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Blokhus Lifeboat Station

Blokhus Lifeboat Station

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Blokhus Lifeboat Station

Name: Blokhus Lifeboat Station
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Location: Jammerbugt, North Denmark, Denmark

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JR56

August 7, 2024

On the way to the sea in Blokhus you will come across a beautiful building made of red brick with a wheat-yellow, graceful thatched roof and a dark green gate with two crossing Danish flags painted on it.
This is Blokhus' lifeboat station. Or at least an authentic reconstruction of the old lifeboat station, which, like Blokhus' sea mark, suffered a tragic fate at the hands of the Germans in 1944.

Jammerbugten has always been a dangerous waterway that has claimed many victims over time. The high waves and strong wind can lead many a sailor astray, and in the mid-19th century the number of stranded ships was enormous.
That is why a lifeboat station was built in Blokhus in 1852, where 12 boatmen and 4 reserve men were stationed to rescue shipwrecked people.
In total, the rescuers brought 118 shipwrecked people to shore, tirelessly risking their own lives in the process.

In 1944, the German occupying forces removed the original rescue station because it was in the line of fire of one of their cannons.

Half a century later, in 2009, it was reconstructed just a few hundred meters from the original location, giving Blokhus back an important part of its identity and history.

In the beautiful building, you can delve into dramatic stories from Blokhus' past and gain an insight into a fateful chapter in the city's history.

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