Astron (ship)
 The Astron shipwreck in 2008 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Esmeralda |
| Operator: | Compagnie Auxiliaire De Navigation[1] |
| Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, France[1] |
| Yard number: | L17[1] |
| Launched: | 1957 |
| Out of service: | 1972 |
| Fate: | Acquired by Pontiac Shipping Co. Ltd 1972[1] |
| History | |
| Name: | Bonnie |
| In service: | 1972[1] |
| Out of service: | 1976[1] |
| Fate: | renamed Astron[1] |
| History | |
| Name: | Astron |
| Owner: | Pontiac Shipping Co. Ltd[1] |
| Port of registry: | Panama |
| In service: | 1976[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5106380[1] |
| Fate: | Run aground in off Punta Cana, 7 April 1978[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage: | |
| Propulsion: | Steam Turbine[1] |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)[1] |
Astron (previously named Esmeralda and Bonnie) is a shipwreck located off the coast of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. She was a Russian-owned cargo ship built in France by Chantiers de l'Atlantique during 1957. She was 127 metres (417 feet) long, 27,990 gross tons, and was a motor ship.[1][3]
Astron was delivering 60 tons of corn to Cuba on 7 April 1978, when she ran aground at Punta Cana during a storm.[4] She broke into two pieces with the bow above the water and the stern underwater, with 7,330 barrels of bunker fuel reported lost in the incident. The wreck is in water 16 metres (52 feet) deep, meaning it can be visited by scuba divers.[3]
The Astron shipwreck in 2010
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "MV Astron (+1978)". wrecksite.eu. The Wreck site. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- 1 2 "ASTRON". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Robson, Rob. "Astron Shipwreck". Rob-Robson.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ↑ Baker, Christopher (2008-05-01). Dominican Republic. National Geographic. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4262-0232-2.
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Coordinates: 18°43′49.79″N 68°27′14.27″W / 18.7304972°N 68.4539639°W
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