Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Pliny

Pliny

Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1878, England
Specs:
( 288 x 33 ft ) 1671 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday May 13, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

New York Times

(c) Dan Lieb

The Pliny is one of the larger vessels stranded on a New Jersey beach that was never pulled off. The wreckage is now a low debris field, 200 yards offshore. I am told that it is not sanded-in too badly. If that is the case, there should be quite a bit to see on a nice day.

(c) AquaExplorers

Images from New Jersey Beach Diver courtesy of Capt. Dan Berg of AquaExplorers.