This is the information page about the shipwreck Bjerko (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 50.94 N,3 44.08 W (48.965666666667, -3.5015)

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: BJERKO (POSSIBLY)

Length 84.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1871 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1912 by sir raylton dixon & co. owned at the time of loss by dampskibs akties 'danto'. triple expansion engine of 204nhp. passage melilla for w hartlepool. torpedoed by german submarine. (dods & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H1690/19 16.7.19 & H2474/19. WK OF 'BZERLZO' IN 485100N, 034400W. (PARIS NM & FR WK CHART 10102). CHART AS NDW IN 485100N, 034400W. BR STD. 16.9.77 SHOWN AS 'BJERIZO' IN 485100N, 034400W [POSN DOUBTFUL]. GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS, NO.14583017). NAME PROBABLY 'BJERKO'. H2302/84 16.8.84 NDW PD IN 485059N, 034407E. (BREST NM 84 28 30). NCA. 22.8.84 TO BE SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 485100N, 034400W [EUR] ON NC 3669 [1995 EDN]. SEP 20085/000055652 22.7.08 SHOWN AS WK USCPD 20MTRS ON FR 7151 [EDN 3 DTD 2008, 1:50,000]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 50.94 N,3 44.08 W

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