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Name |
Depth | Year Sunk | Type of Wreck | Interesting Tidbit |
Aeolus |
107' | 1988 | Navy Cable Layer, Artificial Reef |
After storms in 1996, the previously intact ship was broken into 3 pieces |
| Amagansett | 130' | Menhaden Boat | ||
| Ashkabad | 55' | 1942 | Russian Freighter | Recently uncovered |
| Atlas | 130' | 1942 | Tanker | A really great dive when the vis is good |
Bedfordshire |
110' | 1942 | British Armed Trawler | A shell-hunter's paradise |
| British Splendor | 100' | 1942 | Freighter | |
| Caribe Sea | 85' | 1942 | Freighter | Lately, a good place to find Sandtigers |
| Cassimir | 110' | 1942 | Tanker | Sunk by collision with SS Lara: Spotted Coronetfish were seen here in 2000 |
| Ea | 45' | 1902 | Barge | near the shoals, often covered with sand |
| Esso Nashville | 110' | 1942 | Tanker | the porthole hardware is brass: not easy to recover |
Fenwick Isle |
65' | Menhaden Boat | Intact and sinking, in a "hole" of sand | |
| Hardees | 100' | Yard Oiler | ||
| Hutton | 70' | 1942 | Tanker | recently most of the sand and sediment was removed from the site by storms-exposing much of the wreck |
| Indra | 65' | 1992 | LST Landing Craft Repair Ship-320' long Artificial Reef |
still intact, and upright |
Lobster Wreck |
118' | Dredge | often great visibility and -lobsters!- | |
Naeco |
130' | 1942 | Tanker-Bow and Stern are over 2 miles apart | Naeco is Ocean spelled backwards. Lionfish were seen on this wreck in 2000 |
| Normannia | 115' | 1924 | Freighter | |
Novelty |
55' | Trawler | ||
| Papoose | 120' | 1942 | Tanker | Home of many Sand Tiger Sharks |
| Parker | 55' | 1974 | Liberty Ship-Troop Transport Artificial Reef |
Artificial reef: often used for OpenWater check out dives. |
| Portland | 55' | 1943 | Freighter | An excellent dive if the Vis is good |
| Proteus | 130' | 1918 | Ocean Liner | Sister ship was the Comus |
| Schurz | 120' | 1918 | WWI Cruiser | Previous name: Geier. Great wreck for brass artifacts. |
| Senateur Duhamel | 60' | 1942 | British Armed Trawler | Good wreck for finding flounder |
| Suloide | 65' | 1943 | Freighter | |
| Tamaulipas | 140' | 1942 | Tanker | Named after a State in Mexico |
| Tarpon | 130' | 1957 | US Submarine | Cause of Sinking: foundering under tow |
| U-352 Sub | 115' | 1942 | German Submarine | still mostly intact, with the conning tower in place |
| Verbena | 70' | US Coast Guard Cutter | ||
| Yancey | 170' | Attack Transport | Artificial reef: in deep water, home to large grouper and jewfish |
updated 09/02/05
For more information about wrecks in North Carolina, please visit the BFDC website.
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5/10/08
