This is the information page about the shipwreck Asgerd, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 37.583 N,9 13.85 W (56.69975, -9.3839166666667)

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.

Name: ASGERD

Length 74.1 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1308 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u 137, while on passage boness to sydney, nova scotia.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 990 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 SUNK IN 563500N, 091000W, APPROX. HH111/350/01 27.2.91 LOCATED IN 563734.6N, 091350.8W [EUR]. (BP PETROLEUM DEV. LTD., TLX 26.2.91). NCA - PLOTS IN ABOUT 1000MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 37.583 N,9 13.85 W

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