Atlantic Beach Artificial Reef
3.0 nautical miles south of Atlantic Beach, 0.64 sq miles
Depth: 55 - 64 ft
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Atlantic City Artificial Reef
12.2 Nautical Miles off Atlantic City, 5.00 sq miles
Depth: 55-95 ft [download]
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, USA
- Built:
- 1918, Liberty Shipbuilding, Brunswick GA USA
- Specs:
- ( 260 x 43 ft ) 2000 gross tons, no crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 8, 1926
dragged anchor and grounded in storm while awaiting final disposition - Depth:
- 25 ft
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Aurora sailed for the Kermit Line.
- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1824, Bath ME, USA
- Specs:
- ( 106 x 22 ft )
- Sunk:
- Nov 20, 1827, ran aground in storm - 6 casualties
- Depth:
- 12 ft
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Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- "small old wreck"
- Austin
- Barbara Ann
- Bay King
- big barge
- Brooklyn
- Manasquan Inlet Buoy
- Captain Bill
- Carrabassett
- Caterina.D
- Colleen
- crab barge
- Delaware
- Ed Schmidiger
- Glory Wreck
- Hail Mary
- Harbor Charlie
- Hillman III
- Jim Lynch
- Manasquan Inlet
- McGinty
- Megan Sue
- Middle Barge
- MRMTC 8
- MRMTC 9
- OWD III
- Patrick McHugh
- Riggy
- Rump
- Shark River Inlet
- Snug Harbor
- Swensen
2.0 Nautical Miles off Mantoloking, 5.19 sq miles
Depth: 65-80 ft [download]
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, England
- Sunk:
- Saturday, January 12, 1850
grounded in storm - 1 casualty
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- Type:
- sailing ship
- Name:
- Balaena is an old term for whale, derived from Latin. The name was found inscribed on the ship's bell.
- Depth:
- 170 ft
shipwreck, wooden hull full of coal
A wood sailing ship in the Mud Hole at a depth of 170 feet. She was a collier or ore carrier. She is still largely intact, coal in what's left of her holds. Divers tell tales of finding lots of deadeyes, but I haven't seen or heard of one coming from this wreck in many years. Her bell was found to identify her name, but not much else has been discovered about her history. A dive for the very experienced diver. Limited visibility, deep and dark. For those with the technical dive skill, it is a very nice dive.
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A packet ship of the early 1800s. Of note is the way the sails on the mainmast are set backward, against the sails on the fore- and mizzen- masts. Known as "backing", this was how a square-rigged ship "put on the brakes" to slow or stop without actually furling the sails.
Wind power has been used by mankind for millennia. Almost every human culture has constructed sailing vessels of some kind, from crude log or reed rafts to the highly developed wind-jammers of the early twentieth century. Many of these vessels were the most complex and technologically advanced machines of their time - equivalent to our jet airliners.
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