This is the information page about the shipwreck Beursplein, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 12 N,16 0 W (54.2, -16)

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: BEURSPLEIN

Length 118.6 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4368 ton

Cause: built in 1920 by deutche werft. owned at time of loss by n v scheepv maats millingen. triple expansion engine of 345nhp. passage gourock for the usa. bombed & sunk by german dive bombers. 22 men lost. (dods & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2900 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541200N, 160000W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 540700N, 170600W. (WW2SL). PLOTS IN APPROX 2900MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 12 N,16 0 W

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