The steamship Radbod was sunk by British Beaufighters on the 5th of December 1944 outside Selbergvika in the Ørstafjorden after she had taken shelter in the fjord to avoid the danger for air plane attack form planes on "Anti-shipping" missions. Radbod was on a journey southwards for reparations after an accident outside Bodø in September same year, and sailed now in convoy with the ships Dockenhunden, Albert Janus and Cygnus. The escort contained of the German guard boat V-6805. When arrival in Ørstafjorden Radbod and Dockenhunden anchored outside Selbergvika, while Albert Janus and Cygnus continued in to Ørsta. The guard boat V-6805 was watching the ? to Ørstafjorden. A short while after Radbod is attacked by several British Beaufighters, and the vessel receives heavy hits from rockets and machine cannons in the engine room and sinks. The crew on Radbod goes over to the vessel Dockenhunden, and no one perish on Radbod. A British air plane is shot down and hit the German guard boat V-6805 who takes damages, and another Beaufighter also get hits and must make an emergency landing later. Today the wreck of Radbod rest on a depth of twenty five to eigthy meters with the stern part as the deepest part just outside Selbergvika straight west of Ørsta and is a popular dive site. The wreck lies almost two hundred meters from land, so a boat is recommended. As a curiosity a couple of foreign tourists where spotted in the summer of 2001 when they robbed Radbod with help from heavy machine tools. It is believed that the overeager wreck divers will get a  unwanted attention from the Norwegian police authority. To visit the wreck of Radbod it is recommended to use a boat...