Dampskipet
Pollux gikk ned i dypet ved Buholmråsa den 22. November 1900 under en
reise fra Blyth til Tromsø med en last av kull. Man forsøkte å berge
skipet de kommende dagene, men en snau uke etter ulykken synker skipet
i dypet for siste gang. Pollux la seg til hvile på en dybde av trettifire
meter og er idag et klassisk "Donald Duck" ca 180 meter sørøst
for Saxa. Til tross for alderen er Pollux nærmest intakt. Du trenger
en båt for å nå vraket....
The steamship Pollux went down in the deep
at Buholmråsa on 22. November 1900 during a journey from Blyth
to Tromsø with a cargo of coal. They tried to salvage the ship
the following days, but merely a week after the accident the ship
sinks in the deep for the last time. Pollux laid herself at rest
on a depth of thirtyfour meters and is today a classic "Donald
Duck" wreck approx. 180 meters southeast of Saxa. Despite
the age is Pollux nearly intact. You need a boat to reach the
wreck...
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Pollux |
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Helsingör ( DK ) 1921 |
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Owner: AS Det Bergenske
Dampskibsselskap, Bergen
Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap
has had at least two ships more using the name Pollux. One lost in
the North Sea to UC-45 on 19 march 1917. The second bought from Denmark
( Gulfaxe, renamed Pollux in 1922 ) in 1921.
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