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AMAZONE Ft. Pierce
The Amazone was built in 1922 by J. Meyer's S.B. Company, Zalt
Bommel, Holland. She was 255.1 feet in length, had a 36.8 foot beam
and displaced 1,257 gross tons. The Amazone was powered to reach a
top speed of 8.5 knots by 138 nhp triple expansion engines. The
steel hulled Dutch freighter was owned by the Pioneer Steamship
Company of Delaware.
On May 6, 1942, she was en route from Curacao to New York with a
cargo of sisal, coffee and oil burners when she was torpedoed by
Kapitan Luetnant Peter Cremer of the U-333. According to Joe
Roberts, the Amazone was an easy target for the German submarine
because she was silhouetted by the Jupiter Lighthouse. The Amazone
took 14 of her crew to a watery grave.
According to ship historian, Craig Swavely, the Amazone now rests in
one piece and leans slightly on her starboard side. Her bow is
easily recognized and rises 10-15 feet off the bottom. Her boilers
also provide relief and her engine is now resting on its side just
behind the wrecks boilers. She is in 90
feet of water with a maximum depth of 100 feet in the wash out
around the wreck, 16 miles southeast of Ft. Pierce Inlet. South of
the wreck is a deck gun which was blown off the wreck as she went
down. There is also some scattered wreckage in this area from other
wrecks.
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