POSITION
61 15.0N    04 56.5E

SUNK
The steamship Havda was sunk by British airplanes outside the island Luta on the 9th of December 1944, while the vessel was on a journey from Måløy to Bergen with passengers. Havda usually worked between the Trøndelag area and Stavanger. Havda arrived at Måløy on the 9th of December 1944 with twelve passengers on board, some of them Germans. Later that same day on her journey towards Bergen, Havda were attacked by British airplanes at Askvoll. During the attack the vessel was hit by bombs and machine gun fire and quickly disappeared in the cold water. Of those who were on board six people perished, including two crew members, one pilot and 3 passengers. The remaining seventeen got away almost unhurt from the attack.

DIVING
Today the wreck of Havda lies on her port side west of the island Luta/Lutelandet in a depth of 16m to 30m.