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Continent

Shipwreck Continent
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Canada
Built:
1931, Netherlands? as Castor
Specs:
( 211 x 45 ft ) 466 gross tons, 14 crew
Sunk:
Saturday January 10, 1942
collision with Byron D Benson ( 7953 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:
40°25.662' -73°50.736' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:
130 ft

"mostly intact, dark, and dismal"

The Continent is the northernmost Mud Hole wreck, although it is outside the boundary I have drawn.

Byron D Benson
The Byron D Benson was torpedoed and sunk off North Carolina

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barges - Atlantic Beach Artificial Reef

80 ft steel barge
Type:
artificial reef, barges
Depth:
55 - 64 ft
Name Description Sunk GPS
80 ft steel 40°31.884'
-73°43.297'
85 ft steel 40°31.942'
-73°42.894'
100 ft steel 40°31.631'
-73°43.029'
140 ft steel 40°31.736'
-73°42.736'
150 ft steel 40°31.903'
-73°43.166'
150 ft wood 40°31.762'
-73°43.306'
75 ft steel Thursday
Nov 14, 2019		 40°31.604'
-73°43.611'

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