Dresden
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The
German
steamer Dresden wrecked 20.June 1934 near Kopervik on
Karmøy. She was built as an passenger ship in 1914 and was
named after the famous Count Zeppelin, who also presented
himself when she was launched from the dock. She was one
of the many ships who brought emigrants from Europe over
to the American continent in the 1910-1920s. When Adolf
and his NSDAP took over in the 1930s she was assigned as a
"Kraft Dürch Freunde"vessel, cruising the fjords and
promoting the greatness of National Socialism. The Dresden
accident was quite a big event in the small Norwegian
community at the time, and a curiosity is that in the
small towns around Kopervik, you can still find inventory
from her. In a small café in Skudeneshavn i
personally came across both pictures and inventory from
the wreck. ( red.anm,2002 ). She was partly scrapped on
site after the accident, and her bow and mid ship was more
or less flattened out. Today the remains of her fill up
most of the bay on a depth of approx 12 to 45 meter close
to shore in Hestvika south of Blikshamn.
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| 59° 12' 0" N, 5° 19' 0" E   Pictures: Dresden Originally from skovheim.org Nils Vik, private collection |
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