Main artillery: Two Norwegian 45 cm. torpedo tubes
Ready for battle: May 1940
Built by the same standard, and hence is quite similar, to
Torpedo-Batterie Rutledal. Nothing much is left of the battery, due to the
forces of nature. Only the concrete walls and floor remains. It is easy accessible
as long as you know where it is. It is well hidden in the terrain, something
the Germans took into consideration when building the battery.
99 concrete steps lead from the road and down to the battery.
A bit further out, HKB 3./981 Vemelsvik
is located. The torpedo battery is located on the shores of the Nordfjord, just over from the fjord MKB 9./504 Nordfjord. After the war it became
a part of Rugsundøy Fort (MKB 9./504 Nordfjord), and was closed down
together with the fort and abandoned. The person who had the responsibility for the battery immediately
after the war, befor the Norwegian military forces took over, told me that a
very special air compressor was found there. It was a multi cylinder piece, with the cylinders
vertically and horisontaly. Apparently, it ran so fine that you could place a pencil with the butt end
down on top of it, and the pencil would not fall over. This compressor
was towed, underwater(!), from a boat over to the fort on the other side
of the fjord, where it was placed in a bunker and slowly rusted away.
The torpedo battery now serves as a perfect platform for sports fishing
for those who know where it is.
The remains of the torpedobattery.
Reinforced wall for protection from the west (open sea). Possibly post-war added.
In the middle of the picture, between the walls,
the location of MKB 9./504 Nordfjord can be seen.
