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 (53.050666666667, 1.1718666666667)

 

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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. Ayrshire (possibly)
13. Baron ailsa
14. Barrhill
15. Bertha
16. Birtley
17. Boulderpool (fwd part)
18. British triumph
19. Camilla weston
20. Cantabria (probably)
21. Chevychase
22. Clan morrison
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Continental (possibly)
25. Corchester
26. Corduff
27. Corea
28. Courier (probably)
29. Duncarron
30. Efos
31. Eikhaug
32. Empress
33. Ems
34. Ethel
35. Francois trixier
36. Friesland
37. Fulgens
38. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
39. Gardenia
40. George royle
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Georgia (stern section)
43. Granta
44. Hauxley (possibly)
45. Hms arley
46. Hms caroline moller
47. Hms cloughton wyke
48. Hms dungeness
49. Hms francolin
50. Hms kylemore
51. Hms nogi
52. Hms solomon
53. Hms vortigern
54. Hms william stephen
55. Hmsm c 11
56. Homefire
57. Hull trader
58. I t l anna b
59. Ilse
60. Jessie maersk
61. Jevington court
62. Kenton
63. Keymun
64. King egbert
65. Lanterna (probably)
66. Leelite
67. Londoner (probably)
68. Marden
69. Minorca
70. Nimrod (probably)
71. Norman queen
72. Oakgrove
73. Ole bull
74. Ottar jarl
75. Otter
76. Oxshott (possibly)
77. P.l.m. 25
78. Pacific
79. Pacific (possibly)
80. Pacific (possibly)
81. Pegrix
82. Pontfield (forepart)
83. Rimac
84. Rose marie
85. Salvus ii
86. Seaham
87. Sitona
88. St mark
89. St thomas (possibly)
90. Tayjack 1 (part of)
91. Tayjack 1 (part of)
92. Tayjack 1 (part of)
93. Teddington
94. Thursonian
95. Trajan
96. Traviata (possibly)
97. Trelissick
98. Tyneford
99. Upminster
100. Varoy
101. Walkure
102. Welholme (possibly)
103. Western mist (possibly)
104. Westland
105. Whintown (possibly)
106. Winhill or whinhill
107. 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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