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The steamship Neptun stranded on Flatskjaer outside Vestfold county 5. November 1921. The vessel was on a journey from Moss to Færder to help a ship in need of assistance when she stranded. The vessel had through many years served as a rescue vessel, but had to herself yield for mother natures strengt this day. One of the more known salvage operations Neptun participated in, is the salvage of inventory and cargo from Fred Olsen Lines luxury ship Scotland that stranded in Langesundbukta in 1911. Some of the gear on board Neptun were later salvaged after the accident, and soon thereafter people forgot about her until recently some sportsdivers refound her again in 1994 after research in archives and time magazines. The hull which was built in wood is almost completely gone, but the engine and other inventory can still be seen where the ship sank. Today the remains of this little ship rests on her keel in a depth of twelve to fifteen meters near Flatskjær in Vestfold. A boat is necessary to reach this site...
Picture: © Bladet Dykking |
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Edited 29.06.2007 |