Bunkerpictures - Datasheet Hasselvika

Hasselvika.
WB Norwegen, Art.Gr. Drontheim Ost, Torpedo battery Hasselvik, 4x53cm.

We came from the Trondheim region so we took the ferry Flakk-Rorvik and continued our way on the 717 and later on the 718 towards Rissa-Kringsvatn-Brekstad. After Rissa, a couple of km before the town of Hasselvika we visited the torpedo battery. We took a small, private road from the 718 to the left. We followed it till we reached the sea. (See for exact location the GPS data).

The battery is originally built by the Germans but after the war the Norwegian army took over and modified the torpedo bunker and added several other bunkers to the site. There are some Norwegian style Tobruks, a MG bunker and several unknown Norwegian bunkers. The torpedo bunker had four tubes to fire four torpedo's (53cm) simultaneous. We've entered the bunker trough the observation part and we worked our way down into the rocks and the actually firing platform. The bunker has still most of its, Norwegian, equipment like the beds, water-tanks, machinery, periscope, pipes and valves, air-installations, doors, firing charts, wash facilities and even some nice Norwegian bunker-art!
One of the passages leads to a small harbour were the torpedo's were brought in by ships and were a crane lifted them on lorries so they could be transferred into the bunker. The harbour is covered by a small Norwegian tobruk.

Types:
1x Sk Torpedo bunker for 4x53cm.
1x Norwegian MG post.
2x Norwegian Tobruk.
3x Unknown Norwegian bunker.
1x Norwegian crane.
1x Guard post.

Hasselvika, Hysnes.
WB Norwegen, Art.Gr. Drontheim Ost, M.K.B. Hysnes 2/506, 2x21 and 3x15cm.

Along the 718, towards Hasselvika, just before you enter the village is a road to the left towards Hysnes. Hysnes is about 2km north of the torpedo battery Hasselvik. The bunkers ( one of them is also a small museum) is located on the slope of the hill on a former military facility. You can enter the facility and we were lucky to find the owner of the museum so he showed us the museum bunker (M157 fire-control bunker, modified).

The battery is a mixture of pre-war Norwegian bunkers, German bunkers and post-war Norwegian bunkers. So it is hard to find out how things were, we hope that we've been correct in our information. We have photographed two pre-war Norwegian emplacements for 21 cm guns, which are also used by the Germans. The Germans also constructed three emplacements for a 10.5cm gun; the Norwegian army modified them and used them after the war (one of them is still in place). The fire-control bunker, originally a M157 was later on modified by the Norwegian army so from the inside it is hard to see the original structure. The museum has lots of equipment inside, both German and Norwegian so it is nice to visit.
More up the hill lies most of the emplacements, an unknown bunker with inside only a very deep hole into the rocks, a Norwegian fire-control bunker with its entrance at the other side of the hill and an underground system of trenches to several mortar positions (post-war).
There are some small German positions left, like two nice Tobruks and several barracks that look like German.

Types:
1x M157 Fire control post for medium and heavy batteries.(also post-war use)
2x Gun emplacement for 21cm K L/45 (n). (pre-war)
3x Gun emplacement for 15cm K L/47,5 (n). (also post-war use)
2x Barracks. (also post-war use)
2x Tobruk58c.

2x Norwegian fire-control bunkers.
1x Norwegian air defence bunker.
1x Underground system to mortar positions.
2x Unknown bunkers.

The website about the museum: www.hysnesmuseum.no

Hasselvika.
WB Norwegen, Art.Gr. Drontheim Ost, M.K.B. Brettingen 1/506, 4x15 and 2x21cm.

North of Hasselvika, at the second large bay lays the battery on top of the hill. We have only visited a small part at the beginning of the hill, due lack of time we haven't visited the major part of the battery up the hill. Follow the 718 from Hasselvika to the north, at the second bay take the road to the left along the coast, at the end are several small bunkers, when you want to visit the rest of the battery you'll have to walk up the hill.

We have only photographed some small works at the entrance of the site. A small Norwegian bunker and a nice small MG position (German?) and a larger emplacement next to it. A large Norwegian building and a barrack foundation are also on the site.
On top of the hill is much more to see, such as a M120 fire-control bunker, post-war casemates with guns inside, several emplacements, pre-war Fire-control bunkers and many other supporting bunkers.

Types:
1x MG post.
1x Gun emplacement.
1x Norwegian bunker.
1x Norwegian bunker.
1x Barrack foundation.