The steamship Sandeid was built in Stavanger in 1892 under the name Sandnæs, and was put in service as a coastalfreighter by the company Sandnæs Damp. The ship was also the companys first ship. A few years later the route to Bergen and nearby areas was extended, and in the beginning of the century Sandnæs was looked upon to be too small to such a transport. The ship was therefore sold to Stavanger Dampskipselskap on 2. September 1903 and rebaptised to Sandeid. And thereafter the ship was used in traffic in tha areas around Ryfylke after several modernizations. Sandeid had through her years in traffic along the Norwegian coast experienced several accidents where human lives where lost. On her last journey this cold December day there were onboard Sandeid a crew of eight men under Captain Racin Frafjord, six passengers and a pilot. On the afternoon on December 5th 1951 Sandeid came up in a storm at the entrance to Mastrafjorden and disappeared in the deep shortly after together with eight lives. Sandeid was deleted from the shiplists in Stavanger in January 18th 1952, and today the wreck of Sandeid rest on a depth of fifty five meters in the Mastrafjord north of Stavanger city between Rennesøy and Utstein. The wreck has been looted a lot, and the position to the wreck is inside military sector in Mastrafjorden. Because of the looting the position of the wreck is kept secret. To get out to the wreck of Sandeid you need a boat and nice weather...