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Western World

Shipwreck Western World

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship, England
Specs:: ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

Shipwreck Western World — "two congealed lumps"

Beach replenishment operations in the vicinity of this wreck can not have improved it.

Western World

Western World

Shipwreck Western World ranges

Images from New Jersey Beach Diver courtesy of Capt. Dan Berg

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Macedonia

Shipwreck Macedonia — I found this old painting labeled "Macedonia" and "1894". This certainly could be the same ship. Another Macedonia enters the records in 1900, just a year after this one was lost.

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk )
Name:: Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
Built:: 1894, England
Specs:: ( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:: 60 ft

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