Vegesack
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Vegesack
was
a German blockade runner who had sailed from Colombia and
taken the route south of Island and down the Norwegian
coast to avoid British naval units. She was camouflaged as
a Danish vessel named Birte. At Midtfjøra she ran aground
in the evening at
Midtfjøra outside Tananger 7.September 1939. They managed
to salvage and unload the cargo, but attempts to re-float
her was unsuccessful. She was stuck on the reef for years,
and after Second World War the Norwegian salvage company
Stavanger Skipsopphuggning started to break her up. They
salvaged almost half of the wreck from bow and mid ship,
and the remains of her rest today on the east side of
Midtfjøra on a depth of 15 to 22 meter, and on the north
side of the reef on 50 to 60 meter. Also see the adjacent
wreck of the steamer
Walter.
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| 58° 55' 51" N, 5° 32' 36" E  Picture: Vegesack Originally from skovheim.org |
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