Memorial Tirpitz

On 12 November 1944, the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk by Avro Lancaster bombers of the Royal Air Force off the coast behind this monument. The Tirpitz's propeller shaft had already been damaged in an earlier bombing raid, rendering the ship unseaworthy. Of the original 1,700 crew members, 1,058 were still on board on 12 November. Only 87 of them could be rescued by burning holes in the hull of the capsized ship. The R.A.F. used more than 5 tonnes of heavy Tallboy bombs in the bombing, and large craters from the misses are still visible in the landscape.

The Tirpitz was later scrapped, but part of the bow is still present, as is the pontoon used for the demolition, which can be clearly seen at low tide. Pieces of metal sometimes wash ashore.

Next to the monument made from steel from the Tirpitz is a supply bunker from the ship.

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