This is the information page about the shipwreck Asaba (possibly)(part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.071 N,5 16.482 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alster (possibly)
4. Andola
5. Andromeda
6. Antwerpen
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Austria (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Bellucia
18. Ben asdale
19. Ben rein
20. Besse (probably)
21. Bessemer city (probably)
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Brigamara
26. Cape finisterre (probably)
27. Carmarthen
28. Caroline
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Carpo (possibly)
32. Chattahoochee (possibly)
33. Cieszyn
34. Citrine
35. City of corinth (possibly)
36. City of ghent
37. Clan apline
38. Clan malcolm
39. Congener
40. Conqueror
41. Corvus
42. Cromdale
43. Cyrenian
44. Czar
45. Denebola
46. Dispatch (possibly)
47. Enrico parodi
48. Epsilon
49. Erato
50. Eric calvert (possibly)
51. Eva (possibly)
52. Facto
53. Forde
54. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
55. Gap
56. Glendale
57. Godolphin
58. Grip (part of)
59. Gunvor
60. Hansy
61. Happy returns (possibly)
62. Hellopes
63. Hmml 380
64. Hms anson
65. Hms brandlebas
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms javelin (stern section)
68. Hms kurd
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms royalo
73. Hms torrent
74. Hms warspite
75. Hms warspite (part of)
76. Hmy sappho (possibly)
77. Hnlms brielle
78. Hockwold
79. Ilston
80. Jersey queen (possibly)
81. John
82. Juno
83. Karen marie
84. Kerris reed
85. Kilmaho
86. Kintuck
87. Krosfond
88. La suippe
89. Lady cory-wright
90. Lady dalhousie
91. Le vieux tigre
92. Leander
93. Leon martin (part of)
94. Libourne
95. Loe bar wk
96. Lord snowden (probably)
97. Lorle (probably)
98. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
99. Lydie
100. Maidag (possibly)
101. Merle
102. Mervyn (possibly)
103. Mina cantiquin
104. Mitera marigo
105. Mohegan
106. Mosel
107. Mystique (possibly)
108. N g petersen
109. Nanna (possibly)
110. Normand
111. Noya (possibly)
112. Nyassa
113. Ocklinge
114. Omer denise
115. Ospra
116. Pearl (possibly)
117. Penelope jane (possibly)
118. Phoenix 203
119. Pindos
120. Plantaganet
121. Poljames
122. Poljames
123. Ponthieu
124. Ponus
125. Port chalmers
126. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
127. Queen (possibly)
128. Reidar (possibly)
129. Robert
130. Rock island bridge
131. Royal anne galley
132. Sabre of newquay
133. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
134. Schiedam
135. Secil japan (bow section)
136. Secil japan (stern section)
137. Spital
138. Spyridion vagliano
139. St anthony (possibly)
140. Stanwood
141. Twilight water
142. U 1018
143. U 399
144. U 95
145. Ub 106 (possibly)
146. Ub 112 (possibly)
147. Ub 128 (possibly)
148. Ub 86 (possibly)
149. Ub 97 (possibly)
150. Uc 66
151. Ula
152. Underwood
153. Veritas
154. Vigrid (possibly)
155. Vinovia
156. Violet
157. Volnay
158. War tune
159. Westwood (possibly)
160. Wyndcliffe
161. Yewcroft
162. Zebra

 

Name: ASABA (POSSIBLY)(PART OF)

Length 67.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 972 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1900 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, dundee. owned at the time of loss by elder dempster lines. quadruple expansion engines, twin shaft. passage newport for le havre. torpedoed by uc-17. immediately broke in two and sank. 16 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2M WSW FROM THE LIZARD. (LL WW1). NCA. POSN 495617N, 051434W FOR FILING ONLY. H2193/74 2.4.74 H2193/74 2.4.74 NOT FOUND DURING SURVEY. (HMS WOODLARK, R-OF-S, 20.12.73). 8.4.80 8.4.80 APPLICATION MADE BY EXMAR LTD TO SALVE CARGO. (NCS111/1604). HH091/059/01 12.4.05 HH091/059/01 12.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4956.071N, 0516.482W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.1 IN GEN DEPTH 52.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 55MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. N PART OF WELL DEGRADED WK IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 47MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED WK, N PART OF TWO SECTIONS

Position: 49 56.071 N,5 16.482 W

 

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