- 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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Steamers (3/5)
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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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1885, Goss & Sawyer, Bath ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 252 x 37 ft ) 1605 tons, 351 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Monday February 11, 1907
collision with schooner Harry Knowlton - 334 casualties - Depth:
- 140 ft
huge paddlewheels; wooden hull draped with fishing nets; hazardous currents & poor viz.
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- Type:
- steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1835, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 207 x 21 ft ) 488 gross tons, 165 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Monday January 13, 1840
fire - 4 survivors - Depth:
- 125 ft - 150 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk ) - Name:
- Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
- Built:
- 1894, England
- Specs:
- ( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty - GPS:
- 40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1891, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 310 x 44 ft ) 1505 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 4, 1920
pushed onto rocks by pack ice - no casualties - Depth:
- 15 ft
low debris field
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1858, Westervelt & Son, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 198 x 29 ft ) 1100 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday January 7, 1877
collision with schooner Seminole - 13 casualties - Depth:
- 150 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer
- Built:
- 1881, England
- Specs:
- ( 287 x 37 ft ) 1963 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday September 23, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Coast Guard records denote this wreck as "disproved" - no longer there. It was removed as a hazard to navigation. Nuphar is the genus name for Water Lilies.
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Octopus vulgaris
Size: see below
Habitat: rocks and coral reefs, all depths
Notes:
The Common Octopus is the most studied of all octopus species. Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa, as well as the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands. In the western Atlantic, it ranges from Texas and Florida to New England, although uncommon in colder northern waters. Typical habitat is rocks and coral reefs. Young are planktonic, and total lifespan is only 12-18 months.
O. vulgaris grows to 25 cm in mantle length with arms up to 1 m long. They can weigh up to 20 pounds, although they are usually much smaller. O. vulgaris is caught by bottom trawls on a huge scale off the northwestern coast of Africa. More than 20,000 tons are harvested annually.
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