Bärenfels
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The
German steamship Bärenfels
laid at anchor in Bergen harbor, when suddenly an
explosion erupted 14. April 1944. She immediately goes
down in the deep. Earlier that morning the British mini
submarine X24 had dropped two time delayed mines under
what they believed was the big floating dock in the
harbor. The Australian skipper had mistaken the dock with
Bärenfels. In the explosion eleven men perished, and
anther seven were injured. She was left alone until the
war ended, when the Norwegian salvage company Anda
Brothers started to salvage her. Also the salvage company
Norsk Bjergningskompani worked on the wreck. They managed
to raise the stern and put it under tow towards
Hauglandsosen. Unfortunately for the company, that didn't
go too well and the stern sank again. The stern section
rest today outside Berland on a depth of 20 to 35 meters
at the "37 meter" mark on sea draft number 23.
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| 60° 31' 13" N, 5° 4' 32" E  Picture: Bärenfels Originally from skovheim.org |
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