This is the information page about the shipwreck Ashley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.501 N,1 34.392 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Advent
6. Africa
7. Agen
8. Algeria
9. Alhama
10. Amplegarth
11. Andaman
12. Angelus (possibly)
13. Archon
14. Ashley
15. Atlantic (possibly)
16. Avon
17. Balakani
18. Brandenburg
19. Bravore
20. Ca 4
21. Camisard
22. Cap de la hague
23. Carmen
24. Cathay (part of)
25. Cedrington court
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert
28. Colbert (possibly)
29. Constanzia
30. Corhaven
31. Correct
32. Costas michalos (fwd part)
33. D'artagnan
34. Dalryan
35. Dartmore
36. Diana
37. Dinard
38. Dixie
39. Dolcoath (part)
40. Dolcoath (part)
41. Duiveland
42. Dunbar castle
43. E goodwin ltv
44. Efford
45. Eidsiva (probably)
46. Eleonora
47. Elizabeth and unknown
48. Embla (possibly)
49. Emile deschamps
50. Emma
51. Emma (possibly)
52. Empress of fort william (probably)
53. Empress of midland (possibly)
54. En avant
55. Falcon (probably)
56. Fearless
57. Filleigh
58. Flachsee
59. Flandres
60. Francesco ciampa
61. Fred everard
62. Frons olivae (probably)
63. Fulmar
64. G 85 (possibly)
65. G-42 (possibly)
66. Gad 23
67. Genimar
68. Grazia (possibly)
69. Halcyon
70. Harcalo
71. Henry b plant
72. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
73. Hmhs anglia
74. Hms alert ?
75. Hms aragonite (part of)
76. Hms aries (possibly)
77. Hms artic trapper
78. Hms brazen
79. Hms carilon
80. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
81. Hms chestnut (probably)
82. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
83. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
84. Hms fauvette
85. Hms flirt
86. Hms glen boyne
87. Hms gracie (probably)
88. Hms guardsman
89. Hms hermes
90. Hms kingston galena
91. Hms lydian
92. Hms marcella
93. Hms mastiff (possibly)
94. Hms myrtle
95. Hms napia
96. Hms niger (possibly)
97. Hms northumberland (probably)
98. Hms othello ii
99. Hms peridot
100. Hms pyrope
101. Hms ray of hope
102. Hms restoration (possibly)
103. Hms rodino
104. Hms stirling castle (probably)
105. Hms tamarisk
106. Hms torbay ii (probably)
107. Hms tourmaline
108. Hms tranquil
109. Hms war sepoy
110. Hms weigelia
111. Hms wessex
112. Hmsm b2
113. Hundvaag
114. Ilaro
115. Ira (possibly)
116. Irene
117. Jacob luckenbach
118. James harrod
119. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
120. Kabinda
121. Karmt
122. Kirsten skou
123. Koenigshaven
124. L'armandeche
125. Lady stella
126. Laurl coin
127. Lbv (m)396
128. Le pelerin de la mer
129. Leicester
130. Leo
131. Lisbeth m
132. Loanda
133. Lord hamilton (possibly)
134. Luray victory
135. Lusitania
136. Mahratta
137. Mahratta ii
138. Maloja 1
139. Malta (probably)
140. Mariner moon
141. Menapier
142. Merel (part of)(possibly)
143. Mersey
144. Munificent
145. Murillo
146. Nagro (possibly)
147. Nancy moran
148. Newlands
149. Niendorf (possibly)
150. Niki
151. Norman
152. North eastern victory
153. Ocean hound
154. Opal
155. Ousel (probably)
156. Pallieter
157. Paros isle
158. Polgrange
159. Ponzano
160. Preussen
161. Pulborough
162. Quentovic
163. Rio parana
164. Rubislaw
165. Rydal force
166. Rynanna
167. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
168. Sabac
169. Saidieh
170. Saint michael veillez sur nous
171. Saint ronan (possibly)
172. Saint ronan (possibly)
173. Sambut
174. San calisto
175. Santagata
176. Santagata (?part of)
177. Selma (possibly)
178. Slesvig
179. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
180. Strathclyde
181. Surrey
182. Tbd 317
183. Teeswood
184. Texaco caribbean (after section)
185. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
186. The queen
187. Tina primo
188. Tongue sand tower (remains)
189. Toornvliet (probably)
190. Toward
191. Traquair (probably)
192. Tummel (probably)
193. U 11 (possibly)
194. U 16 (possibly)
195. U 37
196. U 48
197. Ub 108 (possibly)
198. Ub 38
199. Ub 55 (probably)
200. Ub 56 (possibly)
201. Ub 78
202. Ub-33 (probably)
203. Uc 21 (possibly)
204. Uc 26
205. Uc 46
206. Uc 46 (possibly)
207. Uc 77 (possibly)
208. Uc 78 or uc 79
209. Velocitas
210. Virginie
211. W a scholten
212. Wheatman (possibly)
213. Will and maggie (probably)
214. Woodtown (possibly)
215. Xanthence

