The steamship Borghild went down in the deep south west of Hestskjæret lighthouse outside Kristiansund city 24. February 1940. The ship carried a cargo of carbid and a crew of sixteen men and was on a journey from Trondheim to England when they hit ground at Braken in the night to 24. February.. The crew hastily abandoned the ship since carbid reacts with salt waters and generate fores and acetylene gases. Borghild was left to herself and driftet away in the sea. The coastal steamer Richard With arrived to assist, and managed to anchor up the vessel, and took care of the crew. In the morning after, the crew borded the ship again, but the water quickly flooded the engine room, and they again had to abandon ship. At 07:00 a huge explosion erupted, and shortly after Borghild disappeared down in the deep. The wreck was found by local divers who searched for shipwrecks in 1971, and has up through the years become a popular dive site. Borghild rest on an even keel on a depth of thirty six to forty three meters west of Langøya, but since the position lies in open waters you are totally dependant of a boat and nice weather. Borghild is a classic Donald Duck wreck, but the age and the harsh weather out here has started to make her quite unstable. The bow is damaged after she hit ground in 1940, and mast, bridge or anything of the top structure has disappeared years ago. Cracks appears in the hull and deck plates are starting to fall of...