Aegir (ship, 1967)
 To the right of the armed white trawler Baldur lies the coast guard ship Aegir , next to it the Odin
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The coast guard ship Aegir ( Icelandic Ægir ) is a patrol boat of the Icelandic coast guard . The ship is named after the giant of the sea and the beer Aegir from the Edda .
history
The Aegir was built in 1967 at Aalborg Værft A / S in Denmark . It is the first Aegir- class ship. It was followed by the sister ship Týr . Both ships and their predecessors took part in all cod wars with the United Kingdom .
Cutting the net in the cod war
With the Aegir , the trawl cutting technique developed by the commander Pétur Sigurðsson, the then director of the coast guard, with the support of Friðrik Teitsson and Tómas Sigurðsson, was used for the first time to prevent illegal fishing in the claimed territory.
On September 5, 1972, at 10.25 a.m., the Aegir under commandant Guðmundur Kjærnested received the order to take action against an unmarked trawler northeast of Hornbanki . The captain of this black-painted trawler refused to reveal the name and number of the ship. On the warning of the coast guard they played the song Rule Britannia on the transmitter. At 10.40 a.m. the net cutter was lowered into the water and the Aegir sailed along the port side of the trawler. The fishermen threw a thick nylon rope into the water to block the Aegir's propeller. After passing the trawler, Aegir turned to its starboard side. The new net cutter was pulled 290 meters behind the Aegir and severed one of the connecting ropes to the bottom trawl . As the Aegir circled the unidentified trawler, the angry crew of the fishing boat threw coal, garbage and a large fire ax at the coast guard ship. A torrent of cursing and shouting over the trawler's radio allowed the trawler to be identified as Peter Scott (H103).
The use of the net cutter has been a major resource in the cod war since this successful attempt.
technology
The main drive consists of two MAN - diesel engines with a total of 6,330 kW, will allow the ship to a maximum of 19 nodes can bring speed. Diesel from Caterpillar are available as auxiliary machines, one each with 216, 265 and 350 kW. The ship has a flight deck and hangar for a light helicopter and can refuel helicopters. It has a 55-ton and a 14-ton crane, a 30 knot Springer MP-800 jet-propelled lifeboat . It also has a Valiant V570 , a Zodiac Mk III and a Zodiac Mk IV HD on dinghies . Eight portable pumps are available for rescue and extinguishing work. The Aegir is armed with a 40 mm Bofors Mk2 gun with 60 caliber lengths .
The predecessor ship
The first ship in the Icelandic Coast Guard, named Aegir , entered service on July 14, 1929. It was the third ship of the Icelandic Coast Guard after the Thor , which was taken over by the Coast Guard in 1926 and the Odinn, which was bought a little later in 1926 . In her early years she was considered the most advanced patrol ship in the Nordic countries. She took part in the first cod war. The Aegir sailed around Iceland with the newly elected President (1944) Sveinn Björnsson in the 1940s. Their strong armament during World War II consisted of a 5.7 cm cannon, a 3-7 cm anti-aircraft gun , two machine guns and depth charges, and various small arms . When the new Aegir went into service in 1967, the old Aegir was sold.
First Cod War
Among the numerous missions of the Aegir in the first cod war, the one on September 4, 1958 was particularly delicate. When the Aegir tried to land a British trawler off the Westfjords, the British frigate HMS Russell intervened and the two ships collided.
Web links
Video
- FleedwoodMaritime: History of the Cod Wars Part 2 shows interesting pictures of net cutting and explains (in English) the immense effect of the operation through the testimony of contemporary witnesses
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sveinn Sæmundsson: Guðmundur skipherra Kjærnested , Örn og Örlygur. [Reykjavík] 1984, pp. 187-189.
- ↑ Sigurlaugur Ingólfsson: 3. Landhelgissamningurinn 1901 og landhelgismál fram að seinna stríði . (PDF; 108 kB)