By the time the wreaths are ready to drop on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland/Skagerrak (May 31-June 1 1916), Danish diver and historian Gert Norman Andersen, in connection with the Sea War Museum, and working with Danish sculptor Paul Cederdorff, will be hard at work on 26 11.5-foot high stone obelisks, one for every ship lost in that great naval battle (25 were lost, the 26th will be for casualties from other vessels).
Positioned along the coast near the Danish fishing village of Thyborøn– the closest spot on land to the battle, each ship obelisk will be surrounded by their own collection of 4-foot high lost sailors, one for each who went down with their ship.
For more information, visit the Memorial page
