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Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands; SS Hispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site; HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour; SS James Eagan Layne – Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
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.
2 Dive site. 3 References. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Hilma Hooker is a shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands.
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.
Lists of shipwrecks – Index to Wikipedia's lists of shipwrecks; List of wreck diving sites – List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving. Scuba diving tourism – Industry based on recreational diver travel; Wreck Alley – Area off California with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs
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Drift diving – Scuba diving where the diver is intentionally transported by the water flow; Inland diving – Diving in waters inland of the coastal high water mark. Reef diving – Recreational diving on a reef Artificial reef – Human-made underwater structure that functions as a reef
The Sagamore is reported to be the best example of a whaleback barge among Great Lakes shipwrecks. Only 44 whalebacks were ever built, and out of the 26 that sank, only 8 sank in the Great Lakes, most of them being blown up for blocking shipping channels.