Swiks 1906
Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | Swiks | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1906 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | barquentine | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Latvia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | Baltic Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Sweden | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 3 km from land |
| Position | 57.3515, 17.1278 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
The Swiks (or Swix) was a three-masted schooner from Åland that sank in the Baltic Sea, off the island of Öland, Sweden, on 21 December 1926.
Diving & visiting
The ship, with a crew of seven, was sailing from Flensburg, Germany to her homeport, Mariehamn, with only ballast on board. A snowstorm forced the ship to try to round north of Öland, to seek shelter in Kalmar, but the rounding attempt failed and the ship got stuck in the sand dunes below the water (Änggärdsudden) near the beach of Trollskogen. The crew abandoned ship and got to land in a lifeboat, walking through the forest of Trollskogen before reaching Grankullavik, where they were cared for a week. One crew member had gotten blood poisoning from a rusty nail and was cared for in hospital.
The wreck of the Swiks lay off the beach until a winter storm in the 1950s threw her up on the beach, where she broke in two.
Location
- Recorded position: 57.3515, 17.1278 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Baltic Sea
- Nearest coast: Sweden
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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