Olaf Kyrre
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The
steamer Olaf Kyrre was
built in Bergen by Martens & Olsen. and
was launched in 1888 for the company
Nordenfjeldske
Dampskipselskab. She was put in service as a Coastal
Express together
with the steamer
Sirius. But she was not the best choice for this
kind of duty and was later retired from this duty. Under a
journey from Trondheim to Bergen she hit ground at Kvitholmen
lighthouse outside Ålesund 10.July 1909. She was stuck for
a while before the sea slowly dragged her down. The wreck
was soon forgotten, until the divers Bjørn
Eide and Knut Storvik found the wreck in 1987. Today her
remains rest on a depth of approx 20 meter at the reefs
north of Kvitholmen.
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| 63° 2' 56" N, 7° 17' 31" E  "Sunnmørsposten" 16.May 1987 |
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