The
steamship Stiklestad was built by William
Doxford & Sons in Sunderland in England. She
was
launched in February 1912 for thr Norwegian company
Dampskipseslakpet Maritime in Kristiania. In 1928 she was
sold to Germany and the company Unternehmungen D Eisen
& Stahl in Bremen, and renamed Rheinhausen. She was
sunk by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Taku
under command of John W. Pitt 7.February 1944 outside
Skudeneshavn. The wreck was found in 2017 by the Norwegian
oil company Statoil during work in Boknafjorden. The wreck
of Rehinhausen rest today on a depth of approx 500 meter.
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Rheinhausen
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Stiklestad
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439,9 x 57,8 x 24,1 f
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6350 grt / 3411 nrt
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Sunderland ( UK ) 1912
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Bremen ( D )
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