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| Keywords: Town of Drobak (JW Edy plate 58).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Town of Drobak No LVIII TOWN OF DROBAK This small seaport is situated on the east side of the Oslofjord Christiania Fiord on a flat sandy cliff under which there is a gravel beach with a long island or spot of land forming within it a small harbour for boats only and extending about half the length of the town in a parallel direction ; beyond it is the road for the ships The barren rocky island of which part only is seen protects the harbour from the great body of water in the Fiord to the westward The town consists of a small church and a few houses; its trade is inconsiderable the residents being chiefly mariners and fishermen with the exception of Mr Neils Calson a considerable merchant Captain Angle and a few others The house of the former is seen on the left of the church and that of the latter in the town Drøbak Drobak is embosomed in hills and is situated near the important pass in the Fiord at Haoe described in plate 57 which is distinctly seen in the picture with part of its mountain isle and also the great stones in the passage Between one of them and the hill a ship is seen in the regular channel up the Fiord To give an idea of the navigation of the whole Fiord from Christiania to Fader Island I will take leave to insert an extract from my Journal of what occurred in sailing down Sept 30th wind east left Christiania anchored at six in the evening at Gresebue; a few saw-mills no town very hazy with rain Oct Ist morn at 7 weighed anchor wind S E hazy and rainy passed many islands and water-falls anchored at 5 opposite Drobak near which are two cascades Haoe and Soleberg Oct 2nd weighed at 6 in the morning; hazy and rain wind S E passed the peninsula of Ielon very dense ; obliged to return 12 miles to a safe anchoring-place; 4 in the evening heavy rain clear moon at night with extraordinary white fog on the water Oct 3 at anchor foul all day two vessels lost and all the ports to the westward filled with ships ; being sheltered by the rocks the storm not felt here Oct 4 anchor came up with great labour stiff clay blowing hard at N E quantities of blubber fish ; passed Osterstrand and salt works at Tønsberg Tonsberg ; at six entered Larkollen Larkoul thick weather and rain 5th to the 10th in harbour foul wind fogs and rain llth a little favourable horizon very black to the N E rainbow in the evening 12th to the 15th foul weather 16th a storm to the N E dragged anchor and let go another; 17th fair wind but too strong to get up the anchors 18th at 6 employed two hours in getting them up left Larkoul with a fair breeze at N E at 2 opposite the Fader Island a fine sun set wind variable; at night it increased to a storm; Fader light blown out; the sea appeared on fire were obliged to return to Larkoul; the small rocks or sheers difficult to be seen in the intense darkness; the ship within a few yards of them before they were discovered; incessant tacking without sea room and on a lee shore; at day-light passed Slettery Island where on the reef lay a vessel from Bergen wrecked in the night The crew and among them a frue or woman of distinction a passenger was clinging to the barren rock imploring our assistance which it was utterly impossible to afford situated as we were expecting the same fate The sea breaking over their mast head in a horrible foaming marmer from the harbour we sent a boat out to them well manned by which they were all fortunately rescued from a watery grave The vessel was totally lost and they although half-drowned rejoiced most heartily with us on their miraculous preservation This night many vessels were lost and two driven from England to Norway without anchors one from the Downs into Arendal the other from Yarmouth to Stavanger The storm continued from the 18th to the 22nd when the wind suddenly changed from N E to S E blowing equally hard On the 23rd and 24th calm 25th much rain N W ; 26th and 27th foggy ; 28th to 30th foul winds much cold to Nov 3rd blowing hard with a tremendous surf; 4th a perfect hurricane some ice determined on going homeward by land through Sweden Denmark Holstein Hamburg to Cuxhaven; 21st embarked in the packet for Yarmouth where I arrived on the 3Oth and was in London Dec 1st In Larkoul harbour the wind regularly changed about 12 at night to the opposite point of the compass blowing with equal fury each way Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 58 p 305 in scanned copy no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Drøbak Historical images of Frogn Oslofjorden in art Historical images of Oslofjorden | ||||
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