June 8, 1708 – This Day in Fleet History

June 8, 2019/Ben Costello/No Comments

June 8, 1708.

British captain ambushes Spanish Treasure Fleet during War of Spanish Succession. The San Jose, one of the richest ships in the fleet with 7 to 11 million pesos on board,  is lost.

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Ben Costello

Ben Costello is a director of the 1715 Fleet Society and an attorney in Washington, PA.

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