Wreck: Ashanti (possibly) (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ashanti (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.023 N,1 20.777 W (50.417050, -1.346283)
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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: ASHANTI (POSSIBLY)
Length 56.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 534 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases
Cause: built in 1936 by goole sb co ltd, goole. owned at time of loss by the royal navy, having been requsitioned from t e evans & co. 6 cylinder, two stroke oil engine, single shaft. passage from isle of wight assembly point for normandy landings. cargo cased petrol. torpedoed by e-boat, burst into flames and exploded. crew of 17 all lost. (ll ww2 & sibi).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 163 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 2.3.71 SUNK ABOUT 10 MILES S OF ST CATHERINES POINT. (WW2SL). SUNK 35 MILES N OF ASSAULT AREA, SOUTH OF ST CATHERINES POINT. (LL WW2). NCA YET. POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART. HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 27.7.02 IN 5025.029N, 0120.778W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.4, FOUL 33.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 24MTRS 170/350 DEGS. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.9MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 33MTRS ALONG 080/260 DEGS. MOSTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). POSSIBLY THIS VESSEL. INS AS SW 33MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 5.10.21 EXAM’D 9.10.20 IN 5025.023N, 0120.777W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 11MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 0.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 163/343 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 6MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP. 2 SCOUR MARKS E OF THE OBJECT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BURIED, EXTENSIVE SCOURING TO N AND S
Position: 50 25.023 N,1 20.777 W
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