Albatross
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The
coastal steamer Ocean Pilot was built in Yarmouth in 1914,
and was quickly requisitioned by Royal Navy after the
outbreak of First world war. She was put in service as an
escort trawler and survived the war. Under second world
war she again was requisitioned by Royal Navy and used in
harbor duty. She was sold to Norway in 1947. Two years
later she was rebuilt to a motor vessel and renamed
Albatross. Under a journey from Hasvik to Vadsø loaded
with fish, she ran aground at Kågen 20.February 1962. The
remains of Albatross rest today on a depth of approx 25
meter at Skjervøy.
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 Picture: The wreck of Albatross From video by Split Photography  |
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