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Rusland

Steamer · United Kingdom · Lost 1877 · The New Jersey Coast

A Red Star Line steamer that ran aground in an 1877 gale, coming to rest atop the wreck of an earlier bark (or barque) and forming the site divers call the Dual Wrecks.

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

The Vessel and Her Loss

The Rusland, formerly the Kenilworth, ran ashore at Long Branch during a violent northeast gale in March 1877. She grounded directly atop the older wreck of the bark Adonis and became impaled on its cargo of millstones, preventing salvage. All aboard survived, and the two wrecks now form a single low debris field known to divers as the Dual Wrecks.

Vessel

Built: 1872
Builder: Not established
Yard: Dundee, Scotland
Material: Iron
Length: 345 ft
Beam: 37 ft
Tonnage: 2538
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Red Star Line

Loss

Date: March 17, 1877
Cause: Grounding
Location: Long Branch beach, New Jersey, atop the earlier wreck of the bark Adonis
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 200
Lives lost: 0
Master: Jesse De Horsey

The Wreck Today

Depth: 25 ft
Condition: Low, interlocking debris field with the earlier wreck of the bark Adonis, including ballast stones and millstones
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 40.30° N 73.99° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Long Branch, New Jersey
Region: The New Jersey Coast

General area only: coordinate of Long Branch from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (Long Branch beach), not a surveyed wreck position.