Sandy Hook Dive Sites (4/11)
- 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
More: Fort Victoria ...
- 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
More: Ioannis P. Goulandris ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, trawler, Royal Navy
- Name:
- Pentland Firth is the channel between the northern tip of Scotland and the Islands that form Scapa Flow, the great British naval base, and today one of the best wreck diving locales in the world.
- Built:
- 1934, England
- Specs:
- ( 164 x 27 ft ) 485 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday September 19, 1942
collision with minesweeper trawler USS Chaffinch (400 tons) - ? casualties - GPS:
- 40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 1991)
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: HMS Pentland Firth ...
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