The Constellation was a four-masted, wooden-hulled schooner originally built in 1918 and measuring 192 feet in length. During World War II, she was pressed into service and used as a cargo vessel. In July 1943, she was bound for Venezuela, carrying a general cargo of building materials, medicinal drugs and 700 cases of Scotch whisky.
Today her hull lies broken apart on a coral and sand bottom in 30 feet of water, exposing sacks of petrified cement, cups, nail polish bottles and a vast assortment of small items.
The Constellation was one of the key shipwrecks in Peter Benchley’s book, THE DEEP, and later the movie of the same name.
