REPORT OF WRECKS EXAMINATION
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Sebastian Popek popeks@balticwrecks.com
Maciej Rułka maciek@balticwrecks.com
Jerzy Lissowski jlissowski@wp.pl
General area: Baltic Sea
Date located:
Date exam'd/dived:
Vessel name: STEN STURE
Detail of loss: vessel sunk after crew evacuation and then gun attacked by british submarine
Method of positioning: GPS
located pos'n: 54° 56 .xxx ˘ N 18° 20 .xxx ˘ E
Depths: least depth 20 msw
general depth: 28 msw
Contact data
height above bottom: 8 m
Lenght: xx m estimated
Orientation:
Other:
ex. Sverre Nergaard
ex. Elisabet
ex. Mount Vernon
General cargo power-driven ship. She has steam engine. Build 1900 by Bergens MV, Norway as Mount Vernon.
First owner: "Rederi O & A Irgens", Bergen. Name: "Mount Vernon".
1922: Sold to "Rederi Ab Vigor" in Göteborg, Sweden. New name: "Elisabet".
1929: Sold to "Rederi Ab Westindia" in Stockholm. New name: "Sverre Nergaard".
1946: Sold to "Rederi Ab Eruths", Trelleborg. New name: "Sten Sture".
1947-01-26/27: On voyage Gdynia-Helsingborg disappeared. Unknown reason. 18 men died.
1997 found by Polish divers. They found the ship-bell: "MOUNT VERNON 1900 BERGEN"
L bpp 68,80 m
B midship 9,66 m
draft 4,57 m,
registered 568 NRT, 1030 GRT
draught 1320 DWT
shipowner Rederi O & A Irgens, Rederi Ab Vigor, Rederi Ab Westindia, Rederi Ab Eruths
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