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Cape Hatteras has been a deadly trap for sailors that have entered over the centuries. The stretch of shore is home to more than 600 shipwrecks off the shifting sandbars of the Hatteras Islands. [4] The sandbars shift due to rough waves and unpredictable currents. Another danger was the Outer Banks "wreckers."
The Graveyard of the Atlantic refers to the coastal region of the Outer Banks that contain the remains of hundreds of ships that were sunk due to war, piracy or weather. The museum's exhibits feature many artifacts recovered from shipwrecks, including a German Enigma machine from the German submarine U-85 that was sunk in 1942. [2]
The shipwreck of the Laura Barnes sailing ship is located on Coquina Beach. The Laura Barnes is representative of the many wooden sailing ships that were lost on the Outer Banks. "The four-masted schooner out of Camden, Maine was driven ashore during a nor’easter on the night of June 1, 1921". [4]
SS Empire Gem. The Empire Gem was a recently built 10,600-ton British tanker, armed with one 4-inch (100 mm) gun, one 12-pounder anti-aircraft gun and six machine guns.While off Diamond Shoals on the night of January 23, 1942, U-66 under Robert-Richard Zapp detected the unescorted Empire Gem and the unarmed American merchantman SS Venore.
Every good treasure hunt involves traversing both alluring and ominous locations. In Outer Banks , our favorite Pogues venture to a handful of spots from North Carolina to the Bahamas to South ...
British cargo ship; ran aground on outer Diamond Shoals. Governor Ames United States: 13 December 1909 Schooner that was wrecked in a gale off Cape Hatteras: Gray Ghost: Sunk and later recovered near Belhaven. Helen H. Benedict: 1914
Plot twist! None of them are in North Carolina.
Hidden beneath the waves and constantly changing in both form and depth, the shoals are believed to be responsible for up to 600 shipwrecks along the Cape Hatteras shoreline, an area commonly known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic". [2] Diamond Shoals is composed of three distinct shoals, collectively designated as Diamond Shoals.