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Shipwreck Larchmont
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1885, Goss & Sawyer, Bath ME USA
Specs:
( 252 x 37 ft ) 1605 tons, 351 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Monday February 11, 1907
collision with schooner Harry Knowlton - 334 casualties
Depth:
140 ft

huge paddlewheels; wooden hull draped with fishing nets; hazardous currents & poor viz.


Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
105 ft

The Irma C, an old coal barge, rests a few miles east of the G&D wreck. Her remains have been reduced to a small low-lying patch of wreckage, so that fishing or dive boats may find it a little tricky to anchor on her.



Type:
shipwreck, tugboat ?
Depth:
40 ft

This unknown vessel is listed on the charts as "Margaret" and is speculated to be a tugboat. She may be the remains of the Margaret Olsen, a small steam-driven harbor boat, which collided with the tugboat Joseph A. Ginder on May 4, 1929. Visibility is usually pretty poor, 15 ft or less, and current can be a problem, due to the proximity to Deb's Inlet.


Shipwreck Drumelzier
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1895, England
Specs:
( 340 x 45 ft ) 3625 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:
Monday December 25, 1904
ran aground in snow storm, incompetence - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
( 200 x 24 ft ) 485 tons
Sunk:
Saturday November 11, 1939
Depth:
85 ft

carrying a cargo of stone


A regulator is usually among the first pieces of dive gear that a beginner will buy. Often, with a little help from your sales representative, you will be coaxed into buying much more in this department than you really need, and skimping or putting off purchases in other areas that would benefit you much more. This is a shame since much of the other gear you buy will make much more of a difference to you when you are actually in the water. Before you dismiss this statement as heresy, please consider my reasoning.