Queen of Nassau
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The
steamer CGS Canada was built by Vickers in England, and
was launched in 1904. She did service as guard boat and
training ship in the Canadian navy and was armed with four
Maxim machine guns. After the outbreak of World War One
she was refitted with a few small caliber cannons. In 1925
she was sold to Nassau and renamed Queen of Nassau. On a
journey to Tampa she developed a leak and sank outside Key
Largo 2. July 1926. The wreck was found by divers in 2001
and rest today on a depth of 65 meter about four nautical
miles outside Islamorada.
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| GPS: 24 47.165 N 080 39.546 W ( Source: Neptun Dive ) Last updated: November 2014 |
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