I
en tid hvor mange mennesker søkte for en bedre skjebne i Amerika, satte
et fartøy punktum for sin egen korte historie utenfor Vestfold fylke.Det
danske emigrantskipet Hekla strandet på Sydostgrunnen utenfor Sandefjord
i Vestfold lørdag den 15. Februar 1883. Hekla var på reise fra København
til Newport via Kristiania ( Oslo ) med passasjerer og annet gods.Det
tok flere dager før Hekla gikk tapt i dypet, og noe av lasten og personlige
saker ble berget fra skipet. Brødrene Anda berget også baugen fra skipet
en tid senere. Vraket er i dag temmelig brutt ned, og restene av Hekla
finner man på tyve til tredve meters dybde rett under den røde staken
på østsiden av Sydostgrunnen utenfor Sandefjord i åpent vann. En båt
og godt vær er nødvendig for å dykke på denne posisjonen...
In a time where many peoples searched for
a better fortune in America,
a vessel put an end to her own short history outside the
county of Vestfold.
The Danish emigrant ship Hekla stranded
on Sydostgrunnen outside of Sandefjord in Vestfold on Saturday
15. February 1883. Hekla
was on a journey from Copenhagen
to Newport through
Kristiania ( Oslo
) with passengers and other goods. It took several days before
Hekla was lost in the deep, and some of the cargo
and personal things were saved from the ship. Some time after
the Anda Brothers saved the bow of the
ship a while later, The wreck is pretty much broken down, the
remains of Hekla can be found on twenty to thirty meters
depth under the red pole on the east side of the Sydostgrunnen outside Sandefjord
in open waters. A boat and good weather is needed to dive on this
position...
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Hekla |
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Malmö ( S ) 1881 |
København ( DK ) |
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GPS: N 58 59.410 E 10 19.630
From 100
Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway;
The S/S Hekla was built in 1881 by Kockums Mekaniska Värkstads
at
Malmø for the Thingvalla Line. She was named after the well
known mount
Hekla at Island. The mountain has had an active volcano for centuries.
The
Hekla had a tonnage of 2788 gross tons, and her dimensions were 95,40
meters of lenght and 11,95 meters beam. She had straight stem, one
funnel, three masts,
and was an iron construction. There was a single screw and she had
a service speed of 11 knots.
There was passenger accommodation for 12 first class- 16 second class
and 600 third class
(steerage) passengers. in 1882 she left Copenhagen on March 25th on
her maiden voyage to Christiania (Oslo), Christiansand and New York.
She called at Christiania on Sunday 26th March. On the 13th of February
1883 she
departed Copenhagen and on the 14th she departed Christiania for the
seventh and last time heading for Christiansand and new York. On the
15th she stranded at Sydostgrunnen off Sandefjord in Vestfold. After
being afloat for about 2 days she sank on the 17th, and much of her
cargo, and all passenger and crew were rescued.
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