Photos of the Wreck Museum and OKA-18
The Dutch Island Terschelling is an unlikely place to find anything relating to Soviet history. The most famous ship wreck however is the OKA-18, a Soviet coaster that sunk in 1966 after a collision with a Liberian ship. Many items have been recovered from the wreck and are now displayed in the local Wreck Museum. Comtourist took the boat to Terschelling and checked out the history of the OKA-18.
Hundreds of ships wrecks can be found around the Island of Terschelling. The OKA-18 is probably the most famous one because its cranes have been visible above the waterline from the beach up till 1998. Various interesting items like the shipyard plate, a Soviet flag and cooking gear were salvaged by local divers. Many of these items are displayed in the Wreck museum together with many other interesting items like a collection found on wrecks around Terschelling. The museum also has a collection of Russian Vodka bottles that were thrown overboard and were found on the beaches of Terschelling. The wreck museum is based on the attic of a cafe and well worth a visit when on Terschelling.
Terschelling - Wreck museum entrance
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19-Apr-2009
The wreck museum on Terschelling that is also a bar and restaurant
Terschelling - OKA 18 wreck
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19-Apr-2009
Artefacts that divers recovered from the sunken Soviet OKA 18
Terschelling - OKA 18 wreck
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19-Apr-2009
Divers found drove that the Soviet OKA 18 was build in Amsterdam
Terschelling - OKA 18 wreck
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19-Apr-2009
Photo of the Oka 18 that sunk close to the Terschelling beach
Terschelling - Russian Vodka
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19-Apr-2009
A collection of Vodka bottles found on the Terschelling beaches
Terschelling - Russian Vodka
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19-Apr-2009
Vodka bottles from Russian sailors displayed in the wreck museum
Terschelling - OKA 18 bar
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19-Apr-2009
The OKA 18 bar in Terschelling named after a sunken Russian ship
Terschelling - OKA 18 bar
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19-Apr-2009
Painting of the OKA on a terrace table outside the famous bar
Terschelling - OKA 18 bar
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19-Apr-2009
Painted OKA 18 table in this case with a Soviet hammer and sickle
Terschelling - OKA 18
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22-Jan-1966
The Soviet coaster OKA 18 grounded on the coast near Terschelling
Terschelling - OKA 18
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22-Jan-1966
Heavily damaged OKA f18 after the collision with a Liberian motor ship
Terschelling - OKA 18
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24-Jan-1966
The OKA 18 is starting to sink down some months after it stranded
Terschelling - OKA 18
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12-Jul-1967
The OKA 18 months after it ran aground on the Terschelling coast
Terschelling - OKA 18
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12-Oct-1966
The state of the Soviet OKA 18 is deteriorating months after it sunk
Terschelling - OKA 18
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The chimney is still visible some months after the OKA 18 sunk
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