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HMS Culloden

Type:: shipwreck, frigate, British Royal Navy
Name:: The Battle of Culloden, where in 1745 the English army massacred the last of the Scottish resistance ( and much of the civilian population ), completing the English conquest of Scotland.
Built:: 1776, England
Specs:: ( 170 x 47 ft ) 1658 gross tons, 650 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 24, 1781
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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HMS Hussar

Type:: shipwreck, frigate ( Mermaid-class, 6th-rate ), British Royal Navy
Name:: Hussars were light cavalry units of the period, known for their colorful and showy uniforms.
Built:: 1763, England
Specs:: ( 124 x 33 ft ) 627 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday November 23, 1780
struck a rock - unknown casualties, including prisoners
Depth:: probably buried in the landfill under the police station near 135th Street

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Horton's Point / Commodore

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1848, NY USA
Specs:: ( 275 x 32 ft ) 984 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday December 27, 1866
beached to prevent foundering in a storm; old age & decay - no casualties

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Howard

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Sunk:: 1911
grounded in storm while salvaging Roda - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Looking roughly south: Sandy Hook is barely visible at upper-right, Rockaway inlet at the upper-left, Brooklyn at lower-left, Staten Island at lower-right. The shipping channel is also plainly obvious.

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Hylton Castle

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:: 1871, England
Specs:: ( 251 x 32 ft ) 1258 gross tons, 22 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 11, 1886
overloaded and foundered in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 95 ft

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Iberia

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, France
Name:: Iberia is Latin for Spain or the Spanish peninsula.
Built:: 1881, Scotland
Specs:: ( 255 x 36 ft ) 1388 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:: Saturday November 10, 1888
collision with liner Umbria ( 7798 tons) - no casualties
Depth:: 60 ft

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Immaculata

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 95 ft

This wreck seems to be one or more wooden barges, possibly garbage barges from the 1920s. There is an anchor in one spot near a machinery pile, and in other spots, the old walls rise perhaps 10 ft off the bottom. But otherwise, everything is pretty broken down. This forms many hiding holes for lobster and rock crabs, and there is one in almost every hole, and some quite large. The Sea Bass are also good-sized. Yellowish natural sponges and bottles are easy to find.

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Inshore Schooner

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Sunk:: circa 1860; cause unknown
Depth:: 35 ft

low wood debris field, bottles, coconut shells

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Irma C

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Depth:: 105 ft

The Irma C, an old coal barge, rests a few miles east of the G&D wreck. Her remains have been reduced to a small low-lying patch of wreckage, so that fishing or dive boats may find it a little tricky to anchor on her.

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