Sandy Hook Dive Sites (4/11)
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- 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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- 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
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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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A small local trawler. The net is stowed on the large white spool aft, while the wooden otter boards are stowed alongside. Newer vessels like this put the fishing gear over the stern, while some older trawlers still put the net and otter boards over the starboard side, leaving the port side free for loading and unloading at the dock.
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