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Type:
rock pile
Depth:
60 ft

field of huge granite slabs



Type:
shipwreck, steamer
Specs:
2388 tons
Sunk:
Friday August 20, 1920
collision with barge Pottsville - no casualties
Depth:
60 ft

Shipwreck Sommerstad
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1906, England
Specs:
( 340 x 47 ft ) 3875 gross tons, 31 crew
Sunk:
Monday August 12, 1918
torpedoed by U-117 - no casualties
Depth:
180 ft

Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
120 ft

A large steel wreck, partially intact.

Possibly the remains of the Kennebec.




Shipwreck Stolt Dagali
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:
Stolt is the name of the line that owned the ship; it translates "proud". Dagali is a mountain valley in Norway.
Built:
1955, Denmark, as Dagali
Specs:
( 582 x 70 ft ) 12723 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:
Thursday November 26, 1964 ( Thanksgiving day )
collision with liner Shalom ( 25,338 tons ) - 19 casualties
Depth:
130 ft, starts at 60 ft


Shipwreck Suffolk
Type:
shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:
1911, Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 365 ft ) 6798 tons, 37 crew
Sunk:
Saturday December 11, 1943
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:
180 ft


small purse seiner
A small purse seiner. Note the outboard skiff on the stern, used in setting out the net. The net itself is piled on the back deck. The boat's booms handle both the net and the skiff, while the crow's nest on the mast gives a bird's eye view of operations.

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