The Squan Beach Life-Saving Station will be presenting a lecture by Dan Radel. Our doors will open at 7 PM. Come join us and listen to the stories of some of the shipwrecks at the Jersey Shore.
On a fateful day, Dec. 16, 1947, the Paramount V from Brielle was out for codfish with a small party of fishermen when the weather became bad. The captain picked up anchor and headed for home. They almost made it, but as the boat approached Manasquan Inlet, it got swamped by three waves and capsized, tossing the passengers into the sea. Seven fishermen drowned. Join Asbury Park Press reporter and historian Dan Radel as he recounts this tale and other maritime tragedies in a talk about shipwrecks at the Jersey Shore.
Dan Radel is a reporter for the Asbury Park Press and an adjunct history professor at Brookdale Community College. He grew up in Brielle, where he worked on fishing boats.
Thursday, April 2, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 PM
Admission $10. Doors open at 7 PM
Squan Beach Life-Saving Station No. 9
124 Ocean Avenue, Manasquan, New Jersey
Reservations suggested.
Seating is limited.
Please RSVP by calling Dan Lieb at 732-776-6261 or e-mail [email protected] by April 1st.
]]>at the InfoAge Science and History Museums, 2201 Marconi Rd, Wall, NJ
$30 per person ($25 for NJHDA members)
Refreshments – Silent Auction – 50-50
The symposium will be hosted by Mike Lavitt, Chairman, New Jersey Council of Divers and Clubs
– presentations –
The Coast Guard Beach Cart Project
Dan Lieb, NJHDA President
Jazz Age Tragedy: The Death of the SS Vestris
Jeffrey Brown, historian; educator
The Adriatic Affair: A Maritime Hit-and-Run off the Coast of Nantucket
Jennifer Sellitti, diver; author; historian (Jenn’s book, “The Adriatic Affair,” is available online at Amazon.com)
For reservations, directions and more information, please call 732-456-5045 or e-mail [email protected]
Doors open at 7 PM
124 Ocean Avenue, Manasquan, New Jersey
Reservations suggested.Join us for an evening of sea shanties and history. Nick Perone will lead us in songs and offer us the backgrounds of some of sea shanties. One of the most popular sea shanties of all time has a connection to Manasquan and the nearby shipwreck of the Amity! Artifacts from this wreck are on display.The presentation will be held on Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Squan Beach Life Saving Station, 124 Ocean Road, Manasquan. Doors open at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP by calling Dan at 732-776-6261 or e-mail [email protected] by November 13th.
]]>On Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 2 pm to 6 pm at the InfoAge Science and History
Museums, the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, Inc. (NJHDA) will hold their
annual New Jersey Shipwreck Symposium, “Chambers, Submarines, Schooners and
Sunken Treasure.”
A 50-50 and silent auction are available to help support the museum.
Admission is $30. Payment is available online at www.njhda.org .
Reservations are required as seating is limited. The symposium will be held in the science museums at 2201 Marconi Road, Wall, NJ.
The symposium will be hosted by Mike Lavitt, chairman of the New Jersey Council of
Divers and Clubs, and includes four scheduled presentations. Our speakers include:
Dan Lieb, NJHDA President, will talk about a hyperbaric chamber recently donated to
the museum. The 8-ton chamber will serve to help illustrate the technology involved in
diving and exploring shipwrecks.
Commander Timothy R. Dring, USNR (Retired) will describe the development of tools
and techniques in the U.S. Navy for submarine salvage and rescue. He will discuss the
tragic loss of one submarine, and how the disaster lead to the development of tools and
techniques that resulted in the saving of lives during the subsequent sinking of another
submarine.
Archaeologist Lee Cox, Jr. will talk about the oyster industry at the turn of the last
century and the vessel specifically designed and built and used to harvest oysters in the
Delaware River region. Three wreck sites will be highlighted during his presentation.
