Wreck: Sandvik (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sandvik (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 54.033 N,1 53.764 W (56.900550, -1.896067)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: SANDVIK (POSSIBLY)
Length 65.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1021 ton
Load: coke
Cause: ex-temple. built in 1901 by a vuyk, yssel. owned at time of loss by tizona, fredrikstad. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 132hp, single shaft. passage london for christiana. cargo coke. torpedoed by uc-77.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 76 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: 27.3.17 POSN 565600N, 015200W. (AT). H4087/26 24.6.26 INS AS NDWPA(1917). H1192/67 26.4.67 NOT LOCATED BY SONAR OR E/S. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 49/66). DELETED. SEP 2009/000049721 1.7.09 WK LOCATED IN 5654.033N, 0153.761W [WGD] USING DGPS. HT APPROX 5.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 76.9MTRS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HN DTD 17.6.09 FOR HI 1155). INS AS WK USC 70MTRS. BR STD. HH091/155/01 3.3.10 EXAM'D 14.6.09 IN 5654.033N, 0153.764W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.26 IN GEN DEPTH 76.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 00/180 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). PROBABLY UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000097684 22.6.10 AMEND WK 71MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?BOWS N
Position: 56 54.033 N,1 53.764 W
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