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About The Wrecks
Rhode Island Wrecks
Blackpoint
368 ft long freighter with 55 ft beam.
Dive stern only.
The stern sits upright in 85 feet of water. It is wide open inside and there is much to
see. (Visibility is low )
The Blackpoint is the ship the U853 sank and the last merchant ship sunk in WW2.
The Grecian
290 ft long with a 42 ft beam
A freight and passenger liner sunk in a collision in 1932 about 4 miles SE of Block Island.
Depth about 95 feet of water
The vessel is broken up and has a large debris. The bow and stern are intact and the boilers are lying on their sides in pairs amid the debris. Lots of
hake, flounder and tautog.
Heroine
Fishing trawler over 100 ft long.
70 ft. depth
It is a debris field fully recognizable as a shipwreck.
Idene
120 ft long
Depth of 85 feet.
A totally intact 120 ft fishing trawler lying upright in 85 ft of water.
Lots of swim throughs. This is definitely a Hollywood wreck meaning it is intact as you see in the movies.
Lightburne
419 ft tanker with a 56 foot beam.
Depth is30 ft maximum
The wreck is fun to visit...Most of the plates have fallen away leaving a massive steel
skeleton. There is an oval hatch leading to an adjacent cabin. There are ladders valves and pipes
scattered throughout the wreck.
July and August there are lots of tropical fish.
U-853
German Submarine
Length - Approx. 250'
Width - Approx. 20'
125' Max Depth, 108 to Tower, 112' Deck
Great Marine Life in large quantities
Penetration is available to those with experience.
Northshore Wrecks
Wreck of the Chelsea
Bow of tanker is in 60' - 70' of water and broken up.
Location: Northeast of Thacher Island in Rockport.
Wreck of the Chester Poling
Oil tanker split in half and sank in 1977. Upright, intact, and really a great dive.
Depth: 90+ ft.
Location: Outside Gloucester Harbor.
Wreck of the Nina T
70' long wooden trawler, sunk in Sept. 1997. Intact and upright
Depth: 90+ Feet
Location: Outside Gloucester Harbor.
Wreck of the Charles Haight
Liberty ship sunk 1946.
Great dive, lots of sea life on it. Bow portion intact laying on side. Very pretty dive.
Depth about 45'.
Location: Near the Rockport Breakwater.
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