Tommy
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MW
86 was built in Germany under second world war and was
launched in 1941. Her name indicate she sailed for one or
both Organization Todt or Transportflotte Speer. In 1947 she
was sold to a Norwegian owner in Trondheim and renamed
Autnesfjord, and three years later to the company Trim AS
in Fredrikstad and renamed Tommy. Under a journey from
Halden to Brevik 28.
August 1958 she developed a leak.
The captain sat course for Sandefjord but it did
not take long before the engine stopped because of the
flooding. Emergency signals were sent out, but without
engine power she drifted away and struck the reefs at
Holtskjærene. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up
by the ship Lyngør who had arrived to assist. The wreck
rest today on a depth of 6 to 12 meter. She is located
barely five meter from shore in the western passage at
Holtskjær outside Sandefjord. Also
see the wreck of MW
168 Wolkenburg.
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 Picture: Tommy Originally from skovheim.org |
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