Det norske dampskipet President Christie var på reise fra Stavanger til Oslo 31. Januar 1936 da de under tykk tåke grunnstøtte på Tristeingrunnen etter å ha drevet ut av kurs. President Christie ble sterkt skadet under ulykken, og mannskapet på tyve mann og en kvinnelig passasjer forlot derfor skipet senere etter de hadde kommet av grunnen og ble plukket opp av en losskøyte som var i området. President Christie som tok inn mye vann forsvant i dypet et sted i farvannet utenfor Vestfold uten at noen kunne fortelle nøyaktig posisjon. Det er antatt at vraket kan lokaliseres nord for Tristeingrunnen på grunt vann, og de seneste rykter sier at vraker nå er funnet...


The Norwegian steamship President Christie was on a journey from Stavanger to Oslo 31. January 1936 when they under heavy fog touched ground on Tristeingrunnen after having drifted out of course. President Christie was heavily damaged under the accident, and the crew of twenty men andone female passenger therefore later left the ship after they had got of the bank and were picked up by a pilot vessel which was in the area. President Christie which took in a lot of water disappeared in the deep somewhere in the waters outside Vestfold without anyone capable of telling the exact position. It is presumed that the wreck can be located north of Tristeingrunnen in shallow waters, and the latest rumors says that the wreck now has been found...

 

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Picture: Norsk Handels & Sjøfartstidende.



Edited 29.06.2007