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Cleopatra
The Cleopatra was a wooden schooner rigged steamer bound from West Point, Virginia to New York carrying 947 bales of cotton. Near Five Fathom Bank lightship, the Cleopatra collided with the Crystal Wave (which is suspected to be the wreck known as the Small Paddle Wheeler, although there is some who argue that it is the Large Paddle Wheeler wreck. No positive identification has yet been made of either paddle wheeler.
BUILT: 1865
VESSEL TYPE: PASSENGER FREIGHTER
DIMENSIONS: 184'x 34'x 15'
GROSS TONNAGE: 1,045
POWER: COAL FIRED SCREW STEAMER
BUILDER: SAMUEL H. POOK, FAIRHAVEN, CONNETICUT
OWNER: OLD DOMINION COMPANY
PORT OF REGISTRY: PORTLAND, MAINE
CAUSE OF SINKING: COLLISION WITH CRYSTAL WAVE
SUNK: OCTOBER 29, 1889
DEPTH: 100'
LOCATION:
| Wreck name | Max Depth | Dive Boat |
| Cleopatra | 100' | Ursula |
| City of Athens | 110' | Ursula |
| Billy Diggs | 50' | Ursula |
| Jacob Jones | 120' | Ursula |
| Schooner | 100' | Ursula |
| Shaw | 80' | Ursula |
| Small Paddle Wheeler | 110' | Ursula |
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