munromh
Contributor
A presentation on the identification of the shipwreck Jennie R. Dubois
From the Power Squadron Website about the presentation:
Thursday, 14 May, 1830 (6:30 p.m.), the Edward Smith Library, located at the corner of Routes 17 & 22 in Northford. Join Mark Munro as he discusses the recently discovered secrets of the five-masted coasting schooner Jennie R. Dubois. Please be prompt as this event is open to the public and seating is limited to 50 people.
On 11 February, 1902, in West Mystic, Connecticut, the largest coasting schooner built outside of the Maine shipyards slid down the ways of the Holmes Shipbuilding Company. Nineteen months later the Jennie R. Dubois, sunk in a collision with the Steamship Schoenfels, was resting on the sandy bottom southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. Once cleared as a menace to navigation, the Dubois was lost to history and her location remained unknown to local divers and historians.
Sound Underwater Survey and the Baccala Wreck Divers began their search for this elusive schooner on 7 September, 2002. Five years later after surveying seventeen square miles of ocean, the team finally met with success. Through extensive exploratory dives and archival research the group was able to unlock the secrets of the Jennie R. Dubois' final moments and why many previous search teams were unsuccessful in locating the wreck of this historic schooner.
Since 1988, Mark Munro has been actively diving on or searching for New England Shipwreck. Instilled with a passion for discovering previously unknown shipwrecks, he has sought out and located many using Side Scan Sonar and Magnetometers. Sonograms of shipwrecks acquired by Mark have been published in Underwater magazine and Gary Gentile's book Shipwrecks of Rhode Island and Connecticut.
