Ben Asdale
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Ben Asdale
- IMO number
- 7227152
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1972
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Ben Asdale
Ben Asdale was a Scottish trawler that was wrecked in December 1978 near Falmouth, Cornwall. On the evening of 30 December 1978, the freezer trawler Ben Asdale was off-loading fish into the hold of the Russian factory ship Antarktika (Антарктика), which was anchored in Falmouth Bay. A force eight gale was blowing and heavy snow was falling. When the Ben Asdale had finished discharging her cargo of mackerel, she cast off her stern rope in preparation to move away from the anchored Antarktika. The rope fouled her rudder and she would not respond to her helm. The skipper, Albert "Barty" Coe from North Shields - latterly Chief Fishery Officer at Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee until his retirement on grounds of "ill health" - tried to get the Russians to re-secure the stern of his vessel, but by now the fierce gale was dragging both boats.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ben Asdale now?
- Ben Asdale has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Ben Asdale?
- Ben Asdale is a ship, built in 1972.
- Has Ben Asdale been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Ben Asdale appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).