Just over a century ago, the then state-of-the-art steamship "DS Malmberget" left the port of Narvik with 43 men on board.
The ship was owned by the shipping company AB Luleå - Ofoten, which today is called Gränges AB, and set course for Rotterdam loaded with 10,000 tons of iron ore.
The day after departure, the wind was up in hurricane strength.
After the ship passed Norwegian Bodø, it was never seen again.
For many years, shipwrecks have been wanted.
Some wreckage has been washed ashore in the neighboring municipalities of Gildeskål and Meløy, but the vessel itself has never been located.
Until now.
Researcher: "Chaotic vision"
108 years later, some unsuspecting researchers from the Institute of Marine Research got a real surprise.
They thought they would find a coral reef, but when they lowered their video rig off the coast of Meløy, they discovered something completely different.
- Large wreckage.
Metal plates.
It was a rather chaotic sight, describes the researcher Pål Buhl-Mortensen for NRK.
One of many shipwrecked ships
Between 1914 and 2006, more than 2,100 vessels sank along the Norwegian coast, according to the Norwegian Coastal Administration.
But according to the research group, there were many details that indicated that this particular ship was really "DS Malmberget".
- Based on overviews of known wrecks and unsolved shipwrecks, comparisons of photos and ship models, we quickly got a suspicion that this could be DS «Malmberget», says Buhl-Mortensen to NRK.
It was when the letters M and A appeared on the stern of the ship that the question was clear, according to Buhl-Mortensen.
- Now we are one hundred percent sure that it is the right ship, he says to NRK.