 

Name: ASHLEY

Length 71.6 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1323 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Vessel, built 1924. owned at time of loss by stephenson clarke ltd. on passage from sunderland to southampton. went aground on the goodwins, almost totally buried in sand. (r a lee, [in h1283/76/118] & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 328 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H0565/40 19.8.40 STRANDED IN 511426N, 013418E. MAST AND SUPERSTRUCTURE SHOW AT LW. APPEARS TO BE BREAKING UP. (LT R BILL, RN, DTD 21.7.40).

- NM 2080/40. H5854/47 30.6.59 WK IN 511428N, 013430E. MAST ALWAYS SHOWS. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY [E8185/14], DTD 1947). AMEND POSN. NC 1828. H927/59 1.10.59 SINGLE MAST, DRYING 15FT, IN 511427N, 013430E. (ECES, DTD 1959). ADD LEGEND: MAST DRIES 15FT. LC 1828. H2421/62 24.8.62 WKGE DRIES 9FT. CONSISTS OF MAST, DAVITS & SMALL PORTION OF HULL. (HMS ECHO, DTD 1962). CHART AS ST, MAST DRIES 9FT. LC 1828. 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS ST (MAST, DRIES 2MTRS). NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 LOCATED IN 511428N, 013428E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. VISUALLY EXAM'D, TWO DAVITS & SMALL PART OF SUPERSTRUCTURE LIE ON EDGE OF SAND BANK WITH A SHALLOW INLET ON S SIDE. DRIES 1.7MTRS. (HMS ECHO, DTD 1973). AMEND TO ST, DRIES 1.7MTRS. NE 1828. H1283/76/118 9.9.76 LIES IN 511430N, 013430E. (R A LEE). NCA. H1938/78 20.3.81 NOT SEEN. CONSIDER NOW COMPLETELY COVERED. RECOMMEND DELETE FROM CHARTS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). DELETE. R/P. HH090/511/01 14.10.91 LOCATED VISUALLY 10.7.91 AT LW IN 511425.3N, 013428.8E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. GEN DEPTH DRIES 1.6MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 511). CHART AS ST, DRIES 1.6MTRS, IN 511425N, 013429E. BR STD. HH090/738/01 23.7.97 LOCATED BY VISUAL INSPECTION IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN AT LW SPRINGS. CONSISTS OF AN AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE, BARELY STANDING PROUD OF THE SEABED, HAVING BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. HT ABOVE SEABED ESTIMATED AT 0.1MTR. BANK ON WHICH WRECK LIES DRIES IN EXCESS OF 2.5MTRS. LENGTH [ESTIMATE] 30MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMENDED TO WK DRIES 2.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/820/01 20.8.98 NOT LOCATED. NOT INVESTIGATED. (NP 1016, HI 820). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2021000229988 08.9.21 LOCATED 18.08.21; IN 5114.5010N, 0134.3920E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -1.4 MTRS,(FPV MORVEN, H102_002 HI 1743). RETAIN DW -2.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2022000003820 23.03.22 EXAM'D BY BDC 17.09.2021; IN 5114.501N, 0134.391E [WGD]. NFS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT UNDERKEEL CLEARANCE OVER WRECK. LENGTH 75.20MTRS, WIDTH 11.30MTRS, HEIGHT 6.82MTRS, ORIENTATION 328/032 DEGS. INTACT & UPRIGHT, WITH SCOUR. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13778). RETAIN EXISTING DEPTH DRIES 2.5MTRS ABOVE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE

Position: 51 14.501 N,1 34.392 E

 

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