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VALBANERA Key West
The Valbanera was a Spanish passenger liner that was built by
Charles Conell Company of Glasgow in 1906. She was 399.7 feet long,
had a 48 foot beam and displaced 499 gross tons. The Valbanera was
en route to Cuba when she was sunk by a hurricane in September of
1919. She was last seen trying to make her way into Havana on
September 12. A few wireless messages were received but nothing that
indicated immediate distress. Later, efforts were made to contact
the ship, but there was no response.
Greek spongers were the first to locate the wreck. She was found
lying on her port side with every port and door closed. To the best
of our knowledge no bodies were ever found, and no life boats had
been launched. Apparently, her Captain had ordered everything to be
shut tight as he tried to guide his ship through a narrow channel.
On September 19, Ensign Roberts from the Sub Chaser 203 confirmed
the wreck's identity. He could clearly read the nameplate Valbanera
on the sunken vessel. At the time of her sinking, the Valbanera
carried 400 passengers and 88 crew members; mysteriously no
survivors or bodies were ever found.
According to diver Billy Deans, she lies 40 miles west of Key West
and sits in 30 feet of water on Half Moon Shoals. The Valbanera is
now scattered across the shallow sand bottom.
Basic shipwreck
information and images for this section of this site was taken with
permission from the book Florida Shipwrecks by Daniel Berg. You are
invited to submit your shipwreck related articles, images and
information. As long as the text, photographs, sketches etc are of
professional quality we will showcase them. Full credit will be
provided and a same page link to your web site can be arranged.
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The Divers Guide to Shipwrecks around the State of
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reefs throughout the state, shipwrecks inspire an aura of mystery and
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sketches. Divers , snorkelers, marine historians, armchair sailors or anyone
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