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The
steamerAvesta was built at Kockums Varv in Malmö in
Sweden, and was launched in 1913. She had a
straightforward career and survived the first world war.
Under a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull in England loaded
with paper, she ran aground in a snow storm and sank
16.March 1940 outside Risør. Of the crew, 11 men perished
of drowning in the ice cold weather. Today the remains
rest on a depth of 10 to 20 meter at Grønholmene.
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 Picture: Avesta in 1922 Courtesy of Varvshistoria  |
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