This is the information page about the shipwreck Asian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.947 N,9 13.63 W (51.283666666667, -9.4673333333333)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Alliance ii
2. Alondra
3. Asian
4. Carnarvonshire
5. Carol anne
6. Cliftonian
7. Counsellor
8. Dido
9. Dina
10. Gafsa
11. Ghazee
12. Hazelside
13. Hms mignonette
14. Iceland
15. Illyrian
16. Iwate
17. Joan patricia
18. Kowloon bridge
19. Ludgate
20. Miami (probably)
21. Minnehaha
22. Nestorian
23. North star
24. Norwegian
25. Otronto
26. Rona or arona
27. Savonia
28. Spes nova
29. Stephen whitney
30. Sunlight
31. Tit bonhomme
32. U 260
33. Westbury

 

Name: ASIAN

Length 128.3 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 5514 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-columbian. built in 1898 by caird & co ltd, greenock. owned at time of loss by f leyland & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 555 nhp, single shaft. passage new orleans for liverpool. (sii). wrecked on stag rocks. 1 man lost. (shipwrecks of the irsh coast).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1924, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 5.5.70 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF 'ASIAN'. LIES CONCENTRATED IN A GULLEY ON S SIDE OF THE GROUP OF ISLANDS CALLED THE STAGS. WRECKAGE COMPRESSED OVER LAST 46 YEARS BY PREVAILING SW SWELL. GULLEY ABOUT 90YDS LONG AND 50FT WIDE AT WIDEST POINT. HIGHEST PART OF WK STANDS ABOUT 12FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 18FT AND CONSISTS OF ENGINE AND GEARING. (R EDMONDS, MAR 1970). INS AS WK 1FM IN 512755N, 091336W [OSI]. BR STD. H1282/72 7.2.72 IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. THE ONLY STEEL SHIP WRECKED ON STAGS. ROCKS NEARBY ARE SHOALER THAN WK. NO SIGN OF CARGO. POSN 512759N, 091332W. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS LTD, 3.2.72). NCA. 4.9.75 AMEND TO WK 1.8MTRS. NC 2129. H1311/88 30.11.88 LIES WELL BROKEN IN ABOUT 20MTRS IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE GULLEY BETWEEN THE ROCKS ON THE S SIDE. (E BOURKE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN

Position: 51 27.947 N,9 13.63 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway