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The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
Now a recreational dive site; USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site; HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay; SS Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site; SS Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York.It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
On November 26, 1853 while carrying 200 passengers and various supplies, the Albany went aground near Presque Isle, Michigan, and was destroyed by a storm the next day. [2] [3: Not listed Alvin Buckingham: Wooden schooner 1853 1870 8 feet (2.4 m)
Professional divers, when diving on a shipwreck, generally refer to the specific task, such as salvage work, accident investigation or archaeological survey. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to scuttle retired ships to create artificial reef sites.
YORK, Maine — A historic shipwreck that predates the American Revolution has again resurfaced from its place buried under Short Sands Beach.. Beachgoers have been taking pictures over the last ...
Twenty-six barges broke loose in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania going down stream sinking an unknown number of small boats at Peggy's Harbor marina. One barge sank near Dashields Locks and Dam. [50] [51] Unknown vessel unknown A vessel, carrying migrants, capsized and sank off Djibouti. At least 16 children and 27 adults were ...
A steamboat built in 1859, that burned near the mouth of the Poplar River in the Missouri River. James D. Rankin: 1877 A steamboat that wrecked on the Yellowstone River. Oakes: 1892 A steamboat that sank in the North Fork of the Flathead River. [34] Red Cloud: 11 July 1882 A steamboat that sunk near the Red Cloud Bend of the Missouri River ...