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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.
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
At the time of its designation in 2021, the sanctuary included 36 known shipwrecks [3] [5] [6] [4] [7] dating from the 1830s to 1930, [5] [7] including Wisconsin's two oldest known shipwrecks in terms of vessel construction date, [4] [6] the schooners Gallinipper, which was constructed in 1833 and sank in 1851, and Home, which was built in 1843 ...
Wrecks may present a variety of site-specific hazards to divers. Wrecks are often fouled by fishing lines or nets and the structure may be fragile and break without notice. Penetration diving, where the diver enters a shipwreck, is an activity exposing the diver to hazards of getting lost, entrapment and consequently running out of breathing gas.
It lies in approximately 100 feet (30 m) of water and at 240 feet (73 m) in length provides ample scope for exploration. However, relatively little of the wreck involves penetration diving. The Hilma Hooker is regarded as one of the leading wreck diving sites in the Caribbean, according to Scuba Diving Travel Magazine. [3]
The reef is a navigation hazard because it projects into the shipping channel, as evidenced by (at least) four shipwrecks. This includes the SS Carnatic (1896), [1] Kimon M (1978), Chrisoula K (1981) [2] and Giannis D (1983). [3] The reef and the wrecks are popular for scuba diving; four of the wrecks are at a depth of more than 30 metres (98 ...
The locations of three boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation in the Second World War have been uncovered for the first time by a detailed survey of 30 shipwrecks off the French coast.
In The Sea Hunters, Cussler documents the search for nine famous shipwrecks while also offering dramatized imaginings on the events that led up to the loss of the ship. To date, the group's most successful find is the (disputed) discovery of the final resting place of the Confederate submarine Hunley, detailed in Part 6.