The Lartington - Shipwreck Diving Bermuda
The Lartington left Savannah, Georgia, on December 8th, 1879, bound for Revel in Russia with a cargo of 4,000 bales of cotton. By the morning of December 10th, she was off the northwest coast of Bermuda fighting a gale and heavy seas. At eight o’clock that morning, she was struck by a massive wave that cracked her hull and she began to take on water. For the rest of the day the ship’s pumps labored to keep her afloat. By the morning of the 12th her captain could see that they were fighting a losing battle and decided to head for Bermuda. She never made it. Lartington ran aground on the rocks five miles northwest of the Royal Naval Dockyard on the morning of the 14th of December.
Today, the old ship lies scattered across the sea bottom, close to the wreck of Constellation, in 15 to 30 feet of water. Her bow is still intact and divers can explore parts of her stern section, her boilers and propeller.
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