The Minnie Breslauer

Built in 1872, the Minnie Breslauer was a steel-hulled English steam freighter built in Portugal. She left Malaga in early 1873 on her maiden voyage to New York with a cargo of wine, dried fruit, bales of cork and 160-pound lead ingots. Unfamiliar with Bermuda’s reefs, Captain headed towards the shore, but she collided with the submerged South West Breaker reef and ground to a halt. The ship was later pulled off the reef to be towed to make repairs in St. Georges. Unfortunately, the damage was too severe, and she sank anyway before the vessel could reach the port.she sits in 65 feet of water.