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Frans Naerebout Statue

Frans Naerebout Statue

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Frans Naerebout Statue

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Location: Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands

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Patrick Van Dyck

April 25, 2022

A great hero who saved many lives along with his brother.

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Katrien

April 17, 2022

Frans Naerebout, pilot and life saver. In 1779, he rescued 86 shipwrecked sailors from the stranded East India Company ship “Woestduyn” during heavy weather. The statue was made by F. ten Klooster and unveiled on July 5, 1952. Relocation in 2007 on Boulevard de Ruyter on the Western Scheldt

Placed in the Bellamy Park in 1952 and relocated to Boulevard de Ruyter in 2007.

Source: kunstinvlissingen.nl

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

June 8, 2023

Frans Naerebout is one of the greatest naval heroes Vlissingen has ever produced. He was a pilot and saved people's lives. On Boulevard de Ruyter in Vlissingen, where you have a beautiful view of the pilot boats coming and going, there is a statue of him in action, ready to throw a rope to someone.
From fisherman to pilot and life saver
Frans Naerebout had simple origins. He started his working life in the industry his father also worked in: fishing. But over the years he worked his way up to become a pilot. And that is how he also became nationally famous: by saving sailors on the Western Scheldt.
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It was July 27, 1779. The heavily loaded East Indiaman Woestduin was almost back in its home port of Middelburg after a long voyage from Batavia. Then they walked on a sandbank in the Western Scheldt. There was a heavy storm and the ship was constantly swamped by high waves. That evening it was a fair in Vlissingen, but you did not often see such a spectacle and the population came out to look at the ship in distress. The crew seemed hopelessly lost. Yet Frans Naerebout, together with his brother Jacob and seven others, took the plunge. After a few failed attempts, their small ship managed to rescue 71 of the 129 crew members. The next morning he saved another 16, bringing the total to 87.
Read the full story at zeeuwseankers.nl/story/frans-naerebout

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Frans Naerebout Statue

1. Boulevard of Vlissingen – Prison Tower, Vlissingen loop from Biggekerke

2. Path Above Zoutelande Beach – Westkapelle Navigation Tower loop from Zoutelande

3. Vlissingen Marina – Gevangentoren Vlissingen loop from Vlissingen

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