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SS Copenhagen

Steamship · United Kingdom · Lost 1900 · Florida's Atlantic Coast

A British steel steamship wrecked on Pompano Ledge in 1900, now a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve off Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

SS Copenhagen was a steel-hulled, schooner-rigged steamship built in 1898 in Sunderland, England, and registered to a Glasgow shipping company for transatlantic cargo runs. In 1900, just two years after launching, she struck a reef off present-day Lauderdale-By-The-Sea and sank. Her broken hull remains visible in shallow water on Pompano Ledge. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and dedicated as a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve in 1994.

Vessel

Built: 1898
Builder: Not established
Yard: Sunderland, England
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Glasgow Shipowners Company, Ltd.

Loss

Date: January 1, 1900
Cause: Grounding
Location: Pompano Ledge, off Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 30
Condition: Broken hull remains visible on the reef.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve; National Register of Historic Places