[RoughDobermann]

Many of its crew of 500 who survived the wreck were reportedly eaten by Florida's cannibalistic Calusa tribe.

The remains of the 50-metre-long vessel

500 men on a 50 metre ship in 1755? Surely they mean 50 men, right?

[RoughDobermann]

The Notre Dame de Deliverance, hired by Spain and owned by the French West Indies Co., which is long defunct, capsized and sank in a hurricane on Nov. 1, 1755, a day after departing Havana for Cadiz, Spain. On board were 512 passengers and crew.

I correct myself!!

[sphinx]

500 men on a 50 metre ship in 1755? Surely they mean 50 men, right?

Nope, 500. The glories of the great Age of Sail. I'd guess this ship was heavily armed. Took a lot of men to man the guns. Sailors, sardines, same accommodations.