New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

shipwreck, freighter, Denmark

Name:

Astra is Latin for star.

Built:

1945, Denmark, as Gudnaes

Specs:

( 333 x 51 ft ) 2709 gross tons, 105 passengers & crew

Sunk:

Friday March 30, 1951
collision with freighter Steel Inventor ( 5689 tons) - 5 casualties

Depth:

85 ft

Today the Astra sits in 85 ft of water on a sandy bottom. Her stern is intact and lists to port. The rest of the ship sits upright, her midsection collapsed. She can be easily penetrated and is a great photography wreck. The stern has the greatest relief, coming 25 ft or so off the sand. Parts of automobiles are spread around the wreckage.