Cape May Dive Sites (8/9)

Cape May Chart

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Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer
Built:
1878, Scotland, as Clan Ranald
Specs:
( 305 x 34 ft ) 2008 gross tons
Sunk:
Tuesday June 4, 1901
foundered when cargo of asphalt melted and shifted - no casualties
Depth:
40 ft


Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Built:
1900
Specs:
703 tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Sunday April 3, 1932
- no survivors
Depth:
55 ft


Shipwreck San Jose
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA ( United Fruit Company, now Chiquita )
Built:
1904, Ireland
Specs:
( 330 x 44 ft ) 3358 gross tons, 35 crew
Sunk:
Saturday January 17, 1942
collision with C2-class freighter Santa Elisa - later torpedoed by U-123 - no casualties
Depth:
100 ft

Sea Girt was sister to Beach Haven
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
Specs:
( 120 ft ) 177 GT
Sunk:
August 1990
Depth:
65 ft

intact, upright, steel hull


Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
120 ft

A small steel wreck, greatly decomposed.

Possibly the remains of the Oklahoma.


Shipwreck Sindia
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1887, Ireland
Specs:
( 329 x 45 ft ) 3068 gross tons, 34 crew
Sunk:
Sunday December 15, 1901
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:
0-5 ft depending on the tide

Type:
rock pile
Depth:
60 ft

field of huge granite slabs


Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
120 ft

A large steel wreck, partially intact.

Possibly the remains of the Kennebec.



Shipwreck Rump
A spike protrudes from wooden decking
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:
approximately 150 ft
Depth:
80 ft