Re,
Un complément de dernière minute :
Thorodd was laid down in the USA just after WW1, then with the name Fleurus, and put into service until 1924 by the French Navy. The vessel was then sold to Norway and put into civil service. In 1934 Fleurus was sold to Thorodd Ltd and renamed M/V Thorodd. The spring of 1940 the vessel were put into service as a neutrality guard boat until the war broke out in Norway and then sent northward and used among other things, transporting POW's. The vessel experienced a few smaller engagements with the German invasion force before she ended up in England. Here the vessel quickly were rebuilt as a minesweeper and put into service cleaning up mines around the area of Abeerdeen and Dundee. On 14. September 1944 the vessel was taken out of service of minesweeping and spent the rest of the war without doing nothing... After the war Thorodd returns to Norway and is put into civil service again with several different owners and tasks. On the 6th of October 1955, the vessel is on a journey from Karmoy to Tofte paper mill when suddenly the cargo loosen up. After a short time the vessel starts to tip over, and Thorodd starts to take in water. The crew sets course for Risør to save the vessel, but when the masts lies under water the crew decides to abandon the vessel. The crew soon gets picked up by another boat, but the proud vessel with so many services behind her ends her days in the water north of Lyngør... The wreck rests on her port side, almost totally collapsed on a depth of fifteen to twentyfive meters. You need a boat and nice weather to visit the wreck...
Name : Thorodd
Former names : Fleurus
Material : Steel
Dimensions : 46,1x 7,7x 4,1 m.
Brt \ Nrt: Built: Homeport: Cargo:
452 \ Savannah ( USA ) 1919 Kopervik ( N )
Cordialement,
Franck
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