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Hull of historic ship washes ashore in Ponte Vedra

A ship hull has washed ashore in Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve on Wednesday.

A ship hull has washed ashore in Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve on Wednesday.

The size of the ship is approximately 40-feet long. Beach services is trying to remove the hull to higher ground before high tide.

A team of archeologists from LAMP (Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program) is on the way to conduct research.

According to officials, 74% of shipwrecks of the coast from Florida are from the 19th Century so it's likely this ship is also from the 19th century. The exact age/century of that ship is from is unknown.

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