This is the information page about the shipwreck Asger ryg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.669 N,0 54.642 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Albert
3. Algiers
4. Asger ryg
5. Basil-2
6. British commerce
7. Cambrian princess (probably)
8. Coral
9. Donegal (possibly)
10. Fort yale
11. Gerarda
12. Germa geisha
13. Highland corrie
14. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
15. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
16. Hmcs alberni
17. Hms evadne (possibly)
18. Hms loyalty
19. Hms prince leopold
20. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
21. Hooness
22. Krasnaya presnia
23. Lightfoot (possibly)
24. Lola (possibly)
25. Maid of orleans
26. Orminster
27. Plm 4 (possibly)
28. Polandia (possibly)
29. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
30. Ringen
31. Saint enogat
32. Sines (possibly)
33. Spearfish
34. Teelin head
35. U 1195
36. Ub 81
37. Uss osprey
38. Vigda
39. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: ASGER RYG

Length 66.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 1134 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 4.4.16 ex-mimi horn. built in 1902 by schomer & jenson, tonning. triple expansion engine of 92 nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for algier. torpedoed by ub-29. (d woodward). sailed tyne 4.4.16. passed beachy head 6.4.16. presumed sunk by submarine. (lloyds war losses, ww1).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 96 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H0121/45 22.3.45 NON-SUB CONTACT REPD IN 501703N 005427W ON THE 22.3.45. (PORTSMOUTH LIST PASI). H0121/45 3.1.45 HMS MOORSOM REPORTED NON-SUB CONTACT IN GOOD POSITION 501706N, 005436W ON 3.1.45. (AUBD 304/22). H4121/76 8.11.76 WRECK LOCATED 17.6.76 IN 501638.5N, 005433.0W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 11.6MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 430FT. SEABED FINE SAND & BROKEN SHELL. A VERY LARGE WRECK LYING APPROX 080/260DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 50MTRS [27FMS].

- NM BLOCK 239/77. HH090/952/01 4.11.03 EXAM'D 6.6.03 IN 5016.669N, 0054.642W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.1 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.2MTRS. LIES 096/276 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 276 DEGS. UPRIGHT, BOWS SEPARATED. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 54MTRS. BR STD. 7.9.07 DIVED IN 5016.679N, 0054.637W [WGD]. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 14MTRS BY E/S & DEPTH GAUGE. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP AT THE BOWS. SEABED SAND & SHELL. LIES ON STBD SIDE WITH THE BOWS INVERTED. MOST OF THE BRIDGE AREA HAS FALLEN IN TOWARDS THE SEABED. IDENTIFIED BY THE ENGINE ROOM MAKER'S PLATE. CINC REQUESED FOR IDENTITY. (D WOODWARD, DELTA DIVERS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOWS W (INVERTED & SEPARATED)

Position: 50 16.669 N,0 54.642 W

 

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