This is the information page about the shipwreck Biarritz (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 47.548 N,3 32.252 E (53.0945, 3.4)

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: BIARRITZ (POSSIBLY)

Length 78 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1752 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Built in 1922 by akers m v, olso. owned at time of loss by fred olsen & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 489 nhp, single shaft. 37 crew and passengers lost. (sibi, ww2sl & llww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H0177/40 12.2.40 REPD SUNK IN 524200N, 034400E. (NID). - FNM 282/40. H1166/60 12.1.60 SEARCHED FOR. NOT FOUND WITHIN TWO MILES OF REPD POSN. (NETH HYDROGRAPHER). NCA. H0177/40 14.11.60 DELETED. (NETH NMS 3163/60 & 3404/60 & NETH CHART).

- NMS 2787/60 & 3102/60. 4.12.72 FF SHOWN IN 524154N, 034430E [EUR]. (NETH FISHERIES CHART 1955). NCA. HH340/620/01 12.6.92 WK 27MTRS IN 544735.5N, 033221.5E [EUR]. (NETH NM 348/92). LEAST DEPTH 27.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS 1.2MTRS HIGH. LIES 270/090 DEGS. (NETH WK LIST). INS AS WK 27MTRS. BR STD. 3.6.93 WK LOCATED IN 524741N, 033223E DURING 1992 PIPELINE SURVEY, ABOUT 100MTRS LONG. APPARENTLY SS WITH CENTRAL FUNNEL AND 4 HOLDS FROM SONAR TRACE. (B MALLEY TELECON). NCA. 23.7.13 SHOWN IN 5247.548N, 0332.252E [WGD] ON BA 1631 [EDN 4 DTD 13.6.13].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 4 HOLDS, CENTRAL FUNNEL

Position: 52 47.548 N,3 32.252 E

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