SIRIUSSirius was a 877 GRT steamship built for the Bergenske Dampskipseskap (Bergen Steamship Company) in 1885 in Flensburg. Later on chartered as a passenger ferry by Hurtigruten. In 1927 she was stripped of its cabins and turned into a cargo ship running on a Oslo - Finnmark line. On 18th May 1940, while on her journey from Røsneshavn do Risøyhavnb, she was bombed by a German airplane and sank off Dyrøya. Out of 18 people crew 11 survived the attack. She rests on her port side lying on ~ 60 m depth.
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FIGAROFigaro was a 1044 GRT (54.4 m long, 10.8 wide) wooden barque built at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde (Bremerhaven), in 1879. From 1904, it served as a norwegian whaling ship operating at Spitsbergen a stationary factory base, supporting smaller steam-powered vessels that transported whales from the hunting grounds to the mother ship. On the morning of July 25th, 1908, it caught fire, burned down to the waterline, and sank in Trygghamna (norwegian for "safe harbour"). The wreck was discovered in 2007 by the hydrographic service and studied in 2015 by Mogstad et al. For interesting details, see the article "Mapping the Historical Shipwreck Figaro in the High Arctic Using Underwater Sensor-Carrying Robots" in Remote Sensing. It lies upright on its keel at a depth of 30 m. The stem post at the bow stands 9 meters above the seabed. The hull is protected by a copper sheathing against shipworms and ice. On the deck, a large steam boiler and smaller cooking vats for processing whale blubber are visible, along with other artefacts. It is said to be the northernmost registered underwater cultural heritage site.
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