Champion ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Champion

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1859, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 234 x 31 ft ) 1419 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Friday November 7, 1879
collision with sailing ship Lady Octavia - 28 casualties
Depth:: 105 ft

The wreckage at the site plotted is a likely match for the iron-hulled side-wheel steamship Champion. The wreck was long known as the "inshore paddlewheeler".

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Admiral DuPont

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1847, England, as Anglia
Specs:: ( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties
Depth:: 150 ft

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The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.

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