Name Esmeralda Launched 1957 | Yard number L17 Out of service 1972 | |
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Operator Compagnie Auxiliaire De Navigation Fate Acquired by Pontiac Shipping Co. Ltd 1972 Similar Now Larimar Resort, Cabo Engaño, Catalina Island - Dominica, Bávaro, Puntacana Resort and Club | ||
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.
Astron was delivering 60 tons of corn to Cuba on 7 April 1978, when she ran aground at Punta Cana during a storm. 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.
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