This is the information page about the shipwreck Asia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.885 N,5 42.959 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aurelien
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Besse (probably)
14. Bessemer city (probably)
15. Bill (part of)(possibly)
16. Bill (possibly)
17. Boynton (possibly)
18. Busby
19. Cato
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Congener
28. Conqueror
29. Courtown
30. Dageid
31. Denebola
32. Depois
33. Devon
34. Dunaskin
35. Dundee (probably)
36. Dux (possibly)
37. Emblem
38. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
39. Empire kingsley
40. Enrico parodi
41. Facto
42. Fanny lambert
43. Gallier (possibly)
44. Garthclyde (possibly)
45. Gemini
46. Geopotes viii
47. Glamorgan coast
48. Glendale
49. Gleno
50. Hampshire
51. Helene (probably)
52. Hellopes
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Holland xix
57. Hopeful (possibly)
58. Iona
59. J duncan
60. Jose de aramburu
61. Joshua nicholson
62. Juan ferrer
63. Juanita
64. Kate thomas (possibly)
65. Kildonan ?
66. Kilmaho
67. Kintuck
68. Lake grafton
69. Lake grafton (possibly)
70. Liberty
71. Lincoln
72. Luna
73. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
74. Luxembourg (probably)
75. Lyminge
76. Madeline
77. Maria de larrinaga
78. Marie roberts
79. Maroc
80. Moorview
81. Mystique (possibly)
82. Nanna (possibly)
83. New pioneer
84. Nile
85. Ocean harvest
86. Orion
87. Oriskany
88. Phoenix 202
89. Phoenix 203
90. Pioneer (possibly)
91. Polesley (possibly)
92. Ponthieu
93. Primo ?
94. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
95. Regency (probably)
96. Reidar (possibly)
97. Rms mulheim
98. Saint guenole
99. Saxon briton
100. Sea viper
101. Setubel(probably)
102. Sirius (possibly)
103. St chamond
104. Stabil (possibly)
105. Sten (possibly)
106. Sylvia-mary z-525
107. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
108. Traute sarnow
109. Tungufoss
110. Tyrhaug
111. U 1209 (possibly)
112. U 247 (possibly)
113. Umbre
114. Underwood
115. Union crystal (possibly)
116. Union star (parts of)(probably)
117. Veghtstroom (possibly)
118. Vesuvius
119. Vigrid (possibly)
120. Vine branch (possibly)
121. Vinovia
122. Wild boar
123. William cory
124. Yewcroft
125. Zone (probably)

 

Name: ASIA

Length 73 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 5.1, tonnage 1382 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1873 by nordd. schiff ag, kiel. owned at time of loss by dampskibsselskabet. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 125 nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for kronshtadt. struck the vynecks in thick fog and commended to fill. abandoned and sank. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1889

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1889, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/83/9 2.2.83 H1310/83/9 2.2.83 LIES AT BOTTOM OF SHEER U/WATER CLIFF WITH BOW TOUCHING THE VYNECK AND STERN TO THE NNE. STEEL PROPELLORS AND SHAFTS CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN AS WELL AS MUCH MORE WKGE. A DANISH ENGINE-ROOM PLAQUE WAS FOUND CONFIRMING THIS AS THE ASIA. (A. JENNIONS, 18.1.83). POSN 500751N, 054254W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY. 2.2.11 2.2.11 LIES IN 5007.890N, 0452.910W [WGD] JAMMED HARD UP AGIANST THE SHEER CLIFF FACE OF VYNECK ROCK. WRECKAGE IS SCATTERED AMONGS THE ROCKS. ENGINE AND ATTACHED DRIVE SHAFT ARE THE MOST RECOGNISABLE PARTS. LESS OF A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION THAN THE VYNECK ROCK. (G J LOCKETT). BA 1148 STS TO SHOW. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 13.12.11 13.12.11 NOT LOCATED 15.11.10 USING M/B AND MAGNETOMETER. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE, ENGINE & DRIVE SHAFT REMAIN

Position: 50 7.885 N,5 42.959 W

 

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