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 (50.231133, -1.685450)

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.

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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