1911 Shipwreck Identified [PHOTO/VIDEO], The remains of a steamship sat on the ocean floor off Key Largo for over
a hundred years and despite being a well-known diving spot, the
identity of the wreck remained a mystery.
The
315-foot-steel-hulled Hannah M. Bell has always been dismissed as
“Mike’s wreck,” which got its name from Mike Butler, who helped
popularize the wreck as a diving spot in the 1980s.
But
scientists and historians now know its real identity after three years
of effort. ABC News reported the steamship sunk on April 4, 1911, almost
exactly a year before the Titanic went down in a field of icebergs over
1,000 miles to the north. Go here to read more and see the photo and video.
