Wreck: Bjornvik (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Bjornvik (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.607 N,5 7.157 W (49.960117, -5.119283)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BJORNVIK (POSSIBLY)
Length 64.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 812 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases
Cause: sunk by german aircraft whilst en route from newport to fowey. 16 lives lost. (ll ww1). vessel, built in 1918 by cochrane & sons and owned at the time of loss by a f bjornstads rederi a/s, was bombed and sunk by german aircraft near the lizard. 17 lives lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 61 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 29.4.60 SUNK IN POSN 90DEGS LIZARD HEAD 2.8 MILES. (TRADE DIV LIST, JAN 1942). POSN 495730N, 050800W FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/14 13.8.99 LOCATED IN 4957.649N, 0507.220W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J ROSEVEARE). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 17.10.05 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4957.607N, 0507.157W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.9 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 9.1MTRS. LIES 061/241 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRNG MAGETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (MMT, HI 1455). DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE FWD. AMEND WK 57MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151_1 5.11.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.77MTRS. (BDC, HI 1455). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW, DAMAGE PORT SIDE FWD
Position: 49 57.607 N,5 7.157 W
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