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Western World

Shipwreck Western World
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, England
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft
Shipwreck Western World
"two congealed lumps"

Beach replenishment operations in the vicinity of this wreck can not have improved it.

Western World

  1. Western World
Shipwreck Western World ranges

Images from New Jersey Beach Diver courtesy of Capt. Dan Berg

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Iberia

Shipwreck Iberia
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, France
Name:
Iberia is Latin for Spain or the Spanish peninsula.
Built:
1881, Scotland
Specs:
( 255 x 36 ft ) 1388 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:
Saturday November 10, 1888
collision with liner Umbria ( 7798 tons) - no casualties
Depth:
60 ft

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