New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

shipwreck, schooner

Built:

1891, New London, Connecticut, USA

Specs:

( 188 x 39 ft ) 922 gross tons, 10 crew

Sunk:

Saturday December 27, 1907
collision with schooner Elizabeth Palmer, 1 casualty

Depth:

80 ft

A large wooden wreck, with a massive central keel, and very low-lying side walls. Scattered large machinery, chain, and old-style anchor at the west end.

The Elizabeth Palmer (2,446 tons) sank in 1915 off Fenwick Island Delaware in a collision in which she sank a two-year-old steel-hulled steamer more than twice her size.

The wreck of the Estelle Phinney was demolished by the RC Mohawk.

The wreck was identified by Dan Lieb of the New Jersey Historical Divers Association.