Eureka

The Eureka is a 3,531-ton four-masted steam schooner resting at 115 feet (approximately 35 metres) off the Virginia/mid-Atlantic coast. She sank on May 6, 1888, after colliding with the British steamer Benison while en route from New York to New Orleans carrying a cargo of general merchandise.

The wreck has produced a remarkable range of recovered artifacts over the years, including porcelain dolls, miniature sets of china, numerous types of bottles, steam gauges, deadeyes, portholes, a small bell, a silver lantern, a gold pocket watch, and an ornate capstan cover, reflecting the varied general cargo she carried at the time of sinking.