Half Moon (shipwreck)

Germania, 1908
History
Name	Germania (1908–1917) Exen (1908–1921) Half Moon (1921–1930)[1]
Namesake	Halve Maen
Owner	Count Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1908–1917) Christoffer Hannevig (1917–1921) Gordon Woodbury (1921–1922) Charles D. Vail (1922–c.1923) H. Fink and A. Toplitz (c.1923–1928) Ernest D. Smiley (1928–1930)[1]
Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany
Cost	704,024 marks
Launched	1908
Fate	Sank, 1930
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Displacement	250 t (246 long tons)
Length	47.21 m (154 ft 11 in) o/a 32.94 m (108 ft 1 in) w/l
Beam	8.17 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft	5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) max.
Sail plan	2-masted Sail area 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2)
Crew	40
Half Moon (shipwreck)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve No. 7
25°43′39″N 80°8′4″W / 25.72750°N 80.13444°W / 25.72750; -80.13444
NRHP reference No.	01000531[2]
FUAP No.	7
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 31, 2001
Designated FUAP	2000

The Half Moon (also known as the Germania and Exen) was a racing sailboat; it sank in 1930 near Miami, Florida, United States. The wreck is outside Bear Cut, which separates Virginia Key from Key Biscayne. Christened Germania, the racing yacht featured a chrome-nickel steel hull built by Krupp-Germania-Werft in 1908 in Kiel, Germany. During a visit to England in 1914, the yacht was seized as a 'war prize'. After changing owners several times, and surviving an especially-violent storm off Virginia, the yacht became a floating restaurant and dance hall off Miami. It sank near Key Biscayne in 1930. In 2000, the wreck became the seventh Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve. In 2001, it was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.

Media related to Germania (ship, 1908) at Wikimedia Commons

• Miami-Dade County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Half Moon at Florida's Underwater Archaeological Preserves
• Half Moon at Florida Maritime Heritage Trail
• Half Moon at Florida Heritage Tourism Interactive Catalog
• Museums in the Sea Half Moon

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1930

Shipwrecks

• 4 Jan: Edgar Quinet
• 17 Jan: Arctic
• 23 Jan: Monte Cervantes
• 1 Feb: Edgar F. Coney
• 11 Feb: München
• 28 Feb: HMCS Thiepval
• 29 Mar: HMS L1
• 10 Apr: St. Sunniva
• 25 May: City of Honolulu
• 13 Jun: Miss England II
• 26 Jun: John B. King
• 3 Aug: Akashi
• 17 Aug: Tahiti
• 24 Nov: HMAS Torrens
• 10 Dec: Empress of Scotland
• Unknown date: Baymaud, Half Moon

Other incidents

• 10 Jan: Edward Luckenbach
• 31 Jan: Minnekahda
• 17 Feb: El Paraguayo
• 18 Feb: Iron Monarch
• 28 Apr: Fresnel
• 29 Apr: Gairsoppa
• 22 May: SS Kaisar-I-Hind
• May (unknown date): USFS Widgeon
• 6 Jun: Arpha
• 27 Jun: Pierre Chailley
• June (unknown date): Equity
• 2 Jul: Mona
• 14 Jul: Pengreep
• 19 Jul: Minnekahda
• 7 Aug Tregenna
• 8 Aug: Penguin
• 15 Aug: Tahiti
• 3 Sep: USC&GS Oceanographer
• 21 Sep: MV Penguin
• 26 Sep: HMS Conquest
• 1 Dec: Georges Philippar
• 12 Dec: Arcturus
• 18 Dec: Ceramic
• Unknown date: HMS Peterel

1929 1931

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