- 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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Sailing Ships (2/5)
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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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Specs:
- ( 180 x 38 ft ) 1100 tons
- Sunk:
- Monday, January 13, 1853
grounded in storm - no casualties
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1889, H.M. Bean, Camden ME, USA
- Specs:
- ( 211 x 45 ft ) 1332 gross tons, 10 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with steamer Vizcaya - no casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1904, Deering & Donnell, Bath ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 259 x 45 ft ) 2088 gross tons, 10 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday August 14, 1918
shelled by U-117 - no casualties - Depth:
- 60 ft
low debris field mostly buried in the sand
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- Type:
- Adonis - shipwreck, wood-hulled bark
Rusland - shipwreck, iron-hulled steamer, England - Built:
- Adonis - 1853, Germany
Rusland - 1872, Scotland, as Kenilworth - Specs:
- Adonis - 550 tons, 12 crew
Rusland - ( 345 x 37 ft ) 2538 gross tons, ~200 passengers & crew - Depth:
- 25 ft
- Sunk:
- Adonis - Tuesday March 8, 1859 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
Rusland - Saturday March 17, 1877 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship
- Built:
- Russell Ship Building Company, East Deering ME, 1873
- Sunk:
- Saturday December 14, 1907
ran aground 72 mph gale - no casualties (incredible) - Depth:
- 25 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1904, Cobb Butler & Co, Rockland ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 228 x 43 ft ) 1791 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties - Depth:
- 185 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, pilot boat, USA
- Built:
- 1876, New York, USA
- Specs:
- ( 78 x 20 ft ) 52 tons, 9 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday January 24, 1887
ran aground - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1902, William Rogers & Son, Bath Me USA
- Specs:
- ( 168 x 36 ft ) 599 gross tons, 8+ passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 2, 1918
collision with liner Prinz Oskar ( 1090 tons) - no casualties - Depth:
- 110 ft
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Lobsters, like most invertebrates, have a much slower nervous system than our own. In tiny creatures, such as insects, this is no great disadvantage, since their "wire runs" ( or nerves ) are so short. However, in bigger invertebrates, this translates into very long reaction times. Therefore, big lobsters have slow reflexes, much slower than even humans. Another common invertebrate trait is a lack of stamina, at least compared to us. In other words, they tire quickly in a chase. This is not to say that they lack tenacity - once they get a good grip on you, they can hold on forever, and even breaking the claw off may not cause it to release.
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