There was a fairly common belief among Sailors in the past. According to this belief, the treasures of sunken ships would enter Davy Jones' chest, located deep in the sea. So, according to the belief, neither the crew nor the wreckage of a sinking ship can be reached, and the treasures on the ship with the sinking ship would be the spirit of the sea. The sailors' history is filled with stories about the sunken ship and their treasures. Today, these stories are still popular and attract people's attention. These stories affect not only sailors but also ordinary people.

In this article, we will talk about the most famous and gigantic treasure stories and various documents that prove the reality of these stories.

El Dorado: Divine Justice Interpretation (1502) The ship, which was caught and stormed in the Atlantic Ocean on July 11, 1502, was carrying a large number of pearls and gold at this time. According to some, this tragic accident was a kind of divine justice manifestation due to the injustice of the famous explorer, Christopher Columbus. After this accident, Columbus was accused of storming it by casting a spell. If we tell the detail of the story. In 1502, the fleet of 31 caravans, including the El Dorado ship, gathered in Santo Domingo for preparations to take the treasures of the new world to Spain. There was also one of the passengers of this El Dorado 2 years ago, Francisco de Bobadilla, who caused the arrest of Christopher Columbus and was the scheming. While the expedition preparations continue, Columbus made the last expedition and arrived at the port of Santo Domingo. Unfortunately, their ships are not taken into this port. Columbus tells that the calm and heavy weather is a harbinger of an important storm and warns them about this. However, the arrogant Governor does not listen to Columbus and belittles him. The reconnaissance fleet, which is not allowed to enter the port, has to take refuge in a sheltered place at the mouth of the Jaina River in the region. The Spanish fleet completes its preparations and travels on July 11, 1502. At the Mono pass, this Spanish fleet is caught in a terrible hurricane. After this hurricane, which lasted 12 hours, 20 ships will be at the bottom of the sea. As you can imagine, there is also El Dorado in these 20 ships. When the ship was caught in the storm and the governor was having his last moments, it is unknown whether he thought he was dismissing Christopher Columbus's warning or thought it was the curse of Christopher Columbus, but after this accident, there were rumors that Columbus had sunk the ships by casting magic.

Sinking and shattering ships had tons of pearls and gold nuggets, and the ships carried an unimaginable treasure. When the storm broke, some of the treasure had reached the shore, but most of the gold was in dust and ingot. A table made of Som gold, which is located between the treasury and thought to weigh one and a half tons, was one of the most valuable pieces. If the governor had not been caught in a storm and could reach Spain, he was planning to present this piece to King Ferdinand and his wife, Queen Isabella, who appointed him as the Governor of the West Indies. The only ship that managed to reach Spain in this storm was the fleet's weakest ship, carrying the personal wealth of Christopher Columbus.

Flor Do Mar (1511)

The ship carrying gold and jewels stolen from the Malacca Kingdom in the region where Malaysia is located and under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque is one of the famous ships buried in the water with treasures in history. Shortly after his expedition, he was caught in a storm on November 21, 1511, and was buried in the sea, very sadly. When the ship sank, a very important throne belonging to the Malacca Sultan was among the loot buried in the sea with this sinking ship.

Spanish Treasure Fleet (1567)

Moving from Veracruz to Spain under the command of Admiral Juan Velasco de Barrio, the Spanish fleet was caught in a terrible storm when it arrived near Puerto Rico in 1567. He lost 5 of his ships during this terrible storm. The severity of the storm at that time prevented other ships from interfering with the sinking ships, and treasures were buried, together with both ships and ships. It is known that the ship fleet lost 3 million pesos in this accident. Seafarers, who could reach the land under harsh conditions, were also killed by the Caribbean inhabitants in the region.

