This is the information page about the shipwreck Ashford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.149 N,0 7.685 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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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2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bernicia
18. Bettann (bow section)
19. Blanefield
20. Branksome chine (possibly)
21. Braunton
22. Broadhurst (probably)
23. Cairndhu
24. Caleb sprague
25. Cambrian princess (probably)
26. Candia
27. Carbineer
28. Carrie dingle
29. Celtic
30. Charles m
31. City of brisbane
32. City of mexico
33. Clan macmillan
34. Clara
35. Cuba
36. D144 (possibly).
37. Del rio
38. Devon coast
39. Donegal (possibly)
40. Duke of buccleuch
41. Eduard (possibly)
42. Elford
43. Emerald (possibly)
44. F/v joanna c
45. Fife coast (possibly)
46. Flag theofano
47. Fort yale
48. Fpt iv
49. Frode
50. Fulham vii (probably)
51. Gartland
52. Gascony
53. George sutton
54. Gerarda
55. Germa geisha
56. Glenarm head (possibly)
57. Glenarm head (possibly)
58. Glenartney (possibly)
59. Glenlee
60. Harold
61. Hedwig lunstedt
62. Highland corrie
63. Hms apley (possibly)
64. Hms ariadne
65. Hms avanturine
66. Hms balfour
67. Hms borneo
68. Hms evadne (possibly)
69. Hms hazardous
70. Hms implacable
71. Hms lancer ii
72. Hms minion
73. Hms moldavia
74. Hms northcoates
75. Hms ocean sunlight
76. Hms pine
77. Hms prince leopold
78. Hms resolution (possibly)
79. Hms sapper
80. Hms taipo
81. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
82. Hmsm a1
83. Holme force (possibly)
84. Huntsmoor
85. Ikeda (possibly)
86. Indiana
87. Inger (possibly)
88. Ingo
89. Jaffa
90. James groves
91. Joseph roberts (possibly)
92. Lalen mendi
93. Lass o'doune (probably)
94. Leven (possibly)
95. Lightfoot (possibly)
96. Lola (possibly)
97. London trader (possibly)
98. Lowmount
99. Lulonga (possibly)
100. Maaslust
101. Marga
102. Marie marguerite (possibly)
103. Mill gate (probably)
104. Miown
105. Mira
106. Mohlenpris (possibly)
107. Molesey (possibly)
108. Montecrana (possibly)
109. Mount stuart
110. Mv adur valley?
111. Newent
112. Noordster
113. Ny-eeasteyr
114. Nyon
115. Oceana
116. Pagenturm
117. Patrice didier (probably)
118. Pentyrch
119. Petit forban
120. Polandia (possibly)
121. Porthkerry
122. Quail
123. Ramsgarth
124. Ramsholm (possibly)
125. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
126. Rytoner
127. Saint andre (probably)
128. Saint ronaig
129. Seaford
130. Seven seas (possibly)
131. Shirala
132. Sines (possibly)
133. Spearfish
134. St rogatien (possibly)
135. Stanhope
136. Stanwold
137. Stavros (possibly)
138. T r thompson
139. Teelin head
140. U 1195
141. U 275 (probably)
142. U 40 (possibly)
143. U 671
144. U 86 (formerly)
145. U 86 (possibly)
146. Ub 130
147. Ub 81
148. Ub 86 (possibly)
149. Vasco
150. Venus
151. Vesuvio (possibly)
152. Vigda
153. War helmet
154. Zaanstroom

 

Name: ASHFORD

Length 84.1 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 1909 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1881 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at the time of loss by j hopper, sunderland. passage seaham for st nazaire. sank while under tow of steam tug 'dominion' after being damaged during a collision with german barque 'pirat'. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20150715

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 8 MILES WSW OF BEACHY HEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1965/76 4.12.80 EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 503907N, 000747E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 89.9MTRS, BEAM 12.9MTRS, HT 11.1MTRS. LARGE WK WITH 2 HIGH POINTS, LYING 070/250DEGS, BOWS SW. NO MASTS DETECTED, BUTS HOLDS EITHER SIDE CENTRAL BRIDGE STRUCTURE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 23.0MTRS. BR STD. H1310/83/4 22.7.83 DIVED ON SEVERAL TIMES. WK HAS '3-ISLAND' CONFIGURATION, WITH BRIDGE AMIDSHIPS AND 2 HOLDS EITHER SIDE. CARGO COAL. APPARENTLY A WW1 CASUALTY JUDGING BY CONDITION OF WK. HULL INTACT EXCEPT FOR DAMAGE ON STBD BOW. IRON 4-BLADED PROPELLER [SPARE IN AFT HOLD]. HIGHEST POINTS ARE STEERING ENGINE AMIDSHIPS AND WINCHES ON BOW. LIES IN 4.5MTR HOLE WITH STERN APPROX W. IRON TELEGRAPH ENSCRIBED 'MECHAN & SONS, GLASGOW' RECOVERED. (T W BENNETTO, 18.7.83). H1310/29/86 24.11.86 NOW CONSIDERED MOST PROBABLY WK OF SS 'ASHFORD'. (T W BENNETTO, 28.10.86). 18.6.04 LIES IN 5039.12N, 0007.82E [WGD]. INTACT, UPRIGHT. WOODEN SUPERSTRUCTURE AND DECKS GONE, MASTS MISSING. PLATEWORK WELL CORRODED AND COLLAPSING. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JULY 2004). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 15.07.15 IN 5039.149N, 0007.685E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.03MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31.63MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, SCOUR 40MTRS TOWARDS 055, SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. LARGELY INTACT WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 39.149 N,0 7.685 E

 

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