This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ashanti (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 25.867 N,18 34 W (49.403333333333, -18.56)

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: HMS ASHANTI (BOW SECTION)

Length 106.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2300 ton

Cause: reduced to a hulk and sunk as target during torpedo trials - op sinkex 88. torpedo fired by hms sceptre.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 4000 meter

Known since: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H2312/72 15.9.88 H2312/72 15.9.88 ONE TIGERFISH IMPACT ON HULK WHICH BROKE IN TWO. STERN SANK IN 492412N, 183336W [UND] AND BOWS IN 492554N, 183400W [UND]. GEN DEPTH AT LEAST 4050MTRS. (FOSM, SIGNAL DTD 14.9.88). NCA - TOO DEEP TO CHART. H2312/72 20.9.88 H2312/72 20.9.88 BOW SECTION IN 492552N, 183400W. (HMS SCEPTRE, HN 14.9.88). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 25.867 N,18 34 W

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