Biscaya
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The
steamer Öregrund was laid down by Erik Brodins
Varf AB
in Gäfle in Sweden, and was launched in 1873. For then
years she was extensively used in trade between England
and Scandinavia, before she was sold to new owners in
Norway in 1883. She was renamed Biscaya and put in
service on the route to Jenisej and Novaja Semlja through
the Kara Sea. This route was given a lot of attention at
that time since it was not usual that ships of this size
sailed these waters. But the new owners didn't receive
much income from their new investment. On
a journey from Blyth to Drammen loaded with coal she hit
ground south of
Piggrunnene and sank 31 December 1896. The few
scattered remains of her rest today some twenty meters
away from the outer pole at Piggrunnene outside
Hankø, on a depth of 5 to 15 meter.
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 Picture: A ship being launched at Erik Brodins Varf Courtesy of Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Public domain |
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