Vestri
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The
steamer Vestri was built by Helsingör Jernskibs &
Maskingbyggeri in Denamrk and was launched in 1910 for the
Norwegian company Det Stavangerske Dampskipselskap. She
was used as a coastal freighter, and after the outbreak of
world war two she sailed for the Norwegian home fleet.
Outside Sola she was attacked by a British airplane
4.December 1941 and set on fire. Heavily damaged she was
beached at Vistestranda and abandoned. The wreck was left
alone, and under the war the German forces used her as
target practice. Right after the war she was scrapped on
site by the Norwegian salvage company Brødrene Anda. A
report from divers in the early 2000s state that there is
almost nothing left of her, and only unrecognizable wreck
debris can be seen "here and there" in shallow waters.
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 Picture: Vestri Courtesy of Gjedde Last updated: January 2012 |
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