This is the information page about the shipwreck Sand trans, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 24.782 N,12 24.731 E (54.7074167, 12.4084333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: SAND TRANS

Length 47.5 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 552 ton
Load: stone

Cause: 30.9.78 built 1965, by charles hill & sons, bristol. owned at time of loss by bent r. nielson. on passage bay of fakse for rodby. sustained steering failure in rough seas, later sank. (ll 16 & 30.9.78; msd).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 30.9.78 REPD SUNK IN 542630N, 122548E. (LLOYDS). NCA. H3516/72 13.11.78 REPD IN POSN APPROX 3.5M SSW OF DARSSER ORT LT. MARKED BY G SPAR, Q G, W TOPMARK. (ROSTOCK NM 1720(T)/78). NCA YET. H3516/72 6.12.78 POSN NOW REPD AS 542452N, 122449E. (ROSTOCK NM 1810(T)/78). NCA. 6.6.79 WK WILL BE SALVAGED. (LL 7.6.79). NCA. H3516/72 8.9.80 WK IN 542449N, 122450E MARKED BY W CARD BUOY, Q(9) 15S, 1.5C W OF WK. NO LIGHT IN ICE. (ROSTOCK NM 1025(T)/80). NCA. 28.5.81 WILL NOT NOW BE RAISED. (LL 18.5.81). NCA. H3516/72 9.3.84 DW IN 542449N, 122450E. MARKED BY W CARD, Q(9) 15S, CLOSE W. (ROSTOCK NM 131/84).

- NM 816/84. 18.12.91 SHOWN AS WK 5MTRS IN 542449N, 122450E [EUR], WITH W CARD BUOY, Q(9) 15S, CLOSE W ON GERMAN 162, 163 [1990]. NE 2365. HH100/351/06 29.10.92 DIVED ON. LIES ALMOST COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. CAN STILL BE ENTERED FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE. 3 BLADED, VARIABLE PITCH PROPELLER STILL IN PLACE. (J COULON, 14.10.92). NCA. HH327/490/01 2.11.92 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 5MTRS. (HAMBURG NM (16)36/42/92). BR STD. SEP 2015/000243843 2.12.15 SHOWN AS SW 5.8MTRS IN 5424.782N, 1224.731E ON GERMAN 163 [ED16 NOV 2015, COR TO 6.11.15]. AMEND TO SW 5.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 24.782 N,12 24.731 E

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