Shipwreck · Montauk, New York
HMS Culloden
A 74-gun British ship of the line, one of the fleet lying in Gardiners Bay to keep the French out of Newport, driven ashore in a winter gale on 23 January 1781 at what was then Will's Point and is now Culloden Point, on Fort Pond Bay just west of Montauk. Her guns and stores were salvaged and the hull burned to the waterline. What is left is broken timbers spread over a large sandy bottom in 15 to 25 ft, often buried with only a few showing: a shore dive at high tide over slick rocks, bearing about 330° from the large boulder on the beach. The site has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979, a circle about 200 ft across; nothing may be taken or disturbed. A cannon, copper sheathing and a piece of the rudder recovered earlier are at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum.
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Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck, 74-gun ship of the line |
|---|---|
| Lost | 23 January 1781 |
| Built | 1776 |
| Depth to the top | 5.5 m (18 ft) below the surface |
| Position | 41.0704°N, 71.9583°W (approximate, ±300 m) |
| Position known from | One rough record: approximate |
| From Montauk Point Lighthouse | 8.5 km (5.3 mi), bearing 270° W |
| Source | Long Island Divers Association; National Register of Historic Places; Wikipedia |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Montauk Point Lighthouse, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
Further reading: HMS Culloden (1776) on Wikipedia.
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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.