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Nope, not a liner. Ship was loaded with ammo. Every time I dive it people
find some - except for me. :-(
Here is the history of the wreck from Olympus Dive Center's site
(www.olympusdiving.com):
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SCHURZ This 254 former German gunboat Geir was captured and
recommissioned as a US Navy ship in WW I. Built in Germany in 1894, she
sank as a result of a collision with SS Florida June 21, 1918. Today she
rests in 110 feet of water and is still giving up interesting artifacts.
In fact
an extremely nice porthole was recovered in early Spring, 1997!
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I would highly recommend Olympus. They run a great operation. The six-pack
luxury boat can take care of special (tech) needs. Their two other boats
(the Midnight Express, and the Olympus) can handle general purpose dives.
Give them a call.
Stan Dilcher
divewrecks@ho*.co*
>From: <Scaleworks@ao*.co*>
>To: vbtech@ci*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
>Subject: Re: Dive trip report Morehead City, NC
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:14:34 EDT
>
>In a message dated 00-04-04 21:29:54 EDT, captjt@mi*.co* writes:
>
><< www.diverdownscubadiving.com .
> On Saturday seas were a bit rough 4-5 ft, but that did not stop us from
>our
> goal of diving the Schurz a German built gunboat that sunk in 1918 after
>a
> collision with the SS Florida that sits 25 plus miles out. >>
>
>Would this happen to be the same Italian Liner that rammed and sunk the RMS
>Republic? If so, what a history.
>
>68 top to bottom, hmmm, very nice, we had 41 at 130' this weekend, 42 at
>20',
>quite the thermocline. Sounds like a great trip.
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Kevin
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