Killingholm
The Storströmmen strait between Korppoo and Nauvo is shrouded in the January frost. At the top of the high cliff on Killingholm Island stands the old pilot house of Lohm, built in 1895. It was once one of the largest pilot stations in Finland. There was a pilot station along the busy shipping route between Turku and Utö as early as the 17th century. The actual pilot station was established in the 1730s when the pilotage system of the Kingdom of Sweden had also begun operations in Finland in the previous decade. The Lohm pilot station was closed in 1990, and its staff was transferred to the pilot stations in Turku and Utö. During the War, on November 17, 1942, the German cargo ship S/S Hindenburg struck a mine in the waters of Utö and sank a couple of days later off the coast of the Lohm pilot station while it was being towed to the inner Archipelago. The vessel lies in the middle of the channel at a depth of 55 meters.
The Storströmmen strait between Korppoo and Nauvo is shrouded in the January frost. At the top of the high cliff on Killingholm Island stands the old pilot house of Lohm, built in 1895. It was once one of the largest pilot stations in Finland. There was a pilot station along the busy shipping route between Turku and Utö as early as the 17th century. The actual pilot station was established in the 1730s when the pilotage system of the Kingdom of Sweden had also begun operations in Finland in the previous decade. The Lohm pilot station was closed in 1990, and its staff was transferred to the pilot stations in Turku and Utö. During the War, on November 17, 1942, the German cargo ship S/S Hindenburg struck a mine in the waters of Utö and sank a couple of days later off the coast of the Lohm pilot station while it was being towed to the inner Archipelago. The vessel lies in the middle of the channel at a depth of 55 meters.
The Storströmmen strait between Korppoo and Nauvo is shrouded in the January frost. At the top of the high cliff on Killingholm Island stands the old pilot house of Lohm, built in 1895. It was once one of the largest pilot stations in Finland. There was a pilot station along the busy shipping route between Turku and Utö as early as the 17th century. The actual pilot station was established in the 1730s when the pilotage system of the Kingdom of Sweden had also begun operations in Finland in the previous decade. The Lohm pilot station was closed in 1990, and its staff was transferred to the pilot stations in Turku and Utö. During the War, on November 17, 1942, the German cargo ship S/S Hindenburg struck a mine in the waters of Utö and sank a couple of days later off the coast of the Lohm pilot station while it was being towed to the inner Archipelago. The vessel lies in the middle of the channel at a depth of 55 meters.