ROBERT EDMISTER Broward County

The 95 foot coast guard cutter Cape Gull was built in 1953 at the Coast Guard yard in Curtis Bay. The vessel was sold at auction to a Ft. Lauderdale businessman who renamed her Robert Edmister after a friend and associate who had passed away. The newly named Robert Edmister was sunk on December 11, 1989, when the Broward Sheriff's Office Bomb & Arson Unit set off five eight pound dynamite charges. The Edmister went down in just 36 seconds.

The wreck now sits upright in 70 feet of water 1,000 feet due south of the Jay Scutti wreck. The Edmister has already attracted a good variety of marine life including coral.

Photo: The Robert Edmister was originally built as the Coast Guard cutter Cape Gull.
Photo courtesy Coast Guard.

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