- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1847, England, as Anglia
- Specs:
- ( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties - Depth:
- 150 ft
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Steamers (1/5)
Steamer is an early term for any vessel power by a steam engine rather than sails.
Early steamers were propelled by large paddlewheels. "Side-wheelers", with the paddlewheels on each side, were more seaworthy, and therefore more common in ocean waters, while "stern-wheelers", with a single large paddlewheel at the back, were more common as riverboats. Later, these were replaced by more efficient screw (or propeller) vessels.
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The Alexander Hamilton was the last of the steam-powered side-wheel riverboats of the Hudson River Day Line. Built in 1924, she ceased operations in 1971. A well-meaning group pulled the Hamilton from the mud in 1977 and moved her to a temporary berth along the east side of the Navy pier, planning to restore her as a museum. Unfortunately, at the new more-exposed location, the old vessel was sunk and reduced to scrap by a sudden storm in November of that year. The last records indicate that the wreck is still there, and you can even make out the outline on Google Earth.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- May 1846, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 320 x 36 ft ) 1112 gross tons, 75 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Friday November 26, 1846
boiler explosion; then grounded during storm on Fisher's Island - 45 casualties - Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1852, Thomas & William Collyer, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 225 x 37 ft ) 1556 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday February 20, 1859
ran aground in fog - no casualties - GPS:
- 40°25.641' -73°51.135' (AWOIS 2003)
- Depth:
- 35 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer ( assuming it is the Creole ) USA
- Built:
- 1862, Mystic CN, USA
- Specs:
- ( 194 x 34 ft ) 1229 tons
- Sunk:
- March 17, 1868, ran aground in fog - no casualties
- Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1867, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- 274 tons (?), 9 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday February 1, 1870
collision with steamer Santiago de Cuba ( 1627 tons) - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1859, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 234 x 31 ft ) 1419 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Friday November 7, 1879
collision with sailing ship Lady Octavia - 28 casualties - Depth:
- 105 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1884, Scotland
- Specs:
- ( 200 x 27 ft ) 761 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday July 26, 1890
collision with schooner Zacheus Sherman - no casualties - Depth:
- 160 ft
contiguous but broken down
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