 The Wudda sank one fateful night on April 26, 1717, after it capsized during a nor'easter, which drove the boat onto a sandbar by Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Just after midnight, the masts broke, and according to first-hand accounts from the few survivors, the dozens upon dozens of cannons on the ship helped rip through the deck, driving the Wudda down into 30 feet of water, and with it, 146 men.