Nau Chagas (1594) This ship, which was sunk on the islands, while moving from the East Indian islands to Portugal by the British warships, had a highly loaded treasure. Apart from the treasures inside the ship, there were also treasures of the two ships he had saved during the journey. This ship, which contains a large number of jewels, also carried three and a half million pesos. As a result, when the ship sank, all this treasure was buried in the waters. Terra Company (1605) This Spanish treasure fleet, which left the port of Cartagena in January 1605 and consisted of 7 ships, faced the end of a sudden storm. While passing through the Serranilla region between Yukatan and Jamaica, 3 ships were saved in the storm they caught, and unfortunately, 4 other ships were sunk. Sinking ships are known to carry 4 million pesos of jewelry, silver, and gold. Santıssıma Trınıdad (1616) This ship, a Spanish Manila galleon, was caught in its typhoon on the way to Acapulco. A total of 94 tons of silver coins sank with this ship sinking near the Osumi Pass in the south of Japan. The exact value of these silver coins was 3 million pesos.

Merchant Royal: The El Dorad of the Seas (1641)

Merchant Royal was the ship where the most valuable treasure sank throughout the history of maritime. The ship, which was caught in a storm off the coast of Britain on September 23, 1641, was carrying a highly loaded treasure. To express the size of the treasure it carries, we can say that; The treasure on board was equal to 1/3 of the state treasury at that time. This ship was specially built in 1627 by British merchants. If we give more detailed information about the ship and the treasure it carries if we tell the story of how this huge treasure ship sank. Namely;

This ship had been trading with Spanish colonies on the West Indian islands for a long time. This ship, controlled by John Limbrey, left the Spanish colonies in San Domingo and sailed to reach England. On his way back to London, he has to stop at the Cadiz port of Southern Spain.

While the ship pauses at the port of Cadiz for repair and maintenance, the Spanish ship assigned to carry the gold allocated for the Spanish army is burned and it is not possible to deliver the gold to the army in Flanders. As a solution, Merchant Royal is deemed suitable to carry these gold coins. The ship's captain gets these golds and returns to London and sails in late August 1641. Unfortunately, the ship, which was repaired at the port because it received water, continues to receive water when it leaves the port. Also, the evacuation pumps of the ship broke down and sink as a result of the storm that was caught on 23 September 1642. 18 of 58 crew members on board were killed by drowning in the accident.

The captain and with him 40 men board the lifeboats and are rescued by the accompanying Dover Merchant ship. Unfortunately, it was not possible to save the sinking treasure with the ship. News of the accident reached London in a short time and this situation had a great impact throughout Europe. For a long time, this news appeared in the press and did not come off the headlines.

This ship, known as the El Dorados of the Seas, sinks in; It carried 500,000 silver Spanish pesos, 400 gold Mexican silver, and 500 gold Spanish gold. Besides, there were 300,000 silver and 100,000 gold and jewels belonging to the merchants of the period in the warehouse of the ship.

San Francisco Xavier (1656)

Unfortunately, the ship that went into a collision with a British fleet while cruising in the Gulf of Cadiz in Spain and attempted to return to the pier after this collision was blown off before it succeeded. Meanwhile, the ship had 63 tons of silver coins or 2 million pesos. All this treasure was buried with the ship.

La Vierge Du Bon Port (1666)

St. Petersburg to explore Madagascar This ship, purchased from the port of Malo, was included in the reconnaissance fleet. The ship, which was attacked by British Pirates near the Channel Islands on the way to the port of Le Havre on February 20, 1966, sank in that area. When the ship sank, it was known to carry 1.500.000 Euro worth of cargo.

Isabela (1672)

Caught in a storm on his way back to Seville, this galleon in the fleet of the Duke of Veragua looked capsized. It is known that the ship's warehouse was worth 1 million dollars worth of Peruvian and Colombian gold when Santa Maria was caught in the nose and sank in the storm.

Soleil D'orient (1681)

This ship, which belongs to the French East India company and weighs 1000 tons, was carrying the gifts of the Siamese kingdom to France. This ship hitting the rocks when it came to the southeast end of Madagascar had sunk there. At the time of the ship, there were hundreds of diamonds, porcelains as gifts from the Chinese Empire, and a dinner set with 1000 pieces of gold, as the gift of the Japanese Empire. All these precious pieces in it were buried in the water.

Hms Sussex (1694)

This British Royal warship, acting under the captain of Admiral Francis Wheeler, was caught on February 19, 1694, off the coast of Gibraltar. Only two Turkish sailors survived during this storm, which was a surprise bar because it occurred every 100 years. When the ship sank, there was a silver and gold coin worth 1 million euros, which was taken to the Savoy Duke to be bribed.

