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Burnside

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Specs:: 855 tons
Sunk:: Sunday April 20, 1913

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Celtic / Cape Race

Type:: Celtic - shipwreck, canal tugboat, USA
Cape Race - shipwreck, barge, USA
Built:: Celtic - 1958, USA
Specs:: Celtic - ( 85 ft ) 6 crew
Cape Race - ( 150 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday November 17, 1984
barge foundered, pulling tug down with it - no survivors
Depth:: 60 ft

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Charles Dunlap

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1904, Millbridge ME USA
Specs:: ( 225 x 42 ft ) 1498 gross tons
Sunk:: July 22, 1919; ran aground in fog
Depth:: 25 ft

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Choapa

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Chile
Built:: 1937, England, as Helga
Specs:: ( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:: Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties
Depth:: 195 ft, starts at 160 ft

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Coastwise

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1900, Perth Amboy NJ USA
Specs:: ( 109 x 24 ft ) 268 gross tons, 17 crew
Sunk:: Monday July 19, 1920
sprung a leak - no casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

wooden

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Coimbra

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:: Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:: 1937, Germany
Specs:: ( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:: 190 ft, starts at 165 ft

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Condor

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Specs:: ( 70 ft )
Sunk:: Wednesday December 7, 1983
fire - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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Continent

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Canada
Built:: 1931, Netherlands? as Castor
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 466 gross tons, 14 crew
Sunk:: Saturday January 10, 1942
collision with Byron D Benson ( 7953 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°25.662' -73°50.736' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 130 ft

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Cornelia Soule

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Specs:: 306 tons, 6 crew
Sunk:: Saturday April 26, 1902
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
GPS:: 40°25.992' -73°10.620' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 25 ft

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Dodger

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship
Depth:: 100 ft

wooden

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These fishes are most likely to be found on or near the bottom out at sea, either resting or swimming around. In addition, many of the types more often found in the rivers and inlets may be found out at sea.

Many of the types presented here are representative of entire families of similar related species. While some are closely related, others are not. These particular species are the most common in our area.

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