One sank in a failed attack.. Discovery of 4 ships from the 18th century off the coast of Carolina

A team of marine archaeologists announced the discovery of four ancient shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina, near the historic port of Brunswick Town, believed to date back to the 18th century.

Among these ships, the Spanish ship "La Fortuna" stood out, which was coming from Cuba and exploded and sank in 1748 during a failed naval attack on the English settlement in Brunswick Town. The port at that time was an active trading center for exporting timber and tar to the British Royal Navy.

The team, led by Jason Rubb and Jeremy Burelli, found wreckage that includes 47 wooden beams made of cypress wood common in the Caribbean, in addition to Spanish pottery, reinforcing the hypothesis that the wreckage belongs to "La Fortuna".

The identities of the other three ships remain unknown, but their design and the artifacts recovered from them suggest they belong to the same period and location. It is believed that storms over the years have scattered the wreckage over a wide area, which may complicate future search efforts.

Historical records show that two Spanish ships had anchored off Brunswick Town on September 4, 1748, before the Spanish launched a raid on the settlement, but they were surprised by a counterattack from the colonists, leading to the destruction and sinking of "La Fortuna".