Dive Sites (19/46) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

HMS Hussar

Type:: shipwreck, frigate ( Mermaid-class, 6th-rate ), British Royal Navy
Name:: Hussars were light cavalry units of the period, known for their colorful and showy uniforms.
Built:: 1763, England
Specs:: ( 124 x 33 ft ) 627 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday November 23, 1780
struck a rock - unknown casualties, including prisoners
Depth:: probably buried in the landfill under the police station near 135th Street

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Hornet

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: ( 70 ft )
Depth:: 50 ft

intact, steel

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Horton's Point / Commodore

Horton's Point

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1848, Jeremiah Simonson, Greenpoint NY USA
Specs:: ( 275 x 32 ft ) 984 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday December 27, 1866
beached to prevent foundering in a storm; old age & decay - no casualties

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Howard

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1882, Kingston, NY, USA
Specs:: ( 101 x 29 ft ) 179 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday June 3, 1911
grounded in storm while salvaging Roda - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Looking roughly south: Sandy Hook is barely visible at upper-right, Rockaway inlet at the upper-left, Brooklyn at lower-left, Staten Island at lower-right. The shipping channel is also plainly obvious.

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Huntington Artificial Reef

1.16 nautical miles northeast of Lloyd Point, 0.08 sq miles
Depth: 47 to 53 feet

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Hvoslef

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Norway
Built:: 1927, England
Specs:: ( 255 x 35 ft ) 1630 gross tons, 20 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday March 10, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 6 casualties
Depth:: 140 ft

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Hylton Castle

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:: 1871, England
Specs:: ( 251 x 32 ft ) 1258 gross tons, 22 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 11, 1886
overloaded and foundered in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 95 ft

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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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Ida K SC-1282

subchaser fishing — A subchaser converted to fishing - *Ida K* might have been similar

Type:: submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
Built:: 1943, Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City NC USA
Specs:: ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
Sunk:: ???
Depth:: 90 ft

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