Tommy
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MW
86 was built in Germany under second world war and was
launched in 1941. Her name MW 86 - Motor Wiking 68,
indicate she was used as an auxiliary transport vessel for
the German Organization Todt and Transportflotte Speer. She survived
the war and was in 1947 sold to a Norwegian owner in
Trondheim and renamed Autnesfjord, and three years later
to the company Trim AS in Fredrikstad who named her Tommy.
Under a journey from Halden to Brevik 28.
August 1958 she developed a leak and
hit ground
soon after at at Holtskjærene. The crew had to abandoned
ship and were picked up by the vessel Lyngør who had
arrived to assist. The wreck rest today on a depth of 16
to 33 meter southwest of Svartskjær. Also
see the wreck of MW
168 Wolkenburg.
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59°02'18.0"N
10°16'16.8"E Picture: Tommy Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: March 2021 |
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