Photos: (Bottom left) Joe Mazraani fanning sand away to reveal a deadeye (Photo by Andrew Donn); (Center) Colorized Illustrated Times of London drawing Le Lyonnais sinking, December 27, 1856 (Sellitti’s collection); (Bottom right) Engine cylinder that was key to identifying the wreckage (Photo by Andrew Donn).
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Point Pleasant Beach NJ, in a groundbreaking discovery, the wreckage of the 1856 transatlantic passenger steamship Le Lyonnais has been found by a team of explorers. Le Lyonnais tragically sank on November 2, 1856, after colliding with the American sailing vessel Adriatic off the coast of Nantucket. Of the 132 passengers and crew aboard, 114 perished in the disaster, making it one of the most significant maritime tragedies of its time.
