This is the information page about the shipwreck Sandbjartur, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 62 11.938 N,6 13.999 W (62.198966666667, -6.2333166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SANDBJARTUR
Length 29.9 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 134 ton
Cause: started to leak whilst under tow of mv sandfract. passage from norway. sank after tow released.
Year of registration: 1995
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter
Known since: 1995, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: HH335/420/02 5.6.96 SANK IN 620000N, 061318W. (LL 29.5.96). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. HH335/420/02 20.6.96 REPORTED SUNK IN PA 621154N, 061312W. LEAST DEPTH OVER IT IS REPORTED TO BE 80MTRS. (DANISH NM 23/868/96). BR STD. SEP 2010/000013140 18.2.10 SHOWN IN 6210.90N, 0613.90W [WGD] ON DANISH 82 & DK3FO82B [DEC 2009 EDNS]. AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2011/000012900 25.2.11 SHOWN AS WK PA 79MTRS IN 6211.938N, 0613.900W [WGD] ON DK3FO82B [EDN 3.0]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 62 11.938 N,6 13.999 W