The Gardar

Gardar BA 64 is the oldest steel ship in Iceland. She was built in Norway in 1912 as a whaling ship with a steam engine and masts for sails and a reinforced pro...
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Gardar BA 64 is the oldest steel ship in Iceland. She was built in Norway in 1912 as a whaling ship with a steam engine and masts for sails and a reinforced prow and sides for sailing through ice. In 1945 she came to Iceland and was refurbished with a diesel engine and used to fish for herring. She went though many changes of name and ownership and was finally decommissioned in 1981 and deliberately beached in SkÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¡padalur, a valley off PatreksfjÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¶rÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â°ur in the West Fjords. She has become rusty and the wood is rotting and while you are advised not to go aboard to explore, you can still get some good photos.
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