French Ship Which Sank In 1856, Killing Over 100 People Found Off Massachusetts
A team of divers from the Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS) company has discovered the long-lost wreck of the French steamship Le Lyonnais
The vessel sank in 1856 after a tragic collision off the coast of Massachusetts, was located about 200 miles from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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The vessel was part of a new fleet designed to transport mail and passengers between Le Havre, France, New York, and South America.
Le Lyonnais, measuring 272 feet in length featured a horizontal steam engine, sails, and two mid-19th-century innovations-a screw propeller and an iron hull.
On November 2, 1856, while returning from New York to France, the steamer collided with an American sailing vessel off the coast of Nantucket due to heavy fog.
The incident, which historians refer to as a “hit-and-run,” resulted in one of the worst maritime tragedies of the nineteenth century.
The accident claimed the lives of 114 of the ship’s 132 passengers and crew.
The AWS team, began searching for the wreck in September 2023 by side-scanning possible underwater sites.