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Francis Bushey

Francis S Bushey reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1957, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 247 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
Depth:: 100 ft

Francis S Bushey reef

Francis S Bushey reef

Francis S Bushey reef side-scan — Side-scan sonar - intact, but upside-down

Historic photo courtesy of McAllister Towing.

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Macedonia

Shipwreck Macedonia — I found this old painting labeled "Macedonia" and "1894". This certainly could be the same ship. Another Macedonia enters the records in 1900, just a year after this one was lost.

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk )
Name:: Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
Built:: 1894, England
Specs:: ( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:: 60 ft

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