Admiral DuPont

Shipwreck Admiral Dupont
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1847, England, as Anglia
Specs:
( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties
Depth:
150 ft

The wreckage at the location plotted is a likely match for the iron-hulled side-wheel steamship Admiral Dupont. There is no hard proof of this, but a mountain of circumstantial evidence makes it hard not to be.

The wreck lies within the boundaries of the Deepwater Artificial Reef. It was not a widely-known site when the reef was planned. The wreck was long known as the "offshore paddlewheeler".

The Admiral DuPont was originally the Confederate blockade runner Anglia. Anglia was caught by the Union Navy, who took the ship as a prize and renamed it after Admiral Samuel DuPont.

Shipwreck Admiral Dupont New York Times
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https://academia.edu/5292541/ MID_ATLANTIC_DEEPWATER_SHIPWRECK STUDY_SIDE_WHEEL_PADDLE_STEAMER_ADMIRAL_DUPONT_1847_1865

https://academia.edu/5292562/Steinmetz_2013 Admiral_DuPont_in_ACUA_Proceedings_2012

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H10284/88 -- OPR-C147-WH-88; AN OBSTRUCTION WAS FOUND WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 33 FT; OBSTRUCTION IS 269M SW OF CHARTED POSITION OF THIS ITEM AND 81M SW OF POSITION OF ITEM 1571; EVALUATOR BELIEVES THAT THIS CONTACT IS THIS ITEM OR ITEM 4600; THERE ARE OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AWOIS ITEM THAT WERE LOCATED BY THE PRESENT SURVEY, BUT THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND HAS AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT THAT IS CLOSE TO THE CHARTED INFORMATION. (UPDATED MSD 6/91)

FE330SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #22 FROM SURVEY H-10284/88; DIVERS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE REMAINS OF A LARGE WOODEN WRECK WHICH IS BADLY BROKEN UP, DETERIORATED, AND STREWN ABOUT THE BOTTOM; SEVERAL LARGE TIMBERS RISE AT ANGLES ABOVE THE GENERAL TREND OF THE WRECK; TIMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY THE RIBS FROM THE WRECK; LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH WAS TAKEN BY DIVERS ON THE AFTERMOST VERTICAL TIMBER; DUE TO THE DETERIORATED CONDITION OF WRECK, POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION IS NOT POSSIBLE; HOWEVER, DIVERS REPORTED THAT THE WRECKAGE WAS MORE LIKELY A BARGE THAN A WAR VESSEL (AWOIS ITEM 1571) (UPDATED MSD 6/91)