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Arundo

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
Built:: 1930, New Castle England, as Petersfield
Specs:: ( 412 x 55 ft ) 5163 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday April 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-136 - 6 casualties
Depth:: 140 ft max; 110 ft min; 125 ft typical

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Ayuruoca

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Brazil
Built:: 1930, Germany, as Roland
Specs:: ( 468 x 58 ft ) 6872 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday June 10, 1945 ( well after cessation of hostilities )
collision with freighter General Fleischer - 1 casualty
Depth:: 170 ft, starts at 110 ft

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Bidevind

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Built:: 1938, Germany
Specs:: ( 414 x 56 ft ) 4956 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:: Thursday April 30, 1942
torpedoed by U-752 - no casualties
GPS:: 39°48'57" -72°46'07" (US Navy 2004)
Depth:: 190 ft

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Black Point

Type:: shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:: 1918, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 369 x 55 ft ) 5353 displacement tons
Sunk:: Saturday May 5, 1945
torpedoed by U-853 - 12 casualties
Depth:: 85 ft

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Cayru

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Brazil
Built:: 1919, Hog Island PA USA, as Scanmail
Specs:: ( 390 x 54 ft ) 5152 gross tons, 83 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Sunday March 8, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 53 casualties
Depth:: 125-140 ft

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Choapa

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Chile
Built:: 1937, England, as Helga
Specs:: ( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:: Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties
Depth:: 195 ft, starts at 160 ft

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Coimbra

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:: Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:: 1937, Germany
Specs:: ( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:: 190 ft, starts at 165 ft

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Continent

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Canada
Built:: 1931, Netherlands? as Castor
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 466 gross tons, 14 crew
Sunk:: Saturday January 10, 1942
collision with Byron D Benson ( 7953 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°25.662' -73°50.736' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 130 ft

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F.F. Clain

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: 963 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday February 17, 1943
possibly collision with Harry Rush
Depth:: 75 ft

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Ioannis P. Goulandris

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

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There are few marine reptiles and even fewer in the cold North Atlantic. While it would be possible for a salt-water crocodile to swim up from the Caribbean, there is no record of one ever having done so. Nor are there any of the sea-snakes that are famous in the South Pacific. The only marine reptiles that are encountered in our waters are sea turtles.

The one exception to this is the little Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin. (right) This small turtle ( about 6 inches ) is found only in salt marsh environments. Adults are very strong swimmers and have even been noted in the ocean surf, although I don't think they venture offshore.

Green Sea Turtle

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