Sauternes
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The
steamer Sauternes was built in France and was launched in
1922.At the outbreak of world war two she was
requisitioned by the British admiralty. After the German
occupation of Denmark in 1940, the Faeroe Islands was
occupied by British forces. She was also supplied by the
British government, and the steamer was one of many ships
assigned to supply the islands. On her way to Torshavn
loaded with alcohol, fuel,, food, military supplies,
christmas gifts and an amount of Danish currency, she
sailed into a storm and had to seek shelter in Fugloyarfjørður.
7.December 1941 she went down together with all hands. Six
bodies were later recovered and buried in Klaksvik . The
wreck was found in 1999, and in 2000 and 2001 two
governmental approved diving expeditions were launched.
Photos were taken on the wreck, and some inventory and
ship items, including the ships bell, was raised from the
wreck. She rest today on a depth of 100 meters in
the sound of
Fugloyarfjørður,
north ot Torshavn.
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 Picture: Sauternes, unknown photographer Originally from skovheim.org  Picture: Sauternes wreck location "Fugloy to the left, Svinoy to the right, looking from the north part of Vidoy" .Courtesy of Axel Mortensen Last updated: October 2014 |
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