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SS Mohegan, The Manacles

Wreck beach Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Atlantic Transport liner wrecked 14 October 1898

Wikipedia notes the wreck is popular with divers and that crockery and brass portholes are occasionally recovered. Divernet calls it probably the best known and most intensively dived wreck on the Manacles.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tidal currents on the ManaclesSurge, boat traffic

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