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Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria - New York Times
Type:
shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:
A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:
1951, Italy
Specs:
( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:
40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:
240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )

Shipwreck Lady Gertrude
Atlantic Princess was probably similar to Lady Gertrude
Type:
shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Built:
1980, St. Augustine FL
as Eleanor Eileen X
Specs:
( 68 ft ) 121 gross tons, 6 crew
Sunk:
Sunday, December 14, 1980
foundered, 2 survivors
Depth:
170 ft

Shipwreck Bidevind
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Built:
1938, Germany
Specs:
( 414 x 56 ft ) 4956 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:
Thursday April 30, 1942
torpedoed by U-752 - no casualties
GPS:
39°48'57" -72°46'07" (US Navy 2004)
Depth:
190 ft

Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
80 ft

a small steel wreck, greatly decomposed

Possibly the remains of the Oklahoma.


Shipwreck SS Carolina
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:
1896, Newport News VA USA, as La Grande Duchesse
Specs:
( 380 x 47 ft ) 5017 gross tons, 330 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
shelled by U-151 - 13 casualties
Depth:
250 ft

Shipwreck Cayru
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Brazil
Built:
1919, Hog Island PA USA, as Scanmail
Specs:
( 390 x 54 ft ) 5152 gross tons, 83 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Sunday March 8, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 53 casualties
Depth:
125-140 ft

Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer, USA
Built:
1884, Scotland
Specs:
( 200 x 27 ft ) 761 gross tons
Sunk:
Saturday July 26, 1890
collision with schooner Zacheus Sherman - no casualties
Depth:
160 ft

contiguous but broken down


Shipwreck City of Athens
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:
1911, Camden NJ USA, as Somerset
Specs:
( 309 x 46 ft ) 3648 gross tons, 135 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 1, 1918
collision with French Navy cruiser La Gloire - 67 casualties
Depth:
110 ft

Shipwreck Coimbra
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:
Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:
1937, Germany
Specs:
( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:
190 ft, starts at 165 ft

The Half Way Girl
No print of the movie exists
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1919, Portland OR USA
Specs:
( 267 x 49 ft ) 2992 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:
Tuesday June 16, 1925
deliberate - for film "The Half Way Girl"
Depth:
140 ft

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Shipwreck Bronx Queen
Type:
shipwreck, submarine chaser, later party boat, USA
Built:
1942, Camden NJ USA, as SC-635
Specs:
( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons, 19 crew, including passengers
Sunk:
Saturday December 20, 1989
foundered after structural failure of aft hull caused by improper modifications - 2 casualties
Depth:
35 ft

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