This is the information page about the shipwreck Snekkar arctic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 19 N,18 28 W (58.316666666667, -18.466666666667)

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: SNEKKAR ARCTIC

Length 50 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 641 ton

Cause: sank in rough weather following an electrical failure which stopped the pumps. (ll).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 736 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H1279/86 12.3.86 H1279/86 12.3.86 SANK IN 581930N, 183300W IN 736MTRS. (MRCC CLYDE, TLX DTD 23.2.86). NCA. H1279/86 2.4.87 H1279/86 2.4.87 SANK IN 581900N, 182800W B DECCA. HEIGHT OF WRECK 12MTRS. (SNEKKAR ARCTIC, 13.2.87, VIA EPSHOM). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 19 N,18 28 W

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