Draken Harald Hårfagre
Draken Harald Hårfagre () is a large Viking longship built in the municipality of Haugesund, Norway. "Draken Harald Hårfagre" brings the seafaring qualities of a warship from the old Norse sagas to life. It is a ship that combines ocean-crossing sailing capabilities with a warship's use of oars.
Jubilee-class ocean liner
"Suevic" was launched on 8 December 1900, and made her maiden voyage on 23 March the following year. At , "Suevic" was fractionally the largest of the Class. Like her sisters, during her early career she carried British troops to the Boer War on the outbound journeys to Cape Town, and Australian troops on the inbound journeys. After an uneventful early career, on 17 March 1907, "Suevic" ran aground on rocks near Lizard Point, Cornwall due to a navigational error which led to her position being miscalculated. After the passengers, crew and cargo were taken off the ship, unsuccessful efforts were made to free the vessel by reversing her engines. As only the bow was stuck on the rocks, and the stern section was undamaged, an unusual salvage operation was decided on, which involved splitting the ship in two with explosive charges, and constructing a new bow which would then be joined to the freed stern. On 2 April "Suevic" was successfully divided with dynamite, and the freed stern section was made seaworthy and then towed to Southampton, with the original bow left on the rocks. A new bow section was constructed at Belfast, and was then towed to Southampton, where it was joined to the original stern. "Suevic" then returned to her normal service on 14 January 1908. She initially remained in commercial service following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, but was taken up as an Australian troopship in May 1915, and made one dedicated trooping journey to the Gallipoli Campaign. She was taken up by the British government under the Liner Requisition Scheme between 1917 and 1920, after which she was refitted and returned to commercial service on the Australian service with her remaining sisters. In 1928 she was sold to Yngvar Hvistendahl's Finnhval A/S of Norway, and like her sisters "Medic" and "Runic" was converted into a whale factory ship and renamed "Skytteren". When Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1940, "Skytteren" was left stranded at the Port of Gothenburg in neutral Sweden. On 1 April 1942 "Skytteren" and nine other Norwegian ships made an attempt to reach international waters, where they would be guided by the Allies to the UK, the operation was a disaster as the Germans were tipped off; six of the ships were scuttled or sunk by the Germans, and two returned to Sweden, only two of the ships made it, "Skytteren" was not one of them; she was scuttled by her crew to avoid being captured by the Germans off the Swedish coast, and her crew taken as prisoners of war.