Garðar BA 64 is the oldest steelship in Iceland, built in Norway
1912 as a whaling vessel. It beached in 1981 near
Patreksfjordur.
Garðar's original name was Globe IV and was equipped with sails
and a steam engine. So it could be used even there was no wind.
In 1936 it has been sold to the Faroe Island where it got a new
name. At the end of WW2 the vessel was sold again to Iceland. It
changed its name again into Siglunes SI 89.
The old steam engine was replaced with a 378 hp Ruston Hornsby
diesel engine. In 1963 it change the name for the last time into
Gardar BA64.
In December 1981 Garðar BA 64 was beached ashore willingly at
Skápadalur valley in Patreksfjörður. Now it is a tourist
attraction in a spectacular scenery. |