Savonmaa
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The
Finnish steamship Savonmaa was on a journey from Finland
to Manchester in England when she was surprised by a storm
outside the Norwegian coast 20.January
1937. On board Savonmaa was Captain Bäckmann and
a crew of 25 men, loaded with paper and tombstones. Little
is known of the accident, but the first sign that she had
problems came at night when SOS signals were heard in
Flekkerøy. The first words that came over the radio was
that she was grounded but they misinterpreted the words. After a few
messages through the night they lost contact with the
ship. Due to the storm that raged, assistance could not be
sent before the morning. But the position she had given
was not correct. They decided to search for her, and a
couple of hours later they spotted the heavily damaged and
half submerged ship at Kneblingene. They could not see any
trace of the crew... the assistance had come to late and
26 men was washed away at sea. In the time after the
accident the wreck was demolished to get access to the
cargo, and under the salvage work Savonmaa claimed her
27th victim. She finally disappeared in the deep in
December 1937. The remains rest today on a depth of 18 to
25 meter at Kniblingene.
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| GPS: N 57.978056E 7.636389 ( Source: OneOcean Dive Resort )  Originally from skovheim.org |
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