of the same year the four remaining ships (Nuestra Señora de la Regla (Capitana), Almiranta, San Cristobal de La Habana, Santísima Trinidad) finally set sail for Havana. After a difficult passage they arrived there at the beginning of July.
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