- MV Rocknes, ex-Kvitnes,
which capsized in
Vatlestraumen outside Bergen, Norway, 19
January 2004.
History Name
Kvitnes Rocknes Nordnes Launched 29 June...
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Hilleren in the city-muni****lity of Bergen. It
crosses underneath the
Vatlestraumen strait,
reaching 88
metres (289 ft)
below mean sea level. It serves...
- and
production buildings dating from the 1800s. Alvøen lies at the
Vatlestraumen strait, west of Bergen,
where the
cargo ship
Rocknes hit an underwater...
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governmental organisations. 19
January – The
freighter MS
Rocknes capsizes in
Vatlestraumen. 18
people die. 26
March –
Norsk Hydro's
fertilizer business was spun...
- also
supervising the
access to
Bergen from the south. In
particular Vatlestraumen and Hjelteskjæret were
critical points where multiple sea
lanes meet...
- HNoMS Tyr, laid over
twenty mines between Lerøy
Island and
Sotra and
around Vatlestraumen.
Since no
minesweepers were
available in the area, the two
support vessels...
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Ocean with the loss of all hands.
Skrymer Norway The
cargo ship ran
aground in the
Vatlestraumen, off Bergen, Norway. She was
refloated on 4 November....
- Lerøyosen.
Making good her
escape Tyr
placed another sixteen mines in the
Vatlestraumen approaches north of Bergen. Due to a built-in time
delay the Lerøyosen...
