What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1941
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 59.06° N, 18.14° E
- Deaths
- 33
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Hårsfjärden disaster
The Hårsfjärden disaster was an event in the Swedish Navy during World War II. A series of accidental explosions, it caused by far the worst damage to Swedish Navy units during the era of that war, in which Sweden was not a combatant.
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