The steamship Achilles was laid down in Bremen in 1922, and did service in the waters around Europe until the outbreak of the second world war. In 1940 Achilles was requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine, and did service with transportation of war material. On 31 December 1944 Achilles laid at anchor in Flekkefjord harbor with a cargo of ammunition, when British airplanes from the squadrons 143, 235 and 248 from RAF attacked the city and the ships that laid in the harbor. In the harbor laid also the German ships Palermo and Wally Faulbaum, and under the attack Palermo also sank, while Wally Faulbaum was  damaged from gunfire from the British airplanes. After the second world war there were salvaged on the wreck of Achilles, but the cargo was mainly left in peace. In 1948 the also the wreck of Palermo was raised and put under Norwegian flag with the name Nina. Today the wreck of Achilles rest in shallow waters merely fifty meters from ashore right outside the main quay in Flekkefjord harbor. It is not allowed to dive on the wreck of Achilles because of the dangerous cargo and the position of the wreck in the harbor...