Elgry var på reise fra Rekefjord til Danmark da hun grunnstøtte og sank ved Presteskjær lykt 14. desember 1982. Årsaken til ulykken var feilnavigering, og ingen kom til skade under hendelsen.
Idag hviler vraket av Elgry på ca tyve til tretti meter, men er relativt revet opp av værforholdene.
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Elgry was on a journey from Rekefjord to Denmark when she hit ground and sank at Presteskjær light 14. December 1982. The cause for the accident was poor navigation, but nobody were injured in the incident. Today the wreck of Elgry rest on a depth of approximately twenty to thirty meters, but is relatively torn in pieces by the hard weather. You are dependant of a boat to visit the wreck...

 

Name:
Former names:
Material:
Dimensions:
Elgry
Kanutta, Miva Kanutta
Steel
180.4 x 30.6 x 11.6 f.
       
Tons: Built: Homeport: Cargo:
298 grt \ 181 nrt. Mandal ( N ) 1966 Kristiansand ( N ) Stone

 

Shipyard: Båtservice Verft A/S, build#. 517.
Engine: 6cyl. 4T EV Normo DM (Bergens MV), 850 bHK.
1966:Built for Paal Wilson & Co. AS, Bergen. Named Kanutta.
1977: Sold to Peder Gustavsen, Åkrehamn \ Kopervik.
1978: Renamed Miva Kanutta.
1981: Sold to K/S Berentsen & Helgesen A/S III, Søgne \ Kristiansand.
Renamed to Elgry.
1982: Hit ground and sank.

Available underwater photography of the wreck:
www.uwphoto.no

 

 



Edited 29.06.2007