Posted by Erik Skovheim skovheim@hotmail.com on October 12, 2001.

Found out that the wreck of the british Boardale ( tanker i believe ) rest at a depth of 67m outside Narvik. Does anyone have technical information and a picture of this one? FOund the gross ton for this vessel and a few sentences on the Internet, but thats all. So...?

RESPONSE:

Posted by Øistein Thomas Berge othberg@online.no on October 13.

Hello Erik

R.F.A Bordale 8406 brt.was build 1937 at Harland & Wolff. The British naval tanker ran ashore
in Åsanfjord/Straumsjøen in Bø, Vesterålen.
Later the ship was swept from rocks and sank on
67 meter.To day the wreck is in two parts and have a list to port at 90 degree.

Best regards
Øistein