This is the information page about the shipwreck Sandy bay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 8.677 N,6 22.466 W (58.184183333333, -6.34595)
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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: SANDY BAY
Length 16.5 meter, tonnage 46 ton
Cause: 30.10.84 reported taking in water. safely abandoned by 4 man crew and towed to sinking posn by stornoway lifeboat. (ll 30.10.84).
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H4458/80 5.11.84 SANK IN 580842N, 062224W IN APPROX 25MTRS OF WATER. MASTHEAD HEIGHT 40FT FROM WATERLINE. LOA 54FT. (LL, 18.10.84). INS AS WK PA 11MTRS. BR STD. 19.6.09 SHOWN IN 5808.677N, 0622.466W [EUT] ON 2529 [JUNE 09' EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 8.677 N,6 22.466 W