Any divers out there fancy a trip to beautiful Trondheim?
Follow the link to see pics of this actually wellpreserved plane, lying on the seabed on 65 meters depth. Sorry about the quality… http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/article.jhtml?articleID=445464
Another Flying boat lying in Trondheimsfjorden is the Blohm and Voss BV 222 found on this link:
http://www.trondheim-politidistrikt.st.no/museet_ny_detalj.asp?id=6
This flying boat (BV 222) is yet to be discovered although it was sunk as late as after the war. It is presumed to be located at depths of approximately 180-250 meters.
As additional info I might add that Trondheimsfjorden has about 50-70 chrashsites known to date. Many of whom are results of bombing the Tirpitz. A few years ago, a Focke Wulf Condor was attempted rescued from the Fjord. I witnessed the fate of this as it was actually above the ground/pram when it broke and fell down on to the pram while lifting it. It was truly a sad moment, and the rescue team were all tears.. 🙁
check the links for details: http://www.dlbs.de/english/fotos/fockeart/artikel1.htm
http://www.airrace.de/misc.htm
http://www.doblinger-reportage.de/html/index_21.html
It is also worth mentioning that all allied aircrafts in Norway belong to their respective countries, while German aircrafts belong to Norway.
The pictures enclosed are of The Short Sunderland, lying at approx. 65 metres, just outside one of Trondheims most visited bathing places. The plane is reported to be in reasonably good shape, standing/lying on the bottom. No. 1 pic. is of canopy/pilots windows, no.2 is of one of the engines, while the third is of the tail fin.
By: wl745 - 4th February 2014 at 00:39
Using air ,dives to about 40 metres are normal with decompression stop on ascending.Deeper than this requires mixed gas diving or tech diving as it is better known!At 37 metres you have 9 mins before returning to surface!!
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd February 2014 at 20:22
Whilst we’re in Norway, this site might be of interest to Skipper 1944:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/index.html
Anon.
By: Ross_McNeill - 3rd February 2014 at 18:02
A ROV video has been been posted on Youtube of Sunderland EJ138.
She broke loose from moorings in November 1945, struck the rocks and sank in approx. 60 metres of water.
Lying slightly deeper than the bulk of the North Sea between England and Holland but showing the effects of colder water and depth limiting the marine growth.
The F1180 attributes the cause to Germany – the German mooring suffered a failure of the main wire between bouy and sinker. AOC forbid Sunderlands to use the German moorings and noted that they would not be renewed as British forces had left Norway.
Regards
Ross
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th July 2004 at 11:54
Hi Baard,
Although I’m not a diver, I have recently moved over (from the UK) to live in Stavanger and would love the chance visit some of the historic wartime sites here in Norway. Axis aircraft crash sites and the Tirpitz site are of particular interest. So, if you need some to “carry your bags” during any of your dives or plan on visiting some of the land based crash sites then please give me a shout!
Regards
Graham Herbertson
By: DavidMC - 23rd July 2004 at 15:41
Not to mention a Dornier 26:
http://pweb.interquest.de/~boring/narvik/airplane-wreck.html
By: von Perthes - 23rd July 2004 at 15:25
Baard,
Did you see my reply to your earlier post about the Halifax, I think your Uncle was one of the crew?
Geoff.
By: Baard - 23rd July 2004 at 14:28
Would think that the B&v 222 would be a little bit to deep…
😉 But there are a lot of other nice planewrecks to be dived at at reasonable depths. And remember: They retrieved the Halifax from Mjøsa (now being restored by the Halifax Foundation, Canada), from a depth of 240 metres… So it can be done… You will just have to find it first. But it`s out there!
By: EN830 - 23rd July 2004 at 13:49
250 metres, that’s nearly 900 ft, would that be a bit too deep to free dive on ?
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