Motorskipet Frisnes gikk ned på Søreflaket ved Hummerskjærene nær Oksøy fyrhus under en reise fra Svelgen til Oslo den 5. Juli 1964 med en last av jern. Ombord på Frisnes var en besetning på fire mann som alle kom fra ulykken uten skader. Idag hviler vraket av Frisnes på en dybde fra fem til tretti meter, og er et populært dykkemål selv om stedet er utsatt for hardt vær. For å komme ut til vraket av Frisnes trenger man en båt...


The motorship Frisnes went downon the Søreflaket at Hummerskjærene near Oksøy lighthouse during a journey from Svelgen to Oslo on 5. July 1964 with a cargo of iron. Onboard Frisnes was a crew of four men who all got away form the accident without injuries. Today the wreck of Frisnes rest on a depth of  five to thirty meters, and is a popular divesite even if the place is exposed to harsh weather. To get out to the wreck of Frisnes you need a boat...

 

Name:
Former names:
Material:
Dimensions:
Frisnes
Anne E.L, Zeus
Steel
31,68x 6,53x 3,12 m.
       
Brt \ Nrt: Built: Homeport: Cargo:
178 \ 118 Einswarden ( D ) 1908 Koppervik ( N )  Iron

 

Picture: © Per Alsaker

 

Supplementary information provided by Tham Körner;
05.1908 built by J. Frerichs & Co., Einswarden, Germany, NB 169, as sailing
logger (herring drifter), 104.14 GRT 86.57 NRT, 25.10 x 6.53 x 2.90 x 3.12
m, Fricka ON 6, callsign NJQK, for Visurgis Heringsfischerei AG, Nordenham ( D )
1922 ownership moved to Midgard, Nordenham, Germany
1931 sold to Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei-Gesellschaft, Vegesack, Germany,
renamed Fricka BV 3, laid up, not registered in Bremen.
01.1934 callsign changed to DNIB.
27.06.1934 sold to Dipl. Ing. Carl-Achim Griese, Kiel.
04.11.1936 declared to be broken up at and by Schiffswerft v. Wilhelm
Holst, Cranz-Neuenfelde
12.1936 at Schiffswerft W. Holst, Hamburg-Cranz, as NB 149, rebuilt by 70%,
lengthened by 6.5 m, converted to cargovessel, engine installed: Deutsche
Werke Diesel 4s4c 145hp, new tonnage: 169 GRT 89 NRT, 31.68 x 6.53 x 3.12 m
05.01.1937 renamed Anna Elisabeth, callsign DISO, homeport moved to Hamburg
20.08.1940 aquired by Deutsche Kriegsmarine (German Navy) as auxilliary
warship for operation Seelöwe
06.1941 Erprobungsverband Ostsee
1943 Führerboot der 4. Gruppe bei der 24. Landungsflotille
10.1945 in Nyborg, Denmark, seized by danish government
01.1946 handed over to Danish Government
16.03.1946 sold to Th. Lindholmen, renamed Zeus, callsign OWLN, homeport
Copenhagen, new tonnage: 168 GRT 87 NRT
1951 new engine installed: Alpha Diesel 2s3c 180hp
01.1952 sold to Partrederiet Hefrika (Friman Skeie), Kopervik, renamed
Frisnes, callsign LALE, homeport Kopervik, Norway, new tonnage: 178 GRT 118 NRT
1956 sold to Karsten Stangeland and Herman Tyse (partowners, but Friman
Skeie still manager), Kopervik
05.07.1964 sunk during voyage with a cargo of raw iron from Svelgen to Oslo
after grounding on Søreflaket near Hummerskjærene, east of Oskøy, the
skipper drowned, but the rest of the crew was rescued.



Edited 29.06.2007