Wreck Archive Northern Norway
(VANN)
Lofotdykk Liveaboard, possible wrecks

M/S Gallic Stream
English cargo / malm ship. Hit / sunk against the shoreline and an island, in 1976. Bottom 12-30m Top wreck 4-15. Divided in two parts. Centre of ship is broken. Steering house in rear is nice. Much steel. Ok nature diving around the wreck. “Good +”

 

 

M/S Stella Orion
English trawler. Hit a rock in stormy weather, in 1955. Bottom 25-45m. Top wreck 23-40m. Leans 30 degrees to starboard side at the side of the rock they hit. Quit intact wreck, but bow section is hit / cut off. Many interesting details. Often very good visibility in this site. Nice nature diving around the wreck. “Very good –”

D/S Hadsel
Local cargo and passenger boat, Norwegian (also used as a ”Hurtigrute”). Went on a rock in 1958. Bottom 45m Top wreck 37m. Lies 45 degrees to port side on white sandy bottom. The wreck is quite intact. Interesting details. Normally very good visibility in this site. “Very good +”

 

D/S Hadsel

M/S Karlhorch
Russian small cargo-liner filled with wood. Capsized, salvaged and then resunk in this process. Lays with bottom upside down. Bottom 23m. Top wreck 15m. Maybe more a nature dive than a wreck dive. Top of the wreck have beautiful seaweed vegetation and especially the rear with the propeller have nice colors soft corals. Huge holes in the hull where you can swim through. Great place for photo! "Good +"

Karlhorst

M/S Gudrun Gisladirdottir
Large Iceland trawler. Hit a 5m underwater rock. Sunk after one day in 2002. Bottom 40m. Top wreck 27m. Leans 45 degrees to starboard side on white sandy bottom. The boat is totally new / different way of wreck diving! “Very good”

 

M/S Gudrun Gisladirdottir

M/S Atlas
Large East German tugboat. Crashed with the boat they tried to assist, in 1978. Bottom 55m. Top wreck approx. 42m. Lies 90 degrees to starboard side on rocky bottom. The wreck is intact. Large dimensions! Normally very / extreme good visibility in this site. “Very good”

M/S Rio / MRS 25
Mother ship to minesweepers. Blown up in the German minefield they tried to remove, 1945. Bottom 45m. Top wreck 35m. A huge wreck standing on the keel. The steering house raises majestically up from the bottom. The ship has large damages. Many interesting details. Often very nice visibility / much fish in this site. “Very good -.”

M/S Rio / MRS 25

D/S Ramø
Norwegian cargo sh;ip. Blown up by a German magnetic mine in 1946. Bottom 20m. Top wreck 12m. Standing on the keel on the white sandy bottom. Parts of the wreck are badly broken; bow and rear are quit intact.
Often much fish in this site. “Good +”

M/S Hamburg
German fish factory ship. Sunken by fire and explosives of English Destroyer, during Operation Claymore in 1941. Bottom 18-23m. Top wreck 0-15m. Lies 90 degrees on starboard side. Rear part is cut off. A well-preserved wreck. But location in the harbour often means bad visibility. “Good”

Hamburg

M/S Fram
Norwegian small sized cargo boat. Sunken by Norwegian government in 1972. Bottom 30m Top wreck 25m. Leans 30 degrees to port side. Quit intact. Ok nature diving around the wreck. Sometimes less visibility in this site. “Good”
M/S Sanct Amandus
Large English trawler. Went upon a rock with a youngster steering against wrong lighthouse, Christmas 1947. All of the men onboard were drunk. Later the boat glided of the rock. Bottom 51m. Top wreck 45m. Lies completely upside down with the steering house smashed down in the white sandy bottom. Nice nature diving up against the rock. Often very nice visibility / much fish in this site. “Very good –”
D/S Mira
Norwegian Coastal steam Express / “Hurtigrute”. Sunken by fire of English Destroyer during Operation Claymore in 1941. Bottom 39-42m. Top wreck 36m. Lies completely upside down with the steering house smashed down in the bottom. Still many interesting details. Often very nice visibility / much fish in this site. Exiting historical wreck. “Very good”
D/S Nordstjerna
Norwegian Coastal steam Express / “Hurtigrute”. Grounded against an island in 1954. Bottom 55-65m. Top wreck 42m. Leans 40 degrees over to starboard side. Type “Donald Duck”. Often less visibility and sometimes strong current in the surface. Much soft corals all over the wreck. Some of the best wreck in northern Norway!” Extreme good”
M/S Rio
M/S Rio
M/S Gudrun Gisladirdottir
M/S Gudrun Gisladirdottir
M/S Karlhorch