This is the information page about the shipwreck Ben asdale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.619 N,5 5.262 W (50.126983, -5.087700)

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: BEN ASDALE

Length 40.9 meter, width: 9.3 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 422 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1972 by a. & c. de la manche, dieppe, was secured alongside russian vessel 'antartika' off falmouth. either slipped of broke adrift in severe weather conditions and drifted on to rocks at maenporth where it later capsized. (ll & shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: H4287/77 9.1.79 H4287/77 9.1.79 REPD TO BE LYING ON PORT SIDE, BEAM ON TO SHORE, IN 500745N, 050449W. BADLY DAMAGED AND UNLIKELY TO BE SALVAGED. (FALMOUTH CG, TELECON 9.1.79). CHART AS ST. NE 32. 23.1.79 23.1.79 SOLD FOR SCRAP. (LL, 22.1.79). H4723/77 1.5.80 H4723/77 1.5.80 SALVAGE WORK IN PROGRESS. HEAVY STEEL WIRE CABLES, WHICH WILL BE SUBMERGED AT CERTAIN STATES OF TIDE, RIGGED BETWEEN WK AND BLOCKHOUSE IN NW CORNER OF MAENPORTH BEACH. (FALMOUTH HBR COMMISSIONERS NM 4/80). H4287/77 29.1.82 H4287/77 29.1.82 AGROUND ON FLAT RKS AT N SIDE OF MAENPORTH COVE IN APPROX 500736N, 050512W. VERY CONSPICUOUS AND USEFUL AS FIXING MARK FOR SMALL CRAFT IN FALMOUTH BAY. (N. MOGG, 18.1.82). NCA. H4287/77 25.3.83 H4287/77 25.3.83 CONFIRMED LYING AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AT N SIDE OF MAENPORTH. (D. FLOWER). AMEND TO ST PA IN 500736N, 050512W. R/P. HH090/638/01 3.9.96 HH090/638/01 3.9.96 EXAM'D 14.7.94 IN 500734.8N, 050512.1W [OGD] USING DGPS. POSITIONED BY FIXING THE SURVEY BOAT WITH ITS BOWS ON THE WK. LENGTH 30MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. HULK IS RUSTING AND MACHINERY IS FALLING FROM THE HULL INTO THE WATER CLOSE TO THE SHORE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 638). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5007.619N, 0505.262W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 7.619 N,5 5.262 W

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