Johannes Knudsen

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The Ellen Maersk

Johannes Knudsen ( December 22, 1917 , † February 10, 1957 ) was a Danish engineer who tried to save a Japanese fisherman in a severe storm off the coast of Japan . He died trying. Since then, Knudsen has been honored in Japan.

Knudsen was part of the crew of the Ellen Maersk when it came across a small Japanese fishing boat that was in an emergency on the way from Nagoya to Kobe off the coast of Wakayama near Gobo . First, a rope ladder was lowered from the Ellen Maersk . But since the fisherman was unable to climb it, Knudsen went down to save him. But both men were killed. A bronze statue by Knudsen in Hinomisaki Park commemorates him. The Bangsbo Museum also commemorates the sailor who was buried in Frederikshavn .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japansk guvernør hædrer frederikshavner-helt , Frederikshavn Canal . July 10, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Danish Sailor Drowns Trying to Save Japanese Sailor on www.denmarkjapan150.jp
  3. ^ The Rotarian. from Jan. 1970, ISSN 0035-838X , Volume 116, No. 1, p. 40 ( limited preview in the Google book search)  
  4. ↑ Christian W., Dane celebrated in Japan 60 years after high-sea heroics , February 10, 2017 at cphpost.dk
  5. ↑ A delegation led by the Governor of Wakayama Prefecture visited Frederikshavn , July 1, 2012 at www.dk-emb-japan.go.jp
personal data
SURNAME Knudsen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1917
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1957