Grecian
Passenger-Freighter · United States · Lost 1932 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A steel passenger-freighter that sank after colliding with another steamer in fog near Block Island in 1932, killing four crew.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Grecian was a steel-hulled passenger-freighter built in 1900 for the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company, later run by Merchants & Miners Transportation Corporation between Boston and southern ports. On May 27, 1932, she collided in fog with SS City of Chattanooga south of Block Island and sank, with the loss of four crewmen. The wreck is a popular dive site in the waters approaching eastern Long Island Sound.
Vessel
- 1900
- Harlan & Hollingsworth
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Steel
- 265 ft
- 42 ft
- 2827
- Coal-fired steam, single screw
- Merchants & Miners Transportation Corporation
Loss
- May 27, 1932
- Collision
- South of Block Island, Rhode Island, near Long Island Sound approaches
- Atlantic Ocean
- Boston, Massachusetts → Norfolk, Newport News, and Baltimore
- General freight
- 34
- 4
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 95 ft
- Mostly broken up
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- 41.10° N 71.50° W
- Approximate position
- South of Block Island, near eastern Long Island Sound approaches
Approximate position five miles south of Block Island's southeast point.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Shipwrecks of Rhode Island and Connecticut by Gary Gentile (reprinted excerpt)
Build specifications, ownership, and loss narrative.
The Grecian, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opinion (1935)
Confirmation of collision circumstances and voyage.
