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Cornelius Hargraves

Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1889, H.M. Bean, Camden ME, USA
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 1332 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with steamer Vizcaya - no casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves

A typical wooden sailing ship wreck, with three parallel walls, machinery pile at one end, and odds & ends in-between.

Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves — The steam-powered anchor winch

Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves — A bit lies in the middle of the wreck

Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves — A pair of wheels

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Vizcaya

Shipwreck Vizcaya

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:: Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:: 1872, England, as Santander
Specs:: ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Lionfish

Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Size: to 17", usually smaller

Habitat: turning up all along the East Coast

Notes: venomous spines

This Indo-Pacific scorpionfish has been sighted in the wild in Florida and the Caribbean since the 1990s. In 2000 it began appearing off North Carolina. Two juveniles were found off Long Island in 2002, and in 2003 a two-inch yearling was collected in the Shark River. Of course, this popular pet is sighted daily in public and private aquariums all over the world.

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