This is the information page about the shipwreck Anastassia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 24 N,19 4 W (54.65, -18.833333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ANASTASSIA
Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2883 ton
Load: timber
Cause: 20.12.40 built 1905 by wartram sons. owned at time of loss by c choremis. triple expansion engine of 291nhp. passage sydney ns for belfast. torpedoed by italian submarine `veniero. (lloyds & axis submarine successes). was sighted drifting and derelict on 20.12.40. later learned that she had been torpedoed by an italian submarine and 8 men were pows in italy. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1300 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 542400N, 190400W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 24 N,19 4 W