# Wrecks of the world

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113>\
**Category:** Maritime History\
**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113 "2020-07-21T14:54:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113/1 "2020-07-21T14:54:09Z")

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The salvage vessel D/S Draugen hit a mine and sunk near Bergen on 15. July, 1940:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/2/2bfa8aa5faf0667212e6a238fee4adb14cff9f46.jpeg)  
Now the wreck has been located :

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/b/b4016e05f977bb81f1f9344881bb7f4fa2c9c550.jpeg "Draugen Documentary - "The last voyage"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6AxFhMHg0)

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**Author:** ![DamnYankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/damnyankee/32/514_2.png) [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113/2 "2020-07-21T18:20:09Z")

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Talk about “lines”. That was a classically beautiful vessel…

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**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113/3 "2020-07-21T18:28:28Z")

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Interesting that they have a sail out up forward. It’s customary to raise a sail on the aftermost mast like a spanker to steady the yaw at anchor.

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113/4 "2020-07-21T19:13:58Z")

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This is the Salvage vessel D/S Draugen that I remember Between jobs she was alongside at Fladmark’s base in Åleund, as here:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/c/cc1159923dde6ab0b89d418c872cfe358d7f7c81.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/8/8cb6b22dec712bc5c1aeec025ca3c8ea70b62808.jpeg)  
I used to visit as a newspaper seller in the 1950s.  
Photos from this website:  
[http://www.tugboatlars.se/Draugen.htm](http://www.tugboatlars.se/Draugen.htm)

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wrecks-of-the-world/56113/5 "2026-06-26T19:24:58Z")

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I know this is an old thread, hope nobody gets their hackles up when I revive it.  
**Rare artefacts found at Hornsea 3 site**

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/f/0f199431346e5f95e61392a292e88a3b388e18ab.jpeg)  
_Alison James revealing the inscription on an ingot CREDIT MSDS Marine_

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> Rare lead ingots have been discovered on a 17th Century shipwreck at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm site.  
> The three ingots weigh around 70kg each and will be housed at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock, Derbyshire, Ørsted said.  
> ![|0x0](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/2/7/279315d507855c6a4351e1e2c2f39dd9cd2fccd8.gif)  
> The artefacts are stamped with marks ‘IS’, ‘EB’ and ‘H’ and were found on a vessel which may have been Dutch en route to the Netherlands, the company added.  
> Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 team worked with MSDS Marine, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Historic England to analyse and preserve the wreck and its cargo before resuming operation.
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> Christopher Pater, head of marine planning at Historic England, said: “It has been fascinating to see this story unfold, from the point of discovering the ingots through to seeing them being put on display at the Peak District Mining Museum.  
> “There’s so much to learn from historic shipwrecks and cargos which are discovered during offshore development and this shows the positive way we’ve all worked together to explore and study this shipwreck.”

Source: [https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/ingots-found-at-hornsea-3-site/](https://www.renews.biz/offshore-wind/ingots-found-at-hornsea-3-site/)
