This is the information page about the shipwreck Asteria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 7.331 N,1 28.226 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Ambrose fleming
9. Aquarius (possibly)
10. Artemisia
11. Asteria
12. Baron ailsa
13. Barrhill
14. Bertha
15. Birtley
16. Boulderpool (fwd part)
17. British triumph
18. Camilla weston
19. Cantabria (probably)
20. Chevychase
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Corduff
26. Courier (probably)
27. Duncarron
28. Efos
29. Eikhaug
30. Empress
31. Ems
32. Ethel
33. Francois trixier
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gardenia
38. George royle
39. Georgia (for'd part)
40. Georgia (stern section)
41. Granta
42. Hauxley (possibly)
43. Hms arley
44. Hms caroline moller
45. Hms cloughton wyke
46. Hms dungeness
47. Hms francolin
48. Hms kylemore
49. Hms solomon
50. Hms vortigern
51. Hms william stephen
52. Hmsm c 11
53. Homefire
54. I t l anna b
55. Ilse
56. Jessie maersk
57. Jevington court
58. Kenton
59. Keymun
60. King egbert
61. Lanterna (probably)
62. Leelite
63. Londoner (probably)
64. Marden
65. Minorca
66. Nimrod (probably)
67. Norman queen
68. Oakgrove
69. Ole bull
70. Ottar jarl
71. Otter
72. Oxshott (possibly)
73. P.l.m. 25
74. Pacific
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pacific (possibly)
77. Pegrix
78. Pontfield (forepart)
79. Rimac
80. Rose marie
81. Salvus ii
82. Seaham
83. Sitona
84. St mark
85. St thomas (possibly)
86. Tayjack 1 (part of)
87. Tayjack 1 (part of)
88. Teddington
89. Thursonian
90. Trajan
91. Traviata (possibly)
92. Trelissick
93. Tyneford
94. Upminster
95. Varoy
96. Walkure
97. Welholme (possibly)
98. Western mist (possibly)
99. Westland
100. Whintown (possibly)
101. Winhill or whinhill
102. Zephyr

 

Name: ASTERIA

Length 102.7 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3313 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Mined while on passage hull to marseilles.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0121/40 26.1.40 PFNM 221/40 ISSUED. H0259/40 14.5.40 INS DW IN 530745N, 012700E.

- NM 1179/40. H0953/40 20.2.41 AMEND TO WK 2.25FMS IN 530718N, 012812E.

- NM 350/41. H0121/40 25.5.43 EXAM'D IN 530724N, 012828E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 34, FOUL AT 36FT [MLWS]. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 21.4.43). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT.

- NM 1095/43. H0121/40 18.3.49 EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP - CLEAR AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72 IN GEN DEPTH 76FT. SCOUR DEPTH 96FT. POSN 530720N, 012825E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 595/49. H332/62 4.2.63 H4729/62 LOCATED IN 530720N, 012825E. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 105. H2496/72 5.6.72 WRECKAGE CONSISTS OF LARGE PARTS OF SHIP PROTRUDING THROUGH SAND BUT V LITTLE CAN BE IDENTIFIED. UNDERWATER VISIBILITY ABOUT 15FT. STANDS GENERALLY 8FT HIGH BUT HIGHEST POINT 12FT. NO SCOUR. GEN DEPTH 14.5FMS. (UNDERMARINE OPS, 20.5.72). NCA. 30.11.77 AMEND TO SW 14.3MTRS. NE 106. HH090/524/01 13.1.92 EXAM'D 24.7.91 IN 530719.4N, 012819.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.6, FOUL AT 21.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1 IN GEN DEPTH 24.8MTRS. SCOUR 2.2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 004/184 DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). AMEND TO SW 21.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 13.9.18 EXAM'D 30.3.18 IN 5307.331N, 0128.226E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 22.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 111.4MTRS, WIDTH 25.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 119.8MTRS, 2.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 141 DEGS. WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED

Position: 53 7.331 N,1 28.226 E

 

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