The Heidrun (Wreck)

 shipwreck, interesting place, invisible

A single-funnel 972-tonner, with a two-cylinder engine and two boilers producing 115hp. At times in her long life she was previously The Dalny and The Vildosala. Over Christmas 1915, Heidrun was loaded with anthracite coal in Swansea and Captain Paul Malmstein and his crew of 14 departed Boxing Day bound for Rouen to support supply the war-torn Western Front.

The following day they rounded Land's End and presumably ran straight into a horrendous storm which was recorded as ravaging shipping in Mount's Bay. All aboard were finally presumed lost when she disappeared without trace.

Dave Fisher's discovery was the first news that relatives of the crew in Norway had of her position and of what had happened. The Norwegians wanted to know more and a party of them flew over to talk to the divers.

As a result, the relatives arranged for a memorial to be placed in the little church of Gunwalloe, the nearest church to the grave of the Heidrun: Captain Malmstein and all his long-lost crew.