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The steamship Optima was a German supply vessel which was laid down in Germany in 1926, and had through the years under the second world war had many trips along the Norwegian coast. Under her last journey Optima had as her mission to supply the German high command in northern Norway, and rumors says that it was the Easter supply which was under the way to the high officers in Wehrmacht. Optima laid at anchor in Florø harbor when the Norwegian MTB 619 attacked her with torpedoes on the 14. March 1943, and in short time the German supply vessel disappeared in the deep. Today the wreck of Optima rest in a good condition right outside the pier at Ankerløkken in Florø harbor on a depth of thirty to forty two meters. The wreck of Optima is easily accessed by car, but it can be worth to take a note that the visibility can be quite poor...
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Edited 29.06.2007 |