Historical finds

Casemate mount found

This is a gun from Krupp-Gruson. The caliber is 5.7 cm L 25 intended for the throat gun of Fort Island Pampus. Three such guns were set up in each of the two armored stands. The red shaded part of the casematmount has now been found, during the heavy storm of 27-10-2002 near Pampus somewhere against the basalt ring (poured stone quay) by the two fort watchers and later brought to the surface.

Part of roof armor found

In the summer of 2003 a sports diving team found on the southwestern basalt ring a thick plate of iron which later turned out to be part of the roof of an armored stand the thickness of the material is 7 cm. Name plate of the maker of the affair

A crab found

Some years ago a crab was found on the south side in the embankment. This was used, among other things, in the empty projectile storerooms. The trolley ran over a rail on the ceiling. Hanging from the trolley was a chain hoist used to move the heavy projectiles. Photo at right is an old model chain hoist.

Field track found on Pampus

Tippers used to transport coal from tender ships to the coal yard on the embankment rode over this field track. Type of dump truck used for this purpose.

New photo discovered in Amsterdam municipal archive

Model 2nd Pampus Ship

Just before Christmas, the Pampus Foundation was approached by Ruud Brouwer, living in Dokkum. The man had a model of the, according to him, first Pampus boat in his garage. And he was a bit worried about it. He did nothing with it himself and it was actually in his way. Throwing it away was not an option for him, and since he is originally a "Mulean" he initially thought of Pampus. "Whether the Pampus Foundation had any use for it?". Of course, that was not said to deaf ears. Of course, you should never say no to offers like that.

Armored grenades back on Pampus

On September 27, 2011, 2 armored shells were delivered to Muiden by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service Defense (EODD) from Culemborg. They are the same shells that were found last year and this year at Almerepoort (a new residential area under Almere Muziekwijk). It became quite a job to get them from Muiden to Pampus. They weighed a whopping 216 kilograms. But in the end we succeeded. They are now being returned to the correct color on the island after which one will be placed in the National Visitor Center in the room where you can now fill shells with "gunpowder" in game form. And the other in the eastern gun turret

Sharp detonator found on Pampus

On Sept. 27, 2011 fairly soon after the armored shells were delivered to Pampus, a live detonator from an English brisant grenade was found by the gardener. He had come across that grenade tip many times on Pampus while mowing the lawn. He apparently saw nothing dangerous in it and always threw it aside when he had to mow it. But since the EODD was on the island anyway, he assumed they should check it out. No sooner said than done. He then picked it out of the grass somewhere and put it on the cart on which the two armored shells were lying. Meanwhile, the two EODD people had gone into the fort with a guide to view it. When the tour was over, they walked down the stairs to the plaza where the cart with the shells stood. Then the adjutant's eyes almost fell out of his head at the sight of that grenade tip. He did not know what he saw and went to take another good look at it after which he immediately proceeded to take action because, according to him, it was a sharp detonation of an English brisant grenade that had to be safely detonated. The police had to be alerted and visitors had to stay away from the point and stay on the other half of the island until the situation was safe again. Finally, the detonator was safely defused by Den Helder's EODD (Royal Navy) in the early evening. To illustrate the activities to defuse the detonator, see the photos below.

Accumulator pit in east gun turret exposed

By an outside vacation job crew, in one weekend (14-11-2015) time, the east accumulator pit in the east gun turret was completely cleared of debris. During the emptying, a lot of remnants of parts from the gun turret were unearthed.

Remains of the objects built by the Germans on Pampus in World War II that have disappeared due to renovations

Scrap-iron