NOAA announced on Wednesday, April 23, it has found the underwater wreck of the passenger steamer City of Chester, which sank in 1888 in a collision in dense fog near where the Golden Gate Bridge stands today.
19th century shipwreck discovered —
NOAA announced on Wednesday, April 23, it has found the underwater wreck of the passenger steamer City of Chester, which sank in 1888 in a collision in dense fog near where the Golden Gate Bridge stands today.
San Francisco Maritime National
A newspaper illustration of the collision between RMS Oceanic and SS City of Chester. The 202-foot long steamship had just left San Francisco when it was struck by the steamer Oceanic.
19th century shipwreck discovered —
A newspaper illustration of the collision between RMS Oceanic and SS City of Chester. The 202-foot long steamship had just left San Francisco when it was struck by the steamer Oceanic.
San Francisco Chronicle
A view of the Golden Gate Channel and approximate location of where the ship was found.
19th century shipwreck discovered —
A view of the Golden Gate Channel and approximate location of where the ship was found.
Robert V. Schwemmer/NOAA
The NOAA team rediscovered what they thought was the City of Chester while surveying another nearby shipwreck. High-resolution sonar imagery clearly defined the hull and the fatal gash on the vessel's port side.
19th century shipwreck discovered —
The NOAA team rediscovered what they thought was the City of Chester while surveying another nearby shipwreck. High-resolution sonar imagery clearly defined the hull and the fatal gash on the vessel's port side.
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