This is the information page about the shipwreck Astrologer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.559 N,1 48.405 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. City of kobe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Cormead
25. Cresta
26. Crichtoun
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Daisy (possibly)
30. David b summers
31. Db 8 (possibly)
32. Denewood
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Dunwich bank wk
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. El dorado
39. Elnet
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Eva witte
42. Excellenz mehnert
43. F stobart (probably)
44. Farmatyr
45. Fidelio
46. Firth
47. Frumenton
48. G and e (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Geneva
53. George fisher
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Glen tilt (possibly)
56. Glynn
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Groenlo
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Helena
64. Hms cantatrice
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms dhoon (probably)
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms evesham (possibly)
70. Hms exmoor
71. Hms fontenoy
72. Hms glen prosen
73. Hms harvest gleaner
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
81. Hms orthos (probably)
82. Hms pelton (probably)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisters melville
86. Hms speeton (possibly)
87. Hms spider
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tonbridge
90. Hms tugela
91. Hms washington (probably)
92. Hms whooper
93. Hmsm d5
94. Hornchurch
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Impulsion
97. Jamesina
98. Jim
99. Kenneth hawksfield
100. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
101. Knitsley (possibly)
102. Kwasind
103. Langeli (possibly)
104. Lapwing
105. Lapwing (possibly)
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lindisfarne (probably)
108. Lingfield
109. Lisette
110. Magdapur
111. Mangara
112. Mardyke
113. Maria rosa
114. Marianne (probably)
115. Mascota (possibly)
116. Mascotte
117. Memento (possibly)
118. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
119. Mercurius
120. Mirella
121. Mudo
122. Murdoch (probably)
123. Nadir
124. Navarra (possibly)
125. Nereus
126. Newhaven (possibly)
127. Nominoe
128. Nordborg (possibly)
129. Novocastrian
130. Ocean pride
131. Oil trader
132. Osprey
133. Petshenga (possibly)
134. Phryne
135. Plawsworth (possibly)
136. Pluton
137. Polaris
138. Prima
139. Regain
140. Ren
141. Reward (possibly)
142. Rhenas (possibly)
143. Rhineland
144. Robin iv
145. Rochester city
146. Rogate
147. Roxanna
148. Scimitar
149. Scotia
150. Sea king
151. Sea rhine
152. Silksworth hall (probably).
153. Sir william stephenson
154. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
155. Skodsburg (possibly)
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Stad alkmaar
159. Stanmount
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thomas m (possibly)
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Tregantle (possibly)
166. Tunisiana
167. U 13 (probably)
168. Uc 62 (possibly)
169. Ui-001
170. Vanguard
171. Vigo
172. Viola (possibly)
173. War valley
174. White lady
175. White swan
176. White swan (possibly)
177. Wyetown
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: ASTROLOGER

Length 64 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 912 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: sunk by mine whilst en route from leith to dunkirk. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H3964/16 SANK IN 522530N, 014830E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 504B ISSUED. REPD IN POSN 5M SSE FROM LOWESTOFT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6391/19 SANK IN 522530N, 014750E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 1923 AMEND TO NDW. BA 1543. H2615/28 28.4.28 LOCATED ON 21.3.25 IN 522520N, 014749E. LEAST DEPTH 47FT. (TH, 26.4.28). AMEND TO WK 47FT(1916) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H03774/45 1.4.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 9FMS 1FT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604], 1945). AMEND TO WK 56FT. LC 1543. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 16.4 MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543, NC 1504 & NE 1536. H4658/71 29.11.77 LOCATED BY DCS3 & E/S IN 522531N,014831E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT CLOSELY EXAMINED. RATHER POOR 'UNWRECKLIKE' DCS3 TRACE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S 25.10.77). NCA. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 24.2.82 IN 522532N, 014831E USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.9MTRS, LENGTH 27.4MTRS, BEAM 6.72MTRS. LYING 034/214DEGS, BOWS SW, ON SIDE OF LARGE SANDWAVE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5225.559N, 0148.405E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 32.5MTRS, WIDTH 8.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED IN A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 25.559 N,1 48.405 E

 

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