This is the information page about the shipwreck Asmund, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 19.29 N,4 35.419 W (53.321500, -4.590317)

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: ASMUND

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 4730 ton
Load: grain

Cause: 2.12.30 ex- lotus, ex- atlantis, ex- bolivania, ex- lugond, built 1900 by furness, withy & co. ltd., hartlepool, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 320hp, single shaft, 3 boilers. owned at time of loss by a/s oddero. passage novorossisk for manchester. went ashore & holed on a rock 2.12.30 at porth da fach. crew of 35 rescuedrefloated 6.12.30 and beached at holyhead next day. refloated 10/11.1.31 and beached off penrhyn pt 5.2.31, for breaking up, where it became a total loss. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1931, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H1855/31 8.4.31 H1855/31 8.4.31 DWP, BOW 226DEGS, 3.45C FROM PORTH DRYW TRIG PT; STERN 23DEGS 3.9C FROM PORTH DRYW TRIG. PT. BEAM 25YDS. HEIGHT 22FT. (HOLYHEAD CG & TH).

- NM 640/31. H1581/57 24.6.57 H1581/57 24.6.57 VESSEL IS NOW BREAKING UP AND ONLY A SMALL JAGGED PORTION OF THE STERN NOW DRIES 8FT. POSN 531918N, 043527W. (HMS COOK 1956). NC 2011. H3110/68 12.1.68 H3110/68 12.1.68 REPORTED TO BE BADLY BROKEN UP. LYING NE/SW. STERN VISIBLE AT MOST STATES OF TIDE. (RAF SAC). H2704/59 21.1.71 H2704/59 21.1.71 G CAN BUOY LAID 100FT W FROM STERN OF WK. (BR NM 8/71).

- NM 189/72. H4587/76 30.8.79 H4587/76 30.8.79 CONFIRMED STILL MARKED BY BUOY. (MARINE SUPERINTENDENT, HOLYHEAD, DTD 13.8.79). 22.2.82 22.2.82 REPORTED AS VERY BROKEN UP. STAND 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER). H1310/82/27 21.9.83 H1310/82/27 21.9.83 DIVED ON 1.9.83. POSN: 340DEGS, 15MTRS FROM 531914N, 043525W. CONSIDERABLE WRECKAGE, DRYING 3MTRS. LYING NW/SE. (R S BUFTON, DTD 8.9.83). NCA. 5.3.85 5.3.85 NO SIGN OF THIS WK ON PHOTO PG 1784-LP1. (HMS HECATE 13/79). MAY BE ON EDGE OF PHOTO. NCA. 25.8.05 25.8.05 SHOWN AS STP DRIES 3MTRS, LYING NW/SE, BOWS SE, CHARTED LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS IN 5319.290N, 0435.419W [EUT]. MARKED BY OCCASIONAL R CAN BUOY 40MTRS W OF STERN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 2011.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP

Position: 53 19.29 N,4 35.419 W

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