The Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District is a

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encompassing a collection of shipwrecks in the

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area of southeastern

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. The district includes several clusters of underwater archaeological resources associated with as many as 21 shipwrecks dating to the

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. The district was listed on the

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in 1985.

List of shipwrecks

* ''Ranger'' * ''Ella'' * * ''Beauregard'' * ''Sophia'' * ''Wild Dayrell'' * ''Phantom'' * ''Douro'' * ''Hebe'' * ''Venus'' * ''Lynx'' * * ''Bendigo'' * ''Elizabeth'' * ''Stormy Petrel'' * * ''Arabian'' * ''Louisiana'' * ''Condor'' * CSS ''Raleigh'' * ''Modern Greece'' * one unknown vessel (site 0007NEI)

References

Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Pender County, North Carolina American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places {{PenderCountyNC-NRHP-stub

List of shipwrecks

See also

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