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Hi, I love to experience life and all things adventure. One of my passions is scuba diving and I have taken my love of the underwater world and turned it into a career. I teach both recreational and technical recreational scuba and have had the opportunity to travel the world and dive. I hope to share some of my thoughts, views and experiences with anyone who wants to listen. But I don't intend to stop at diving...watch this space....

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Frankenwald Wreck Video Report, Gulen, Norway

June 5th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
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Last September we travelled to Gulen, Norway for a week of World War II wreck dives - and what a fantastic week.  I will post more reports about the trip here soon but have just got round to editing some of the video I took on the wreck of the SS Frankenwald.

This is arguably Norway’s best wreck dive.  The Norwegian answer to the Thistlegorm in the Red Sea.

She is huge, some 126 metres long and sits bolt upright on the sea floor.  The sea floor is at about 45 metres but you can reach the top of the wreck at about 32 metres or so.  There is also a very nice mast that comes up from the centre of the wreck al the way to 7 metres from the surface - ideal for your last decompression stop.

I dived the wreck on a weak nitrox mix in my twin set (twin 12’s) and an 80% deco mix.

The Frankenwald was a German steam ship which sank 6 January 1940 after she struck an islet in the Sognefjord. She is very intact although the propeller was salvaged just after WW2 but then she stayed untouched until scuba diving became popular several decades later.

She is now one of Norways most visited and requested wreck dives.

We arranged our trip through XO Holidays, who were very good with the whole organisation of the trip.

This is my first time with a video camera and I had no video lights but I think it plays OK and gives a good representation of the dive.

You can also view a higher definition video at my site on You Tube by following this link -

Frankenwald Wreck Dive on You Tube

Enjoy…..


 

 

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