AH-WR-1630

Romance

Passenger Steamer · Lost 1936 · Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

She sank in Broad Sound on 9 September 1936 after collision with New York.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Romance was built at Wilmington in 1898. She sank in Broad Sound on 9 September 1936 after collision with New York. All aboard escaped without loss of life. She was returning from Provincetown to Boston.

Vessel

Built: 1898
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, twin propellers
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 9, 1936
Cause: Collision
Location: Broad Sound, north of Graves Light
Water: Massachusetts Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Broad Sound, north of Graves Light
Region: Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Exact present condition and verified wreck coordinates are not established here.

Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Vessel identity, type, loss date or year, and named loss locality.