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Miraflores

Shipwreck SS Miraflores

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Britain
Built:: 1921, England
Specs:: ( 270 x 39 ft ) 2755 gross tons, 34 crew
Sunk:: Thursday February 19, 1942
torpedoed by U-432 - no survivors
Depth:: 165 ft

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USS Cherokee ID-458

Shipwreck Cherokee

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, US Navy
Name:: An Indian tribe of Pennsylvania and New York, later relocated to Oklahoma.
Built:: 1891, John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ USA, as Edgar F. Luckenbach
Specs:: ( 120 x 25 ft ) 272 gross tons, 20 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday July 26, 1918
foundered in storm - 10 survivors
Depth:: 90 ft

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Republic

Shipwreck Republic

Type:: liner, White Star Line
Name:: One of the "-ic" series of White Star liners, which included such other ships as the Georgic, Olympic, and Titanic.
Built:: 1903, Ireland
Specs:: ( 570 x 68 ft ) 15378 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday January 25, 1909
after collision with steamer Florida - 2 casualties
Depth:: 240 ft

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Charles Morand

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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Coimbra

Shipwreck 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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Suffolk

Shipwreck Suffolk

Type:: shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:: 1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 365 ft ) 6798 tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 11, 1943
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:: 180 ft

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Dutch Springs
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Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria - New York Times

Type:: shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:: A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:: 1951, Italy
Specs:: ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:: 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:: 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )

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Comb Jellies

Comb Jelly

You cannot go diving in New Jersey waters without seeing Comb Jellies. Up close, rainbow-like rows of tiny beating hairs called cilia may be seen - the Comb Jelly's only means of propulsion. Comb jellies do not sting, but they are still voracious predators, feeding on anything they can engulf. At night they may phosphoresce - watch the boat wake as agitated Comb Jellies flash in the dark like depth charges. Cnidarians are exclusively marine, although some are tolerant of brackish water as well.

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