Once the passengers were safely on shore, the galleon "Angel Gabriel", moored in Pemaquid Bay, was completely destroyed when the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 rushed up the coast from Naragansett, Rhode Island, leaving the ship as just a mass of floating debris after it was hit with the strongest winds ever recorded.
After passengers were safely evacuated, the ship "Angel Gabriel" in Pemaquid Bay was destroyed when the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 hit it from Narragansett, Rhode Island, leaving only wreckage in the water after the most powerful winds ever recorded battered it.