The steamship Vegesack stranded at Midtfjøra outside Tananger on the 7. September 1939. Vegesack was a German blockade breaker which had sailed from Colombia and taken the route via Island and down the along the Norwegian coast with destination Bremerhaven to avoid British naval units. Vegesack was camouflaged as a Danish vessel with the name Birte. At Midtfjøra Vegesack stranded on the evening and shortly after they they started to load of the cargo and other inventory from the vessel, and the crew of 64 men under captain Polykas abandoned thereafter the heavy damaged ship. After the stranding the wreck was standing on the reef for several years before Stavanger Skipsopphuggning started to break up the vessel. The company managed to break up almost half the vessel from bow and towards midship before she suddenly sank on a depth of twenty meters. Today the remains of Vegesack rest on the east side of Midtfjøra on a depth of fifteen to twenty two meters, and on the north side of the reef rest a larger intact part of Vegesack on fifty to sixty meters. To visit Vegesack you must have nice weather and a boat, and local divers might be helpful with transport...