This is the information page about the shipwreck Newton ash, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 25 N,22 26 W (56.416666666667, -22.433333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: NEWTON ASH
Length 113.7 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4625 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,grain
Cause: built in 1925 by w pickersgill & sons. owned at time of loss by c strubin & co. triple expansion engine or 346 nhp. passage st john's for hull. torpedoed and sunk. 39 men lost. (lloyds ww2 losses & dods).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 2000 meter
Known since: 1943
Details measurements/cartography: 23.3.43 23.3.43 SANK IN 562500N, 222600W APPROX.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 25 N,22 26 W