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Vidrek
Vidrek
is a small
village
in
Narvik Municipality
in
Nordland county
,
Norway
.
The village
is located along the
Ofotfjorden
, just
east
of the
Skjomen
fjord
. The population of
the village
is about
70
.
On
10 April
1940
, in the
First Naval Battle of Narvik
, the
British
flagship
HMS Hardy
was beached
in flames
on Vidrek, and about 30
seamen
were
killed
.