The 228-foot (69 m), four-masted lumber schooner (1,394 GRT, 1918) was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[1]
The wreck of the former HMAS Protector at low tide on 22 March 2008.After suffering damage in a collision with a tug off Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and being abandoned ca. July 1943, the former lighter – originally the flatiron gunboat HMAS Protector (Royal Australian Navy) – was scuttled for use as a breakwater at Heron Island off Queensland on an unknown date.
The wreck was charted in 1943 6.8 miles (10.9 km) from the American Shoal Light, Florida at 24°34′N81°24′W / 24.567°N 81.400°W / 24.567; -81.400. The wreck was destroyed on 24 March 1944.[5]
Unknown shipwreck
The wreck was charted in 1943 just off the north west coast of Key West, Florida at 24°35′N81°48′W / 24.583°N 81.800°W / 24.583; -81.800.[5]
Unknown shipwreck
The wreck was charted in 1943 east of Marathon, Florida at 24°42′N80°52′W / 24.700°N 80.867°W / 24.700; -80.867.[5]
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