The German motorvessel was a suplly vessel for the German forces under the second world war, and was loaded with coal when she was torpedoed on 28. November 1944 south of Tansøy in Brufjorden. The German commander in chief on Westküste ( West coast ), Von Schraeder, was in a hopeless situation towards the end of 1944 with responsibility for all activity on the sea from Stavanger to Stadt. The allied "Anti-shipping" along the coast had resulted in heavy losses of vessels, and the safest way of avoiding unessesary losses was to send convoys with an escort. On 27. November Schraeder gives the signal to send a small convoy from Bergen to Ålesund. The largest vessel in this convoy is the motor vessel Welheim loaded with coal for Ålesund. The journey north goes without any incidents, and no airplanes are spotted. Welheim is armed with five antiaircraft positions for protection against hostile airplanes. But in Brufjorden they were out of luck. In a swift assault she is torpedoed by the Norwegian MTB 717, and the vessel starts quickly to take in water. Welheim sets the course towards Tansøy, but goes down in the deep after a short time. Today the wreck of Welheim rest in a very good condition on a depth of thirteen to seventy meters. On the bridge you can still see anti aircraft position, and the only visible damage is in the hull where the torpedo hit. You need a boat and nice weather to get out to the wreck of Welheim, and the tourist office in Florø city might be of help...