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Shipwrecks
of the Outer Banks In Pictures
Click
on any picture below to see a larger
image. All photos below by Fred Hurteau.
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This
left photo is another shot of the unmarked
wreck shown on the previous page.
Shipwrecks often appear and disappear
during storms on the Outer Banks.
They are sometimes washed onto shore,
or carried out to sea, and covered
or uncovered as the sand is hauled
about by the ocean currents and storm
surges from hurricanes.
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The G.A.
Kohler washed high up on the
beach in a hurricane on Aug. 23,
1933. The huge 4-masted schooner
languished on the dunes like a beached
whale for nearly ten years. During
WWII this popular tourist attraction
was burned to obtain her scrap metal.
In 1973 when this photo was taken
this was all that visibly remained. |
 
The Altoona (left)
broke in two at Cape Hatteras point in 1878. This piece of
the wreckage
is also visible in the background of the 1973 photo at right,
showing another piece of the ship. One source indicated
this wreckage
has washed away after remaining visible for more than 100 years.
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This
is another photo of the Oriental seen
on the previous page. |
This
enlargement better shows the boiler
stack which has defiantly withstood
the oceans fury since 1862. |
The unmarked shipwreck (at right)
rests within sight of the Oriental (pictured
above). Click on this thumbnail
and find the Oriental in
the ocean at the far left of
this picture. The spikes in the
foreground are the remains of
fencing used to stabilize dunes. |
M.A.
Spencer |
M.A.
Spencer |
M.A.
Spencer |
The
three photos above are different
angles of a wreck marked by the
park service as the M.A. Spencer,
but I have been unable to locate
any references to a shipwreck by
that name.
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The
photos at left and right are
opposite ends of a shipwreck
on Ocracoke Island believed to be the George W. Wells. Although
most of this wreckage was buried under
the sand, it appeared to be as
long as the remains of the Laura
A. Barnes shown below. |
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 The Laura
A. Barnes (at left, right and
five photos below) was a 4-masted
schooner out of Camden, Maine, that
shipwrecked in a storm on June 1,
1921. The crew was rescued and the
stranded ship was sold to some locals
for salvage. It was stripped and
the salvage was sold at auction.
Parts of her went into building a
house, which was a very common occurrence
on the Outer Banks. Storms shifted
the remaining wreckage about, and
vandals have set fire to the hulk
several times.
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Laura.A.
Barnes |
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Barnes |
Laura.A.
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Barnes |
Laura.A.
Barnes |
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Find
the latest information
and
current photos of
Outer Banks
shipwreck sites at
OuterBanks
Guidebook.com
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