This is the information page about the shipwreck Swanland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.15 N,5 4.78 W (52.73695, -5.3741666666667)

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: SWANLAND

Length 81.1 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 2180 ton
Load: stone

Cause: ex-elborg '96, ex-artemis '94, ex-elsborg '88, ex-carebeka ix '77. built in 1977 by bijlsma lemmer scheepswerf, lemmer, the netherlands. owned at time of loss by torbulk, grimsby. passage rayes jetty, n wales for cowes. suffered engine failure in sw 30 knot winds with 5-7mtr swell. took water through split in shell plating. later sank. three men recovered, one dead, five lost.

Year of registration: 2011

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 2011, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: 29.11.11 29.11.11 SANK IN PA 5252.06N, 05050.03W [WGD] (POSN OF MAYDAY CALL). TEMP EXCLUSION ZONE RADIUS 1 MILE CENTRED ON THIS POSN. (HOLYHEAD CG, FAX DTD 28.11.11). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 25.1.12 SEP 2012/000021488 25.1.12 LOCATED 2.12.11 IN 5252.150N, 0504.780W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. (CIL, ROS DTD 2.12.11). INTACT, UPRIGHT. LIES 178/358 DEGS. AMEND WK 72MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 722/12.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 52 52.15 N,5 4.78 W

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