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Sterling

Location

Haugesund

Position

59º 28´N 05° 14´E

Depth

18m

Chart

17

The Sterling was a 270brt wooden schooner built in the UK in 1884. She measured 36x8 metres. She ran on to rocks during bad weather on Boxing Day 1918. She was later towed off, but sank again. The wreck lies on a sandy bottom and is completely smashed.

Links

http://www.skovheim.org/located/rogaland/sterling/sterling.html

http://home.online.no/~ge-joer/ramme.htm