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}}{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=Punta Cana Astron shipwreck 2.jpg | Ship image size=300 | Ship caption=The Astron shipwreck in 2008
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=Esmeralda | Ship owner= | Ship operator=Compagnie Auxiliaire De Navigation[1] | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France[1] | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number=L17[1] | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1957 | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1972 | Ship identification= | Ship fate=Acquired by Pontiac Shipping Co. Ltd 1972[1] | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=Bonnie | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=1972[1] | Ship out of service=1976[1] | Ship identification= | Ship fate=renamed Astron[1] | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=Astron | Ship owner=Pontiac Shipping Co. Ltd[1] | Ship operator= | Ship registry=Panama | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=1976[1] | Ship out of service= | 5106380}}[1] | Ship fate=Run aground in off Punta Cana, 7 April 1978[1] | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Oil tanker | 26947}}[1]- {{GT|27990}}[1]
- {{DWT|47012}}[1]
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As of 2018 only a small portion remains above water.
1. ^1 {{cite web|title=ASTRON|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:969695/mmsi:-5106380/imo:5106380/vessel:ASTRON|website=Marine Traffic|accessdate=4 May 2016}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite web|title=MV Astron (+1978)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137342|work=wrecksite.eu|publisher=The Wreck site|accessdate=3 January 2012}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rob-robson.com/photos/01-07-02dom/pic28.shtml |title=Astron Shipwreck |last=Robson |first=Rob |publisher=Rob-Robson.com |accessdate=28 February 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715191509/http://www.rob-robson.com/photos/01-07-02dom/pic28.shtml |archivedate=15 July 2011 |df= }}
4. ^http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/mwr_pdf/1978.pdf
5. ^{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Christopher|title=Dominican Republic|publisher=National Geographic|isbn=978-1-4262-0232-2|page=95|date=2008-05-01}}