This is the information page about the shipwreck Ashmun j clough (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.868 N,1 41.127 W (50.24245, -1.9068)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Aparima
6. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Badger (probably)
9. Baron garioch
10. Borgsten (probably)
11. Boulgaria
12. Brestois
13. Britannia (probably)
14. Charles rogers (probably)
15. Clarinda
16. Cleddy (probably)
17. Coquetdale (probably)
18. Dumfries
19. Dungrange
20. El kahira
21. Empire crusader
22. Ernest lagouve
23. Espagne
24. Etoile des ondes
25. Eugene schneider (probably)
26. Eugene schneider (probably)
27. Everleigh
28. Fluent
29. G-bagh
30. Guernsey coast
31. Hartley (possibly)
32. Hms acheron (bow section)
33. Hms acheron (stern section)
34. Hms eleanor (probably)
35. Hms john mitchell
36. Hms michael clements
37. Hms sargasso
38. Hms waterlily
39. Hmsm upstart
40. Iduna
41. Ioannis fafalios
42. Kong guttorm (probably)
43. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
44. Londonier
45. Luxor
46. Messina
47. Myrtlegrove (probably)
48. Neree (possibly)
49. Normandy
50. Nurnberg
51. Oiekast (probably)
52. Pangani
53. Pool fisher
54. Rosehill (probably)
55. Smyrna
56. Sphene
57. Stade (possibly)
58. Start
59. Terlings
60. U 122 (possibly)
61. U 480
62. Ub 37 (probably)
63. Vera (probably)
64. Vikholmen
65. Waitara

 

Name: ASHMUN J CLOUGH (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1791 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1943 by w butler, shipbuilders. managed by stephenson clarke & associate companies for the ministry of war transport. triple expansion engine of 188nhp, single shaft. passage newport for the normandy beaches. torpedoed and sunk by u-49. crew of 27 and 8 gunners. 12 crew and 4 ginners lost. (dods & www1sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 26.8.44 26.8.44 WK OF 'ASHMUN J CLOUGH' IN 501000N, 014100W. (AUBD 304/98). POSN ACCURACY WITHIN SEVERAL MILES. H0121/45 22.3.45 H0121/45 NSC REPD LOCATED 22.3.45 IN 501342N, 014100W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, PASI). H03504/51 15.12.59 H03504/51 15.12.59 FIRM ROCK CONTACT, OF SMALL EXTENT, OBTAINED DURING SEARCH FOR MISSING SUBMARINE HMS AFFRAY. CONTACT WAS EVALUATED AND CLASSIFICATION IS NOT DOUBTED. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). HH100/351/05 23.1.92 HH100/351/05 & HH232/352/02 23.1.92 DEFINITE WK LOCATED IN 501348N, 014107W [OGB] USING E/S AND MAGNETOMETER. (D G WOODHAMS). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/588/01 3.11.93 HH090/588/01 3.11.93 EXAM'D 28.6.93 IN 501352.1N, 014107.6W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.1 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS, LENGTH 122MTRS, BREADTH 30MTRS. LARGE INTACT AND UPRIGHT WK LYING 120/300DEGS IN A SHALLOW SCOUR. (NP 1008, HI 588). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 4010/93. HH100/351/08 12.9.94 HH100/351/08 12.9.94 DIVED 16.8.94 IN 501350N, 014104W [WGD]. VESSEL HAS FOUR HOLDS AND TWO HUGE MAIN BOILERS TOGETHER WITH ONE DONKEY BOILER STANDING ON END. BOILERS AND STERN ARE THE HIGHEST POINTS. WRECKED GUN ON SEABED AT STERN. BOW BROKEN OFF, LIES TO THE SIDE AND POINTS TO ENE. (J WELCH). NCA. 21.2.07 21.2.07 UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT. A SUBSTANTIAL WK. HOLDS ARE FULL OF WAR CARGO INCLUDING TANK TRACKS, TYRES AND OTHER MILITARY STORES. MUCH ANGLING GEAR ON WK. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE INTACT & UPRIGHT WK

Position: 50 13.868 N,1 41.127 W

 

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