Wreck: Astoria (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Astoria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 71 55 N,28 30 E (71.916666666667, 28.5)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ASTORIA
Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 4262 ton
Load: armament,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: vessel, built 1901, was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 120m nw by w of vardo, norway. owned at time of loss by beaver shipping co. (dods, lloyds war losses wwi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 290 meter
Known since: 1916
Details measurements/cartography: 26.4.77 VESSEL SUNK IN 715500N, 283000E APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). NC F6160. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [55906]
Position: 71 55 N,28 30 E
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