Nuestra Sra. de las Mercedes

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gorgeous exhibition on this vessel in the MARQ (no relation to me)

Ship was pirated twice: once by the British navy in 1804 who attacked it whilst Spain and England were at peace, second time by Odyssey who tried to run off with the coins etc. that were on board - took ages for the Florida courts to determine they were the property of Spain.

For the full story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_de_las_Mercedes