Antonio López

Antonio L. López was a merchant steamship that was built in Scotland in 1882 for the Spanish Compañía Transatlántica Española. A United States Navy auxiliary cruiser sank her in the Spanish–American War when she was trying to run the US blockade to supply materiél to the Spanish garrison on Puerto Rico.

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Type: Disaster remains
Description: historic Spanish ship shipwrecked in Dorado, Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Antonio Lopez” and “Antonio Lopez Shipwreck”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School.

Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School

School

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Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School, also known as Escuela Jacinto Lopez Martinez, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is a school built in 1923-25 which was designed by architect Pedro Adolfo de Castro. Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School is situated 4 km southwest of Antonio López.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorado and Toa Baja.

Dorado

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Dorado is a town and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, 15 miles west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja.

Toa Baja

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Toa Baja is a municipality and town of 75,000 residents in the Toa Valley region of San Juan's metropolitan area in Puerto Rico along the island's Atlantic coast.

Antonio López

Categories: archaeological site, shipwreck, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.47994° or 18° 28′ 48″ north

Longitude

-66.23065° or 66° 13′ 50″ west

Open location code

77CMFQH9+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6760336586

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wreck

GeoNames ID

10376981

Wikidata ID

Q4776756

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Spanish: “Antonio López”

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