History
 Norway
NameHoydal
Out of service25 November 1928
General characteristics

Hoydal was a Norwegian three-masted schooner. The ship owner was from Bergen. On 25 November 1928 she was wrecked at Texel, the Netherlands. The crew was rescued by a German ship.

Fate

During a storm in the night of 24–25 November the ship hit Noorderhaaks and wrecked in the morning of 25 November 1928 at the beach of De Koog, at pole 21 of Texel. The ship was abandoned, and it was a mystery what had happened to the six crew members.[1] Almost a week later, on 1 December 1928, it became known that the crew was rescued. During the storm, despite the risk, the German ship Gunther came alongside and had taken the passengers on board and taken them to Bremerhaven in Germany.[2][3][4]

Aftermath

The Hoydal was severely damaged. The wreck on the beach had its cargo of a large batch of pine logs on board. C. Kuip from De Koog offered 625 Guilders for the wreck, but it was not accepted by the administrators.[2]

The wooden cargo was sold.[5] The shipowner from Bergen decided to salvage the anchor and chains and sell them. The auction at Hotel Texel on 11 January 1929 had a total revenue of 12,854 Guilders. The wreck was also auctioned and was bought for only 129 Guilders by H. Hin Jaczoon.[2]

Remains of the wreck were still visible from the beach during the 1970s.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "De bemanning van den Noordschen schoener Höydal". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 28 November 1928 – via Delpher.
  2. 1 2 3 "De stranding van de Noorse schoener Hoydal in 1928". texelditweekend.nl (in Dutch). 15 February 2003.
  3. ↑ "De bemanning van de "Hoydal" gered". De Standaard (in Dutch). 4 December 1928 – via Delpher.
  4. ↑ "Hoydal, Oslo, 1 December". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 3 December 1928 – via Delpher.
  5. ↑ "Hoydal". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 8 January 1929 – via Delpher.
  6. ↑ "Foto: Ed Vermeulen". ohn.nl (in Dutch).
  7. ↑ "geschiedenis van texel | Scheepsstrandingen". texelinformatie.nl (in Dutch).
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