Wreck: Asaba (possibly)(part of) (Steam ship)
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 (49.934517, -5.274700)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
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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