This is the information page about the shipwreck Ash, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.503 N,0 44.125 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ASH
Length 65.8 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1009 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: Ex-eendracht '01. built in 1980 by barkmeijer stroobos, stroobos. owned at time of loss by labrador shipping ltd. managed by anglo dutch management services ltd, kingstown, st vincent & the grenadines. passage denmark for spain. collided with m chemical tanker dutch aquamarine and later sank. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 01
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 77 cm
Known since: 2001, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: HH226/420/07 11.10.01 HH226/420/07 11.10.01 SANK IN 5043.4N, 0044.2E [WGD]. (MRCC DOVER, TLX DTD 9.10.01). NCA. HH226/420/07 11.10.01 HH226/420/07 11.10.01 LIES IN 5043.502N, 0044.119E [WGD]. PROVISIONAL LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.0MTRS. MARKED BY S CARD LT BUOY, Q(6) + LFL 15 SEC, RACON 'D' IN 5043.286N, 0044.119E [WGD]; W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9) 15 SEC, IN 5043.502N, 0043.948E; N CARD LT BUOY, Q, IN 5043.610N, 0044.119E & E CARD LT BUOY, Q(3) 10 SEC, IN 5043.502N, 0044.290E. (TH, FAX DTD 10.10.01). COVERED BY WZ. NCA. HH226/420/07 19.10.01 HH226/420/07 19.10.01 ADDITONAL S CARD LT BUOY, Q(6) + LFL 15 SEC, LAID 180 DEGS ABOUT 200MTRS FROM THE WK. (THNM 54/01). REAMINS COVERED BY WZ. NCA. HH226/420/07 23.1.02 HH226/420/07 23.1.02 WK NOW SWEPT TO 22.6MTRS. ALL BUOYS DISCONTINUED. (TH, FAX DTD 18.1.02 & THNM 2/02). NOT PREVIOUSLY CHARTED. INS SW 22.5MTRS.
- NM 885/02. HH091/159/01 11.7.07 HH091/159/01 11.7.07 EXAM'D 4.11.06 IN 5043.503N, 0044.125W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.32 IN GEN DEPTH 36.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 14MTRS. LIES 077/257 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT, UPRIGHT. PROBABLE CHAIN CABLE EXTENDS SW. RETAIN SW 22.5MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS WSW, ?CHAIN CABLE EXTENDS SW
Position: 50 43.503 N,0 44.125 E