The British steamship Hartlepool went down in the deep at Langholmen outside Egersund on 11th of December 1888 after she had stranded on her journey to Bergen from Braila. On board this combined sail and steamship which was typical for larger vessels in those days, was a crew of twenty one men. Hartlepools accident was first discovered the day after when the pilot Claus Berntsen Olsen Lædre spotted Hartlepool. Despite bad weather he managed to rescue four men who had survived the night. Claus B. Lædre was later given a medal for noble deed by the British government for having rescued the remaining crew memebers on Hartlepool. Today the remains of Hartlepool lies on the east side of Langholmen on a depth of ninety to hundred meters, but already on fifteen meters you can still see the masts and wreckdebris from Hartlepool. Despite the old age there are still much left of this large vessel, and the site is an exciting place to dive on. You are dependant on a boat to get out to the wreck of Hartlepool, and from Egersund dive club I am told; the easiest way to the wreck is to set out a boat in Naalaugvika. From here there is only five minutes with a boat soutwards to the wreck. Step ashore in the middle of Langholmen`s eastern side ( the inside ). From here you can walk over the bank and dive on the wreckdebris which rest beside the bank and direction southwest...