Shipwreck explorer Joseph Fiorentino will offer a presentation on expeditions he lead to
Nova Scotia, including the claim for the wreck site of HMS Feversham, a British frigate
lost at Scatarie Island in October 1711.
For the past three years, Mr. Fiorentino has been researching the story of HMS Feversham and Captain Robert Paston for the book Queen Anne’s Treasure by Captain Robert MacKinnon. Mr. Fiorentino and Captain MacKinnon have explored some of the richest shipwrecks in Nova Scotia.
For more information, call the museum at 732-456-5045 or e-mail [email protected].
Use the contact information above for additional information.
“Chambers, Submarines, Schooners & Sunken Treasure”
April 29, 2023, 2 pm to 6 pm
The symposium will be held at the InfoAge Science and History Museums
2201 Marconi Rd, Wall, NJ
$30 Admission ($25 for NJHDA members) Refreshments are available during breaks.
50-50 Draw – Silent Auction
Mike Lavitt – host
Hyperbaric Chambers at the Museum – Dan Lieb
Submarine Losses & Rescues – Tim Dring
Oyster Schooners in NJ – Lee Cox
Sunken Treasure off Nova Scotia – Joe Fiorentino
For reservations and more information, please call 732-776-6261 or e-mail NJHDA.
Send checks payable to NJHDA, 107 Wilson Road, Neptune, NJ, 07753
Proceeds support the New Jersey Shipwreck Museum at InfoAge.
]]>You are invited to a Zoom webinar, “Heroes, Shipwrecks and a Melon Patch.”
When: May 1, 2021, 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 2021 NJ Shipwreck Symposium
$20 – Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fe2hI7B6RnSwY5_ObPZPcA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The Squan Beach Life-Saving Station Preservation Committee in conjunction with NJHDA presents:
“Identifying the Bellholder Wreck” by Dan Lieb
124 Ocean Avenue, Manasquan, New Jersey
Reservations required – seating is limited.
Light refreshments available.
On Thursday Evening, August 22, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Dan Lieb will offer the presentation, “Identifying the Bellholder Wreck,” a shipwreck off Long Branch, New Jersey. No one knew the name of the vessel until an effort was brought forth by NJHDA and led by Lieb.
The wreck site offered little in the way of clues that might lead to an identification, so Lieb decided the only artifact on the seafloor that could help was the wreck, itself. His team put in more than a dozen man-hours on the bottom to collect the data needed to create an accurate site plan of the wreck that led to its identification.
The Squan Beach Lifesaving Station Preservation Committee is sponsoring the program, and NJHDA is associated with this group and displays some of its artifacts in the station. Admission price is $10.
Light refreshments will be served.
Doors open at 7:00 PM. Attendees are welcome to enjoy the shipwreck artifacts on exhibit.
Reservations are required. RSVP by calling 732-223-2231.
NJHDA, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable historical research organization.
All donations are tax-deductible. https://www.njhda.org/
On Thursday Evening, May 30, 2019 at 7:30PM, Dan Lieb will offer the presentation, “Mapping the Robert J. Walker,” a shipwreck off Atlantic City that divers have been visiting for years referring to it as the $25 Wreck. No one knew the name of the vessel until an effort was brought forth by NOAA.
This shipwreck mapping was conducted by the New Jersey Historical Divers Association and revealed key evidence that supports the NOAA claim that the $25 Wreck is indeed the remains of the Walker.
The Squan Beach Lifesaving Station Preservation Committee is sponsoring the program, and NJHDA is associated with this group and displays some of its artifacts in the station. Admission price is $10. Light refreshments will be served. Proceeds benefit the Squan Beach Lifesaving Station.
124 Ocean Avenue, Manasquan, New Jersey
Reservations required – seating is limited.
Light refreshments available.
Doors open at 7:00PM. Attendees are welcome to enjoy the shipwreck artifacts on exhibit.
Reservations are required. RSVP by calling 732-223-2231.
NJHDA, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable historical research organization.
All donations are tax-deductible.