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Many of these ships were never found, so the exact number of shipwrecks in the Lakes is unknown; the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum estimates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost, [1] while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000. [2]
When first launched, the ship's wide cross-section and long midships hold was an unconventional design, but the design's relative advantages in moving cargo through the inland lakes spawned many imitators. The Hackett is recognized as the very first Great Lakes freighter, a vessel type that has dominated Great Lakes shipping for over 100 years.
A Spanish-Cuban slave ship that wrecked on a reef in the Florida Keys after a running gun battle with a Royal Navy anti-slavery patrol ship. USS Helena I United States Navy: 11 September 1919 A yacht that was wrecked off Key West in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. Henrietta Marie England: 1700 A slave ship sunk off Florida Keys. Herrera Spain ...
The Door County Maritime Museum program explores the 18-month-long search for the vessel that vanished without a trace 18-month search for a Great Lakes shipwreck is the subject of the next DCMM ...
List of shipwrecks of France; List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom. List of shipwrecks of England; List of shipwrecks of North America. List of shipwrecks of Canada; List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California; List of shipwrecks of Florida; List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes; List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts
United States Coast Guard: 21 June 1860 A survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey R.P. Resor United States: 28 February 1942 Torpedoed by U-578: Rusland: Struck wreck of Adonis. San Saba: Struck a naval mine. Sindia: 1901 Ran aground on the beach of Ocean City. USS ...
The recent discovery of wreckage more than 600 feet deep in Lake Superior solves one mystery of the SS Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier that sank in 1940. But another remains.
Florida: Key West: Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum: Florida: ... Naval Station Great Lakes: Great Lakes Naval Museum ... Coast Guard Heritage Museum