This is the information page about the shipwreck Sun coast, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 62 8.97 N,5 3.9 E (62.1495, 5.065)
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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: SUN COAST
Length 43.6 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 279 ton
Load: stone
Cause: 4.12.84 ex-rutland, foundered, near buholmen, whilst on passage trondheimsfjord to sandnes & oslofjord. 4 crew saved, 2 missing. (ll, 4.12.84). probably sank due to abnormally large waves in area. (norwegian nm 1127/88).
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: 4.12.84 SANK NEAR BUHOLMEN, N OF MAALOY, IN 6-70MTRS, NOT LIKELY TO BE SALVAGED. AUTHORITIES DISCUSSING USING VIDEO CAMERAS TO ASCERTAIN POSN & CONDITION. (LL, 4.12.84 & LLOYDS VOL. 258, P.288) H3692/88 7.9.88 BELEIVED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK BY LARGE ABNORMAL WAVES. (NORWEGIAN NM 1127/88) APPROX POSN 620900N, 050400E [FROM REDUCTION OF NORWEGIAN 29 ACCOMPANYING NORWEGIAN NM]. NCA, NOT A CHART CORRECTING NM.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 62 8.97 N,5 3.9 E