This is the information page about the shipwreck Svendborg sund, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 37.082 N,10 8.636 E (54.6180333, 10.1439333)

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: SVENDBORG SUND

Length 48.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 299 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: 20.2.79 took on 40 deg list in heavy weather. abandoned by crew. capsized & found drifting in vicinity of r schlei estuary. (ll 235). 21.2.79 21.2.79 abandoned by owners & insurers. will probably be removed by german authorities as a danger to navigation. (ll 235 p 141).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H2064/75 20.2.79 REPD AS WK 3.0MTRS IN 543718N, 100836E WITH G CONL LT BUOY INT.QK.FL.G LAID 120MTRS E OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 156(T)/79). NCA YET. H2064/75 6.9.79 WK EXTENDS 6.5MTRS FROM BOTTOM. LEAST DEPTH 16.0 MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 3032(T)/79). NCA YET. 23.6.80 WK 16MTRS [8.4 FMS], IN 543706N, 100840E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2116. H2064/75 13.1.81 CANCELLED. (HAMBURG NM 4513/80). DELETE. BR STD. H1449/66 7.7.82 AMENDED TO WK SW 17.3MTRS [9FMS 3FT], IN 543708N, 100841E. (HAMBURG NM 2206/82). BR STD. 7.11.95 WK IS COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH, SURROUNDING AREA IS SILT AND GREAT CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN ENTERING THE WRECK. (S SGT ROBERTS). NCA. 9.1.01 SHOWN IN 5437.082N, 1008.636E [WGD] ON GERMAN 30 [INT 1353] [2003 EDN]. NE 2113.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 37.082 N,10 8.636 E

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