At practically the same spot as the Pennsylvania had wrecked four years earlier, the Swedish motor ship, Gunnaren, also stranded in thick fog while on passage from New York to Gothenburg with mails and a general cargo. The Longhope lifeboat landed the crew and mails from the vessel.
The Gunnaren was a modern vessel, having been built in Gothenburg in 1930 and reports at the time of her stranding speak of her luxurious and well-found appearance. With her bow stuck fast it was decided to cut the ship in two and tow away the stern section which was still afloat and un-damaged. The hull had in fact been more or less cut through when a heavy ground swell got up, causing the tow ropes connected to the salvage tugs to part and the crew remaining on board to abandon ship. At this point the stern broke away from the bows and the cable of a kedge anchor laid out immediately after the stranding also parted. The stern section then finally and permanently drifted ashore about a quarter of a mile from the bow.
Salvage operations yielded a large quantity of apples and pears which were sold locally and suddenly all the housewives on Stroma were making apple jelly and their children enjoyed an abundance of chewing gum and crisps. For their efforts the salvage workers, mostly from Stroma, were paid the somewhat unprincely sum of a shilling an hour.
Parts of the wreck show at any state of tide, but most has been ripped away by the swell. What remains are the prop shaft, bearings, parts of engine, bow, stern and keel.
One of the Gunnaren's lifeboats was used in Kirkwall harbour, known as Aurora.
The Gunnaren was 3229 gross registered tons. She had a length of 107.9m, 15.3m wide and 6.6m depth. Her 2 x six cylinder diesel engines and twin screws gave her a power of 543 net horse power with a speed of 13 knots. She was owned at the time of her loss by A/B Transatlantic, Norway.
The Gunnaren was a modern vessel, having been built in Gothenburg in 1930 and reports at the time of her stranding speak of her luxurious and well-found appearance. With her bow stuck fast it was decided to cut the ship in two and tow away the stern section which was still afloat and un-damaged. The hull had in fact been more or less cut through when a heavy ground swell got up, causing the tow ropes connected to the salvage tugs to part and the crew remaining on board to abandon ship. At this point the stern broke away from the bows and the cable of a kedge anchor laid out immediately after the stranding also parted. The stern section then finally and permanently drifted ashore about a quarter of a mile from the bow.
Salvage operations yielded a large quantity of apples and pears which were sold locally and suddenly all the housewives on Stroma were making apple jelly and their children enjoyed an abundance of chewing gum and crisps. For their efforts the salvage workers, mostly from Stroma, were paid the somewhat unprincely sum of a shilling an hour.
Parts of the wreck show at any state of tide, but most has been ripped away by the swell. What remains are the prop shaft, bearings, parts of engine, bow, stern and keel.
One of the Gunnaren's lifeboats was used in Kirkwall harbour, known as Aurora.
The Gunnaren was 3229 gross registered tons. She had a length of 107.9m, 15.3m wide and 6.6m depth. Her 2 x six cylinder diesel engines and twin screws gave her a power of 543 net horse power with a speed of 13 knots. She was owned at the time of her loss by A/B Transatlantic, Norway.