Flint
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The
steamer Flint was on a journey from Kirkenes to Rotterdam
loaded with iron ore when she went down in Rystraumen
south of Tromsø 1. September 1928. A heavy current took
hold of her and forced her to loose correct heading, and
the crew tried to get her on right course again but it was
futile. Flint hit ground with her bow firmly planted on
solid rocks, and here she was stuck for several hours.
Then something unusual happens, the steamer Frøy which is
southbound is also taken by the same current and drift
straight into Flint. Frøy get away almost unharmed from
the accident, but Flint got a listing and is now partly
under water. Soon the remaining crew abandon ship and
thirty minutes later the steam boilers explodes, making
her hull break in two parts. The wreck rest today at Ryøya
on a depth of approx 15 to 40 meter.
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| 69° 33' 13" N, 18° 43' 23" E  Picture: Flint shipwrecked Originally from skovheim.org Nils Vik,private collection |
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