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Sep 27, 1924 Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway Died on 22 Jun 1991 (aged 66) Libra
Peter Tangvald - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Peter Tangvald
- Peter Tangvald (born Per Tangvald, 27 September 1924, died 22 June 1991) was a Norwegian sailor and adventurer.
- Known as one of the early deep-sea cruising pioneers and for his 1966 book Sea Gypsy, he reached notoriety after two of his seven wives had been lost at sea.
- He himself drowned, along with his daughter Carmen, when his engineless yacht was wrecked in Bonaire in 1991.
- His son Thomas escaped the accident, but suffered a similar fate when his own yacht was lost at sea years later, in 2014.
