Skandia
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The
steamship Skandia was laid down by William Doxford &
Company in Sunderland, and was launched in 1899 for the
Dutch company W.H Müller in Rotterdam. She was sold in
1906 to the Swedish company P. Welin in Stockholm. While
she laid at anchor loaded with iron ore under a journey
from Narvik to Rotterdam, she was rammed by the Norwegian
vessel Freikoll 9.November 1915. She almost immediately
went down in the deep, and four men lost their lives in
the accident. The wreck was largely salvaged by the
Norwegian salvage company Stavanger Skipsopphugning in
1933, but still considerable wreck debris and mechanical
parts lies spread out on the wreck site. The remains rest
on a depth of 20 meter at Storholmen south
of the island Kvamsøy.
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| Last updated: December 2020 |
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