This is the information page about the shipwreck Astra ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 9 N,12 14 W (55.916666666667, -12.4)

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: ASTRA II

Length 90.2 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2393 ton

Cause: built in 1920 by clyde sb & eng co. owned at time of loss by ministry of shipping. triple expansion engine of 250nhp. torpedoed by u-100. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560600N, 133300W. (LLOYDS & D.S.). 5.8.87 5.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560900N, 121400W. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & DODS). PLOTS IN APPROX 2700 MTRS
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 9 N,12 14 W

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