Astra ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Astra

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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.

Shipwreck Astra New York Times — shipwreck Astra Coast Guard Report

*Steel Inventor* - scrapped in Japan 1954

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