Kanonen i Nes, Faroe Islands - World War II Sites on Waymarking.com

(da) Færøerne (Føroyar) er en gruppe på 18 øer af vulkansk oprindelse i den nordlige del af Atlanterhavet mellem Skotland, Island og Norge.

Færøerne er en delvis selvstyrende del af det Danske Rigsfællesskab ifølge Lov om Færøernes Hjemmestyre fra 1948 og udøver det parlamentariske selvstyre i et af verdens ældste parlamenter, Lagtinget. Øerne vælger to repræsentanter til det danske Folketing, og de har valgt ikke at være medlem af EU. Administrativt er øerne opdelt i 6 sysler og 30 kommuner.

(en) The Faroe Islands (Føroyar) is a group of 18 islands of volcanic origin placed between Scotland, Iceland and Norway in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Faroe Islands is a semi-autonomous part of the Danish Kingdom and ruled under the Home Rule Act of 1948. The Parliamentary self-government is carried out in one of the world's oldest parliaments, Lavtinget. The islands select two representatives to the Danish Parliament (Folketinget in Copenhagen), and they have chosen not to join the EU. Administratively, the islands are divided into 6 shires and 30 municipalities.

(da) Færøerne havde i 1940 status af et dansk amt, så da Danmark den 9. april under operation Weserübung-Süd blev besat af tyskerne, måtte det sikres, at Færøerne ikke blev en tysk base midt i havet. Den 12. april 1940 anløb 2 engelske destroyere derfor Thorshavn, og Færøerne blev besat. Det var nu en forholdsvis fredelig besættelse. Færingerne fik i stor grad lov til at styre egne forhold, og rent handelsmæssigt forsynede England øerne med de fornødne varer og aftog store mængder af fiskeprodukter. Perioden havde dog også sin pris da mere end 200 færøske sømænd og fiskere omkom som følge af krigen. Umiddelbart efter afslutningen af 2. verdenskrig forlod englænderne igen Færøerne, men efterlod da bl.a. Vagar Lufthavn, der fortsat er øernes eneste lufthavn. Det var også i denne periode, at det Færøske flag ”Merkið” blev anerkendt som Færøernes officielle flag.

(en) In 1940 the Faroe Islands had the status as a danish county. As Denmark on the 9th of april 1940 during operation Weserübung-Süd was occupied by the Germans it was necessary to ensure that the Faroe Islands not would be a German base in the middle of the ocean. On the 12 th of April 1940 2 british destroyers therefore arrived in Torshavn and the Faroe Islands was occupied. However it was a relatively peaceful occupation. The Faroese were largely allowed to manage their own conditions, and England provided the islands with the necessary goods and purchased high amounts of faroese fish products. The period had also its price since more than 200 Faroese sailors and fishermen perished as a result of the war. Shortly after the end of WW2 the British left the Faroe Islands, but left among other assets Vagar Airport, which still remains the islands' only airport. It was also during this period that the Faroese flag "Merkið" was recognized as the official flag of the Faroe Islands.

(da) Bygden Nes ligger syd for Skálafjørðurs munding sydligt på Eysturoys vestside. Inde i fjorden lå under WW2 Færøernes vigtigste oliedepoter. Da disse depoter kunne være attraktive mål for tyskerne, placerede englænderne to tunge kanoner, der skulle forsvare indsejlingen til Skálafjørður og dermed oliedepoterne. For også at beskytte mod ubåde spændte man tillige et stålnet over fjordmundingen.
Efter krigen blev den ene kanon smidt i fjorden, og den anden blev brugt som fyld ved støbningen af kajen i Toftir. Man har senere fisket den ene kanon op af fjorden og sat den på det originale betonfundament. På det andet fundament står der nu et hus, hvor kanonfundamentet er en del af kælderen og det gamle ammunitionsrum, hvor der før stod dødbringende granater, bliver brugt til at opbevare kartofler i.

(en) The settlement Nes is situated south of Skálafjørðurs mouth on the westside of Eysturoy. At the time of WW2 the major oil deposits of the Faroe Islands was placed inside the fjord. As these deposits could be attractive targets for the Germans, the British Forces placed two heavy guns to defend the entrance to Skálafjørður and thus oil depots. To also protect against submarines a steel net was clamped over the mouth of the fjord.
After the war, one gun was thrown into the bay, and the other one was used as filling material in the casting of the quay in Toftir. One gun has since been fished out of the bay and placed on its original foundation. The second foundation is now a house, where the cannon foundation is part of the basement and the old ammunition room, where lethal grenades was stored, now is used to store potatoes.

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