Høydal was a Norwegian three-masted auxiliary schooner, built in Sweden in 1918 as Bjørg.

[1][2] Bjørg was completed on 12 October 1918 for Thomas Juell of Risør, Norway but, by the end of the year, had been sold on twice to Bergen owners, firstly to O. N. Bugge, and then to the comnpany A/S Gjølangers Rederi, managed by G. Rostrup.

Management of the Gjølangers company passed in 1924 to Ole Hestenes of Gloppen, about 90 miles (140 km) north of Bergen, and the ship was renamed Høydal.

During the storm, despite the risk, the German ship Gunther came alongside, had taken the crew on board and carried them to Bremerhaven in Germany.

C. Kuip from De Koog offered 625 Guilders for the wreck, but it was not accepted by the administrators.