This is the information page about the shipwreck Aster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 5.21 N,7 58.86 E (56.3167, 7.7361)

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: ASTER

Length 78 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1821 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: Took water and sank in heavy seas after the cargo shifted. of 11 crew, 5 recovered, 3 killed and 3 missing.

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH331/440/02 3.11.98 SANK IN 560500N, 075900E [UND]. (LL 19.10.98). HH331/440/02 3.11.98 LOCATED IN 560512N, 075830E [WGD]. DEPTH WRECK IS APPROX 8MTRS. MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9) 15 SEC, 100MTRS WEST AND E CARD LT BUOY, Q(3) 10 SEC, 100MTRS EAST. (LYNGBY RADIO NAV WARNING 351/98). INS AS DW WITH BUOYS.

- NM 4446/98. HH331/440/02 18.11.98 SUNK IN 560512.5N, 075851.5E [EUR]. DEPTH OVER WK IS ABOUT 8MTRS. MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9) 15 SEC IN 560513N, 075847.5E AND E CARD LT BUOY, Q(3) 10 SEC IN 560513N, 075900E. (DANISH NM 45/1059(P).98). MINOR AMENDMENT TO POSN, RETAIN AS DW. BR STD. HH331/440/03 6.8.99 NOW WK 12.1 IN 5605.21N, 0758.86E [WGD]. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MARKING TO BE WITHDRAWN ON ABOUT 24.8.99. (DANISH NM 29/816(P)/99). NCA YET. HH331/440/03 16.9.99 NOW WK 11.6MTRS IN 5605.21N, 0758.86E [WGD]. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS APPROX. LIES N/S. E AND W CARDINAL LT BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (DANISH NM 35/938/99).

- NM 3869/99. HH331/440/04 12.6.00 NOW WK 12.2MTRS. (DANISH NM 22/138/00). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 5.21 N,7 58.86 E

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