This is the information page about the shipwreck Bjerko, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 49.615 N,3 48.948 W (48.7184, -4.0740833333333)

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

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

Cause: vessel, built 1912 by sir raylton dixon & co, torpedoed & sunk by german submarine. owned at the time of loss by dampskibs akties 'danto'. (dods). sunk while on passage from melilla for w hartlepool. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 16.9.77 NON DANGEROUS WK IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS [POSN DOUBTFUL]. (FR WK RECORDS, NO.14583021). HH351/610/02 4.3.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH 57MTRS, IN 484940N, 034854W. (BREST NM 93 06 42). BR STD. 26.1.95 WK 61MTRS IN 484940.5N, 034851.5W. REFERRED TO AS THE 'BJERKO'. (FR WK RECORDS 1994, NO.14583021). BR STD. 7.3.96 SHOWN AS WK 60MTRS IN 484940.5N, 034851.5W [EUR] ON FR 7151 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 5.3.98 IRON VESSEL, LENGTH 80MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. BROKEN BETWEEN BOW AND REST OF VESSEL. (FR WK RECORDS 1998). NOTED AS 'LIMITED DIFFUSION'. AMENDED TO CINC.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN BETWEEN BOW AND REST OF HULL

Position: 48 49.615 N,3 48.948 W

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