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Akerendam

Location

Runde

Position

62º 24.9´N 05° 35.5´E

Depth

20m

Chart

Q809

The Akerendam was a Dutch ship which was wrecked in a storm in 1825. The site was worked by sports divers and marine archaeologists in the 1970s. Some cannons and a large quantity of coins were recovered. Little wreckage remains now, but occasionally a lucky diver finds a coin. 

Links

http://www.aegir.no/

http://www.skovheim.org/located/more/akerendam/akerendam.html