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 56.039 N,5 16.514 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. Besse (probably)
20. Bessemer city (probably)
21. Bjornvik (possibly)
22. Brest
23. Bretonne (probably)
24. Brigamara
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Caroni river
29. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
30. Carpo (possibly)
31. Chattahoochee (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of corinth (possibly)
35. City of ghent
36. Clan apline
37. Clan malcolm
38. Congener
39. Conqueror
40. Corvus
41. Cromdale
42. Cyrenian
43. Czar
44. Denebola
45. Dispatch (possibly)
46. Enrico parodi
47. Epsilon
48. Erato
49. Eric calvert (possibly)
50. Eva (possibly)
51. Facto
52. Forde
53. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
54. Gap
55. Glendale
56. Godolphin
57. Grip (part of)
58. Gunvor
59. Hansy
60. Happy returns (possibly)
61. Hellopes
62. Hmml 380
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms javelin (stern section)
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms royalo
72. Hms torrent
73. Hms warspite
74. Hms warspite (part of)
75. Hmy sappho (possibly)
76. Hnlms brielle
77. Hockwold
78. Ilston
79. Jersey queen (possibly)
80. John
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. Kilmaho
85. Kintuck
86. Krosfond
87. La suippe
88. Lady cory-wright
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lorle (probably)
97. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
98. Lydie
99. Maidag (possibly)
100. Merle
101. Mervyn (possibly)
102. Mina cantiquin
103. Mitera marigo
104. Mohegan
105. Mosel
106. Mystique (possibly)
107. N g petersen
108. Nanna (possibly)
109. Normand
110. Noya (possibly)
111. Nyassa
112. Ocklinge
113. Omer denise
114. Ospra
115. Pearl (possibly)
116. Penelope jane (possibly)
117. Phoenix 203
118. Pindos
119. Plantaganet
120. Poljames
121. Poljames
122. Ponthieu
123. Ponus
124. Port chalmers
125. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
126. Queen (possibly)
127. Reidar (possibly)
128. Robert
129. Rock island bridge
130. Royal anne galley
131. Sabre of newquay
132. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
133. Schiedam
134. Secil japan (bow section)
135. Secil japan (stern section)
136. Spital
137. Spyridion vagliano
138. St anthony (possibly)
139. Stanwood
140. Twilight water
141. U 1018
142. U 399
143. U 95
144. Ub 106 (possibly)
145. Ub 112 (possibly)
146. Ub 128 (possibly)
147. Ub 86 (possibly)
148. Ub 97 (possibly)
149. Uc 66
150. Ula
151. Underwood
152. Veritas
153. Vigrid (possibly)
154. Vinovia
155. Violet
156. Volnay
157. War tune
158. Westwood (possibly)
159. Wyndcliffe
160. Yewcroft
161. 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: 2004

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/059/01 12.4.05 HH091/059/01 12.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4956.039N, 0516.514W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.1 IN GEN DEPTH 52.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 107/287 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. S PART OF WELL DEGRADED WK IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 48MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

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

Position: 49 56.039 N,5 16.514 W

 

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