Vadheim
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Vadheim is a village in Høyanger municipality, Norway.
Its population in 2003 was 222 [1], but since 2004 it is not considered an urban settlement by Statistics Norway, and its data is therefore not registered.[2]
Though not widely known, Vadheim is the resting place for one of the most famous warships of World War I. During that conflict, Germany converted a number of merchant ships in armed surface raiders. These ships cruised the world's shipping lanes and captured/sank Allied shipping. The most famous and successful of these was the SMS Moewe. One of the ships she sank was the SS Mount Temple which carried dinosaur skeletons destined for the British Museum in London, England. Moewe survived the war and was renamed several times over the next several decades. During WWII, she was called D/S Oldenburg, and used in support of the German occupation of Norway. On April 7, 1945 Bristol Beaufighter aircraft from 144 squadron (England), 455 Squadron (Australia) and 489 Squadron (New Zealand) sank Oldenburg at her moorings following an intense strafing and rocket attack. www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2004-05-28-04-en.html}}</ref>.
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Norway (2003). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2003".
- Tanke, D.H., Hernes, N.L., and Guldberg, T.E. 2002. The 1916 Sinking of the SS Mount Temple: Historical Perspectives on a Unique Aspect of Alberta's Paleontological Heritage. Canadian Paleobiology, 7:5-26.
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