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Type:
shipwreck, sailing ships
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1854
foundered in storm
Depth:
35 ft

The packet ship Manhattan sank with eight of her nine crew. In the same storm, the 200 ft schooner Powhattan was also lost nearby, with over 350 immigrants on board and no survivors. Neither wreck has been positively identified, although there are several candidates, including one old wooden hull buried up to the gunwales in the sand.


Type:
shipwreck, tugboat ?
Depth:
40 ft

This unknown vessel is listed on the charts as "Margaret" and is speculated to be a tugboat. She may be the remains of the Margaret Olsen, a small steam-driven harbor boat, which collided with the tugboat Joseph A. Ginder on May 4, 1929. Visibility is usually pretty poor, 15 ft or less, and current can be a problem, due to the proximity to Deb's Inlet.


Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled schooner barge ( formerly a Scottish/Italian bark )
Built:
1868, Dundee, Scotland
Specs:
693 tons
Sunk:
Saturday October 29, 1938
Depth:
60 ft



Shipwreck Maurice Tracy
Type:
shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:
1916, Ashtabula OH USA, as Nordstrand, later Sekstant
Specs:
( 253 x 43 ft ) 2468 gross tons
Sunk:
Saturday June 17, 1944
collision with freighter Jesse Billingsley - no casualties
Depth:
70 ft



Shipwreck Meta
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, Germany
Built:
1855, Damariscotta ME USA
Specs:
( 204 x 42 ft ) 1812 tons
24 crew
Sunk:
Sunday October 14, 1883
ran aground in fog - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

wood wreck




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