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Lady Gertrude

Shipwreck Lady Gertrude

Type:: shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Built:: 1979, St. Augustine Trawlers, St Augustine FL USA, as Corinne W
Specs:: ( 72 x 26 ft ) 119 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:: Monday Aug 15, 2016, broken propeller shaft - no casualties
Depth:: 135 ft

Shipwreck Lady Mary

Shipwreck Lady Mary — Lady Gertrude had not long ago joined the Point Pleasant fishing fleet, from Massachusetts.

Shipwreck Lady Mary — The final position report of the Lady Gertrude, within an hour of sinking.

The boat was running offshore towards scallop grounds near the Chicken Canyon, the deepest part of the Mud Hole, when the prop shaft broke. This caused the boat to flood, and about three hours later it capsized and sank. The crew abandoned ship and was picked up by another fishing vessel. As of fall 2017, the wreck was completely over on its port side, with the deck almost vertical.

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Fishing Vessels

small commercial fishing vessel — A small commercial fishing vessel of unknown type, although the bushels on deck would imply that she was after some kind of shellfish.

There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.

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