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Shipwreck Almirante
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1909, Ireland
Specs:
( 378 x 50 ft ) 3121 gross tons, 105 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Friday September 6, 1918
collision with U.S. Navy tanker Hisko - 5 casualties
Depth:
70 ft

Shipwreck SS Carolina
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:
1896, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA, as La Grande Duchesse
Specs:
( 380 x 47 ft ) 5017 gross tons, 330 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
shelled by U-151 - 13 casualties
Depth:
250 ft

Shipwreck Chaparra
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Cuba
Name:
a seaport in northeastern Cuba
also Spanish for "cowboy" or slang for "shorty"
Built:
1906, Scotland, as Tinhow
Specs:
( 249 x 38 ft ) 1510 gross tons, 29 crew
Sunk:
Sunday October 27, 1918
struck mine laid by U-117 - 6 casualties
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck City of Athens
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:
1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as Somerset
Specs:
( 309 x 46 ft ) 3648 gross tons, 135 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 1, 1918
collision with French Navy cruiser La Gloire - 67 casualties
Depth:
110 ft

Shipwreck Dorothy B. Barrett
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


Shipwreck Durley Chine
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Built:
1913, England
Specs:
( 279 x 40 ft ) 1918 gross tons, 28 crew
Sunk:
Sunday April 30, 1917
collision with steamer Harlem - no casualties
Depth:
185 ft

Shipwreck Edward H. Cole
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


Shipwreck Isabel B. Wiley
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1901, Goss & Sawyer, Rockland Me USA
Specs:
( 226 x 43 ft ) 1778 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
200 ft


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Type:
shipwreck, sailing ships
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1854
foundered in storm
Depth:
35 ft

The packet ship Manhattan sank with eight of her nine crew. In the same storm, the 200 ft schooner Powhattan was also lost nearby, with over 350 immigrants on board and no survivors. Neither wreck has been positively identified, although there are several candidates, including one old wooden hull buried up to the gunwales in the sand.