Inne i Rombaksfjorden utenfor Narvik by ligger vraket etter en Dornier 26 Seeadler. Flyet ble først funnet i 1991, og det sies at flyet var en av totalt to Seeadler som forsynte de tyske styrkene i May 1940 under General Dietls kommando fra Trondheim. Britiske Hurricane jagere oppdaget disse flyene den 28 mai 1940, og senket de mens de lå i Rombakfjorden. Vraket av denne Dornier 26 Seeadler hviler på fjorten til tjuefem meters dyp i Rombakfjorden, og er i relativt god stand. Ikke langt unna ligger vraket av den tyske jageren Georg Thiele i Sildvika. For å komme ut til vraket må man ha båt...

In the Rombakfjord outside narvik city lies the wreck of a Dornier 26 Seeadler. The airplane was first found in 1991, and it is believed that the plane was one of totaly two Seeadlers that supplied the German forces in May 1940 under General Dietls commando from Trondheim. British Hurricane fighters spotted these airplanes on the 28th of May 1940, and sunk these while they laid in Rombakfjorden. The wreck of this Dornier 26 lies on a depth of twenty five meters in Rombakfjorden, and is in a relatively good condition. Not far away from the plane wreck lies the wreck of the German destroyer Georg Thiele in Sildvika.  To get out to the wreck you must have a boat...


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Dornier DO 26
 
       
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Type: Transatlantic Mail or Coastal Patrol flying boat
Origin: Dornier-Werke GmbH.
Models: V1 to V6, and D
First Flight: May 21, 1938
Service Delivery: 1940
Final Delivery: N/A
Crew: Four

Engine:
Do 26V6:
Model: Junkers Jumo 205D Diesels
Type: Each with six double-ended cylinders
and 12 opposed pistons
Number: Four Horsepower: 880 hp

Do 26A:
Model: Junkers Jumo 205 Diesels
Type: Each with six double-ended cylinders
and 12 opposed pistons
Number: Four Horsepower: 600 hp

Do 26D:
Model: Junkers Jumo 205Ea Diesels
Type: Each with six double-ended cylinders
and 12 opposed pistons
Number: Four Horsepower: 700 hp

Dimensions:
Wing span: 30m (98 ft. 5¼ in.)
Wing Surface Area: 120.0m² (1,291 sq. ft.)
Length: 24.60m (80 ft. 8½ in.)
Height: 6.85m (22 ft. 5¾ in.)
Weights:
Empty:
Do 26V6: 11,300kg (24,912 lbs.)
Do 26A: 10,700kg (23,589 lbs.)
Loaded:
Do 26V6: 22,500kg (49,601 lbs.)
Do 26A: 20,000kg (44,092 lbs.)


Edited 29.06.2007