AH-WR-1540

Half Moon

Racing Schooner Yacht · Germany · Lost 1930 · Florida's Atlantic Coast

Krupp's racing schooner Germania, seized in 1914, which ended her days sunk off Key Biscayne.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Documented Likeness. Drawn from surviving builder's plans or clear photographs of this vessel. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Half Moon was built at Kiel in 1908 as Germania, a steel racing schooner for Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Seized by Britain in 1914, she passed through several owners and was renamed Half Moon. In Miami she became a floating fishing barge and sank off Key Biscayne around 1930. She is now a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve.

Vessel

Built: 1908
Builder: Germaniawerft
Yard: Kiel, Germany
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 1, 1930
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off Key Biscayne
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Key Biscayne, Florida
Region: Florida's Atlantic Coast

Pin marks the named place of loss; no published position used.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (72/100)

The exact date of sinking is not established.

Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, Underwater Archaeological Preserves
Loss date, place and circumstances.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Loss date, place and circumstances.