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Dan Berg's Wreck Valley Collection
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RJUKAN
 DIRECTIONS: (Bradley Beach, Monmouth County)
Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 100. Take Rt 33 East. At the
fork bear left onto Corlies Ave. Stay on Corlies to Main St and turn
left. Turn right onto Newark Ave to the end. Turn left onto Ocean
Ave. The wreck is located off Ocean Ave in front of the Bradley
Bingo Hall.
CONDITIONS:
The 160 foot long,960 ton Norwegian vessel Rjukan was en-route from
London to New York, on December 26, 1876, when a strong northeast
gale carried her into the beach. At6:30 AM a beachcomber noticed the
stranded vessel and called for assistance. Before help could arrive
the violent seas caused her bow to turn leaving the ship broadside
to the beach. The huge waves quickly destroyed her main, fore and
mizzen mast and sent them crashing onto her deck. The lifesaving
crew arrived at the scene but did not have a lifeboat. Fortunately
for those aboard a local sea captain seeing the confusion launched
his own vessel and by making several trips to the doomed Rjukan
rescued all twenty crew members. By nightfall, the vessel had been
broken apart by the heavy surf.
Today, the scattered wreckage of the Rjukan lies 200 feet off the
beach in front of the Bradley Bingo Hall in 25 feet of water.
According to Bill Davis, author of the book, SHIPWRECKS OF THE
ATLANTIC "this wreck is one of the easier to locate and is a great
dive for the novice and expert alike. The Rjukan is located off the
jetty just south of Newark and Ocean avenues. Swim directly off the
pavilion north of the jetty, keeping the northern wall of the
pavilion in line with your offshore swim. Swim out parallel with the
jetty until you reach the jettie's end. From there take a southeast
compass heading, descend and swim in a southeast direction for
approximately 50 yards. The wreck is large enough that it should be
easily located." According to Howard Rothweiler, most of the wreck
is very low to the sand. The wreckage is wood planking held together
by brass spikes of various size and scattered around the wreck site
there are ballast stones. There are two major sections of the wreck,
both being approximately sixty feet in length and about thirty feet
apart.
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Rjukan Wreck Sketch. By Dan Berg
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Dan Berg on the Rjukan Wreck
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Brass spike on the Rjukan Wreck
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