Half Moon (shipwreck) explained
The
Half Moon (also known as the
Germania and
Exen) was a racing sailboat; it sank in 1930 near
Miami, Florida, United States. The wreck is outside Bear Cut, which separates
Virginia Key from
Key Biscayne. Christened
Germania, the racing yacht featured a chrome-nickel steel hull built by Krupp-Germania-Werft in 1908 in
Kiel, Germany. During a visit to England in 1914, the yacht was seized as a 'war prize'. After changing owners several times, and surviving an especially-violent storm off
Virginia, the yacht became a
floating restaurant and dance hall off Miami. It sank near Key Biscayne in 1930.In 2000, the wreck became the seventh
Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve.In 2001, it was added to the US
National Register of Historic Places.
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