1933 Sinking
On 21 December 1933 Fridtjof Nansen departed the port of Hammerfest on her way to her patrol areas in eastern Finnmark. While passing through Vestervågen in Måsøy she ran aground and sank the next night. She was raised the next year and taken to Horten for repairs.
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