This is the information page about the shipwreck Francis asbury, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.367 N,3 2.089 E (51.601233333333, 3.3307333333333)

 

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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. "t" vliegent hart
2. A 10 (possibly)
3. A-15 (possibly)
4. Admiralengracht
5. Anna catharina
6. Anton hammerbacher
7. Apache
8. Ardmount
9. Auretta
10. Charles d mciver
11. Childwall (possibly)
12. Christiaan huygens
13. Cmb 1
14. Croxteth hall
15. Dortmund
16. Eleftheria
17. Emeraude
18. Empire blessing
19. Empire path
20. Foscolo
21. Francis asbury
22. Frigg (possibly)
23. G 88
24. Gold shell
25. Gorm
26. Grauw
27. Greta dania
28. Harpalyce
29. Heinkel 111
30. Hm motor launch 561
31. Hmmms 257
32. Hms brilliant
33. Hms colsay
34. Hms grafton
35. Hms hayburn wyke
36. Hms maori
37. Hms plumpton (probably)
38. Hms sirius
39. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
40. Jeannine andre
41. Kap arkona
42. Kompas
43. Lct(r) 457
44. Lookout
45. Lst 80
46. M 3610
47. Magne
48. Marie
49. Maurice
50. Mont louis
51. Mts vector
52. Nashaba
53. Nautica ena
54. Neutron
55. Neutron
56. Nippon
57. Prangehof
58. Putten
59. Ra.2 (possibly)
60. Rijnstroom
61. Robert l vann
62. S 220
63. S.192 (possibly)
64. Saint therese de jesus
65. Sampa
66. Samselbu (after part)
67. Samselbu (fwd part)
68. Samsip
69. Samvern (e part)
70. Samvern (w part)
71. Santos
72. Senator holthusen
73. Senator sthamer
74. Slera ventana
75. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
76. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
77. Steel traveler
78. Tuskar ii
79. U 11
80. Ub 13
81. Uc 14
82. V 1405 (possibly)

 

Name: FRANCIS ASBURY

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: armament

Cause: vessel, built 1943, was mined off blankenberge, near buoy nf.11, whilst in convoy tam 6 from new york to antwerp. owned at time of loss by us war shipping administration. vessel broke in two. (ww2sl, liberty ships, dods, ll ww2, r. verpoort)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4978/44 6.1.45 ST IN 512124N, 030118E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S. (ADMIRALTY)

- NM 67/45. H02608/45 29.5.45 POSN NOW 512125N, 030210E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NOTE. H5734/46 4.10.46 MASTS ONLY SHOWING. (NETHERLANDS NM 86/662/46)

- NM 3374/46. H6028/53 8.10.53 ONLY ONE MAST NOW STANDING. (HMS SHACKLETON)

- NM 2342/53. H7262/55 3.3.60 BUOY NOW 1.95C N OF WK. (OSTEND NM 3/31/60) - R/S. H3697/52 20.6.63 SALVAGE OPS IN HAND. MAST NO LONGER SHOWS. (OSTEND NM 9/71/63)

- NM 1284/63. H3697/52 21.2.64 DISPERSAL OPS COMPLETE. WK NO LONGER DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (OSTEND NM 26/224/63)

- NM 288/64. 2.4.86 SHOWN AS NDW IN 512125N, 030212E ON BELGIAN 101 [1985 EDN]. H1310/88/46 29.9.88 PART OF CARGO WAS SALVAGED IN 1954 AND WK WAS DISPERSED IN 1963. (R. VERPOORT, 24.8.88) 12.2.91 NAME GIVEN AS FR. ASHBURY, NDW IN 512125N, 030212E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, SEP'90 NO.S10 1218) 20.7.93 F SHOWN IN 512125N, 030204E ON BELGIUM 104/12 [1993 EDN]. BR STD. 17.12.02 SHOWN IN 5121.367N, 0302.089E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [2002 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 21.367 N,3 2.089 E

 

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