This is the information page about the shipwreck Aarsten, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 17.024 N,2 48.88 E (53.0482833, 3.0257333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: AARSTEN

Length 44.2 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 82.3, tonnage 439 ton

Cause: Passage for london. sprang a leak and sank during a gale.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3547/73 3.7.73 WK EXAM'D IN 531704N, 024858E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.2, FOUL AT 26.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.4 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 33.5MTRS. APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 44 TO 53MTRS LONG, LYING 045/225 DEG. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG). INS AS SW 13FMS 4FT (25.2MTRS). BR STD. H3048/71 17.10.74 TO BE MARKED 14.10.74 BY 2 G SPH LT BUOYS. (TH NM 83/74).

- NM 1945P/74. H4454/74 3.1.75 TO BE DISPERSED TO 28MTRS BY RISDON BEAZLEY. (TH, 27.11.74). H3048/71 12.3.75 BUOYS & MOORINGS REMOVED. WK REDUCED TO 29MTRS. (TH, TLX DTD 24.2.75). AMEND TO SW 16FMS (29MTRS). DELETE BUOYS.

- NM 641/75. 27.10.76 WK, WHICH WAS DISPERSED EARLY IN 1975, WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE AARSTEN. (F HINDS (RISDON BEAZLEY), TELECON 27.10.76). H3837/86 9.4.88 EXAM'D 3.8.87 IN 531659.7N, 024859.7E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.2 IN GEN DEPTH 30.5MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 37MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 095/275 DEGS WITH BOWS E. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PROUD OF SURROUNDING FLAT SANDY SEABED. SWEEPING IMPOSSIBLE. (NP 1008, HI 356). ANEND TO WK 32MTRS.

- NM 1955/88. H3850/86 22.11.88 EXAM'D 18.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. LIES 075/255 DEG, COMPLETELY WITHIN ITS OWN SCOUR AND DOES NOT RISE ABOVE SEABED LEVEL. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. NO MAST OR OTHER PROJECTION OBSERVED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). NCA. 11.7.11 [WGD] POSN: 5317.024N, 0248.880.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES WITHIN OWN SCOUR, BOWS E

Position: 53 17.024 N,2 48.88 E

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