The Dutch vessel Akerendam had left from the island Texel in the Netherlands on the 19th of January 1825 with two other vessels and Batavia as the target, but during a storm in the North Sea, Akerendam looses her fellowship and ends up on the north side of Runde where she goes down. Onboard the vessel had nineteen cases of coin designated for the far East where spices was one of the big merchandises. The actual date when Akerendam went down is not fully known, but on the 8th of March peoples on Runde discovers wreck debris which have been washed ashore, and in the time that follows much inventory and other stuff from the vessel is sold on auctions, and thereafter Akerendam is quickly forgotten. In 1972 Akerendam is rediscovered by sportsdivers who finds coins and a cannon which was onboard the vessel in shallow waters near Kvalneset. In the time that follows the divers manage to salvage several hundred kilos with coin form the site, and the year after Bergen maritime museum launch an expedition where they salvage nearly 135 kilo with coins. Most of the value from the wreck site was given to the sportsdivers who found the place, but both the Dutch and Norwegian authorities took percentage from the findings. Today there is nothing left of this vessel which went down at Runde, but sometimes sports divers still finds a coin or two on the wreck site. To get out to Kvalneset and the point of Runde you need nice weather and a boat...