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Fort Victoria

Type:: shipwreck, liner, Furness-Bermuda Line, Bermuda
Built:: 1913, Scotland, as Willochra
Specs:: ( 411 x 56 ft ) 7784 gross tons, 371 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Wednesday December 18, 1929
collision in fog with liner Algonquin ( see Mohawk ) - no casualties
GPS:: 40°28.907' -73°54.398' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:: 50 ft

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Gate City

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1878, Chester PA USA
Specs:: ( 254 x 39 ft ) 1997 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday February 8, 1900
ran aground in dense fog - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Glen Island

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1880, USA, as City of Richmond
Specs:: ( 239 x 36 ft ) 615 gross tons, 31 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 17, 1904
fire - 9 casualties
Depth:: 15 ft

outline of wooden hull, paddlewheel

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Gluckauf

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Germany
Built:: 1886, Germany
Specs:: ( 300 x 37 ft ) 2307 gross tons
Sunk:: Friday March 25, 1893
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 0-25 ft

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Ioannis P. Goulandris

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Greece
Name:: One of the Goulandris brothers, who's shipping company owned the vessel.
Built:: 1910, England, as Maria Stathatos
Specs:: ( 362 x 51 ft ) 3750 gross tons, 31 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday December 1, 1942
collision with freighter Intrepido - no casualties
Depth:: 190 ft

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Grecian

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1899 Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 263 x 29 ft ) 2825 tons, 34 crew
Sunk:: Friday May 27, 1932
collision with SS City of Chattanooga - 4 casualties
Depth:: 95 ft

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Gwendoline Steers

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1888, camden NJ USA, as Douglas H. Thomas
Specs:: ( 97 x 21 ft ) 148 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Sunday December 30, 1962
cause unknown - no survivors
Depth:: 40 ft, starts at 20 ft

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Happy Days

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Depth:: 115 ft

The Happy Days appears to be the remains of a wooden schooner. The Happy Days sits in 115 feet of water just east of the G&D wreck. According to Jimmy Fazzolare this wreck consists of scattered wreckage with one mast stump sticking up. Jim reports that the wrecks bell was recovered by one of the Aquarians Club divers. Unfortunately, the bell did not have the wreck's name on it. Visibility here is often hampered by sediment from a silty bottom. Jim reports that this wreck is one of the best lobster wrecks in the area.

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Harvey's Schooner

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Depth:: 120 ft

The Harvey's Woody is an unidentified wooden schooner that sits in 120 feet of water about 24 miles out of Jones Inlet NY. According to diver Jim Fazzolare diver can find not only low lying ribs but a large pile of anchor chain, a large fluted anchor, and winch. This wreck is excellent for lobsters.

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Hempstead Artificial Reef

Depth: 50-70 ft
3.3 nautical miles south of Jones Beach State Park

Depth: 50 - 72 ft

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USS San Diego ACR-6

Shipwreck USS San Diego — *USS San Diego* photographed 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from *California* on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.

Type:: shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1904, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
Specs:: ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
Sunk:: Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality
GPS:: 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 110 ft, starts at 65 ft

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