This is the information page about the shipwreck Astronaut, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 59.044 N,6 22.908 W (58.184183333333, -6.34595)

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: ASTRONAUT

Length 13.9 meter, width: 4.9 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 21 ton

Cause: built in 1970 at st monance. owned at time of loss by r macrae, isle of lewis. wooden hull. oil engine of 82kw. single shaft. took water and sank. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 190 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: HH272/760/04 11.2.02 HH272/760/04 11.2.02 SANK IN 5758.97N, 0622.94W [OGB]. (MRSC STORNOWAY, FAX DTD 9.2.02). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 9.12.11 9.12.11 EXAM'D 3.6.11 IN 5759.044N, 0622.908W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 188 IN GEN DEPTH 190MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 13MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 2MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1332). INTACT, IN AREA OF ROCK RIDGES. AMEND WK 188 IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, INTACT

Position: 57 59.044 N,6 22.908 W

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