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

Dive Sites (19/46)

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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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Sea Raven

Hemitripterus americanus

Size
to 25" and 7 lbs.

Description:
The fleshy tabs around the head and ragged-looking dorsal fin are identifying characteristics of Scorpionfish like the Sea Raven. The eye is also very strange looking. These fishes prefer cooler waters and disappear when it warms up. Tropical and Pacific relatives including the introduced Lionfish have poisonous spines, but our species is harmless. Some people eat them, but I find them to be among the most interesting and obliging photo subjects in our waters.

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