San Jose (1708)

On 8 June 1708 off the Kartegana, the British ship had 344 tons of silver and gold coins. Their value was approximately 11 million pesos. Besides, there were 116 chests of Emerald and the personal treasure of the Peruvian governor of the period.

Spanish Treasure Fleet (1715)

This fleet of 12 ships caught the storm on the East Coast of Florida on June 30, 1715, and 11 ships were sunk. The rest of the fleet had looked out, except for a French ship named Griffon that accompanied the fleet. The treasury buried in the waters together with the fleet was 6,338,000 pesos, excluding silvers and jewels. After the accident, a significant part of the treasure was saved but some of them could not be reached, unfortunately. It is estimated that there are still 2,200,000 pesos where the ships sank.

Santa Rosa (1726) This ship, which is a Portuguese flag carrier ship, was blown up and sank after a fire broke out while in Brazil. This ship, which sailed from Salvador, carried over 5 tons of gold bullion and silver coins in chests. La Victoria (1738) When this ship sank, it was buried with all its cargo. It is known that the present value of the treasures in this sinking ship in Anegada is around $ 1,750,000. Hms Victory (1744) The ship, which returned to Gibraltar Tan under the command of Admiral Sir John Balchin, was caught in a great storm on 4-5 October 1744. The ship caught in this storm in the Channel Pass was the largest ship of the British navy. When the ship sank, it included 400,000 Euros of gold coins from Lisbon and loot seized from other ships. Notre Dame De Deliverance (1755) This ship, a French Galleon and carrying Spanish gold, was lost in an area between Havana and Cadiz for an unknown reason. The lost ship is thought to have sunk in anticipation. It is known that 17 chests are carrying 585 kilograms of gold in the warehouse when the ship sinks. In addition to this, there were 15.399 Spanish gold coins, 1.072.000 silver coins, 153 gold snuff boxes, 23 and a half kilograms of silver, precious stones and jewels, 15 kilograms of silver ore and a sword with a golden hilt and a golden watch. All these precious jewels and gold were buried with the ship.

Nuestra Senora De Las Mercedes (1804)

The fleet of 4 ships, including the Nuestra Senora De Las Mercedes ship, returned to Spain from South America while encountering the British while in Spanish waters.

This ship, which clashed with the British, blew up after this conflict. As the ship was blown up, 4,436,519 silver and gold pesos were buried in water with a large amount of jewelry. After this incident, Spain waged war on England.

RMS Amazon (1852)

This ship, which belongs to R.M.S.P company, exploded and sank with a fire that broke out on January 4, 1852, while sailing to the West Indies. After this sad accident, the sinking ship had 100,000 Euro gold, 20,300 Euro coin, and 5,150 Euro mercury.

Napried (1872)

The ship moving from the port of Beirut in June 1872 was sunk in the fire and found the sea bottom with many important works in it. When the ship sank, there were Byzantine, Greek, Roman and Venetian coins in it. Also, there were extremely precious rugs collections and 5,000 pieces of antiques on the ship.

Prins Frederik (1890)

The ship, which is a Dutch ship and sailed to Java, collided with the British steamship The Mapessa on June 25, 1890. When the ship sank, there were 400,000 silver coins to be paid to the Dutch army in its warehouse.

SS Benmohr (1942)

A ship sunk by a German submarine on March 5, 1942, about 210 miles southwest of Freetown, had an important treasure. This ship had 46 and a half tons of silver, large amounts of cast iron and rubber.

SS City of Cairo (1942)

St. The ship was sunk by the German submarine on November 6, 1942, about 450 miles south of Helena. These valuable items included wood, cast iron, cotton, fabric, manganese ore and 2000 boxes of silver coins. All these valuable items were buried with the ship.

In the history of maritime, very sad accidents have occurred and many marine vessels have been sunk due to undesired reasons or different accidents have occurred. Depending on this, important treasures are buried in the water besides many lives. Although some sinking ships had treasures after the accident, these treasures mostly remained at the bottom of the water. Perhaps some years after these accidents, some of these treasures were found with good research. However, there are still treasures of many sunken ships under the sea. Maybe these treasures will be available in the coming years.