Oliva
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The
steamer Oliva was on a journey from Graveshead to Danzig
when she had to seek shelter on the Norwegian coast.
Captain Lietz and his crew hit ground at Ryvingenk but
managed to get loose and continued their journey. But
after the grounding she had developed a leak, and the crew
had to abandon ship. They were rescued by other vessels
that came to assist, but Oliva refused to go down.
Norwegian pilots entered her in a attempt rescue her, and
the surprise was big when they discovered that the cargo
was loaded with beer and other "interesting" merchandise.
The story say they took the rescue payment in advance and
celebrated with quite a few bottles. Not long after they
hit ground at Vardeholmen 3. April 1869 where she sank.
Written off as a total loss, she was forgotten until her
wreck was found by divers in 1967. Her remains rest today
on a depth of 45 to 65 meter northeast of Vardeholmen.
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