Type R-17
_Gdansk_2018_2.jpg) R-17 Mistral as Scirocco in Danzig (August 2018)
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The sea rescue cruisers of the type R-17 were used by the sea rescue services of Poland and the GDR . A total of eight ships of this class were built.
history
The Polish rescue and sea rescue service PRO had six cruisers of this type built at the Wisła shipyard in Gdansk between 1972 and 1975 . The GDR Sea Rescue Service also commissioned two ships, which were delivered in 1974/75. The construction time was about six months per ship. The GDR Sea Rescue Service handed its two cruisers over to the German Society for Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS) in the course of German reunification in October 1990 . In 1992/93 they went to the Polish Sea Rescue Service. Today all ships have retired from active rescue services. The type is still very popular with model builders today and is widely used as a model. The ships are often referred to there as the Halny class .
Technology and equipment
The two-screw ships with a shallow draft were designed for the typical tasks of sea rescue such as search, rescue, recovery , towing and piling . They are powered by two Wola-Henschel diesel engines with 210 hp each and reach a maximum speed of 10 knots . The welded steel hull is divided into six watertight sections by bulkheads and is easy to navigate even in heavy seas. The deck superstructures were made of aluminum. Two auxiliary diesels, bilge pumps and fire pumps complete the technical equipment. The crew consists of up to seven people (master, two helmsmen, two machinists, two deckhands). It is controlled either from the control stand in the deckhouse or from an open control stand on the deckhouse. There is also a galley , mess and sleeping quarters for the crew.
The ships
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Poland
The Polish cruisers were named after different winds and used on the Polish Baltic coast.
- Wiatr (" Wind "), launched May 20, 1972, callsign SQFM
- Halny (" Almwind "), launched in March 1973, callsign SQFN
- Mistral , launched July 1973, callsign SQFO
- Monsun , launched February 1974, callsign SQFL
- Zefir ("Lüftchen"), launched in 1975, callsign SQFU
- Pasat (" Passat "), launched in 1975, callsign SQFT
- Powiew (" Hauch "), ex Stoltera , received from DGzRS in 1993
- Szkwal (" Bö "), ex Arkona , obtained from DGzRS in 1992
GDR
Arkona
The Arkona was built in 1974. It was named after Cape Arkona , the northern tip of the island of Rügen . From 1974 to 1992 the cruiser was stationed in Sassnitz . In 1990 it was taken over by the DGzRS and handed over to the Polish Maritime Rescue Service in May 1992, which included it in their fleet under the name Szkwal . After retiring from the rescue service, he was still in use as the diving ship Kwazar in 2020 .
Stoltera
The Stoltera was built in 1975. It was named after the Stoltera region west of Warnemünde. From 1975 to 1989 the ship was stationed in Warnemünde and from 1989 to 1993 on Greifswalder Oie . In 1990 it was taken over by the DGzRS and handed over to the Polish rescue service in August 1993, where it was named Powiew . The ship was on a rescue mission until 2014.
literature
- Johannes Salmon; Theodor Zollmann: Against storms and surf: Sea rescue services on the North and Baltic Seas. Hinstorff Verlag Rostock, 1989, ISBN 3-356-00257-0
- Wilhelm Esmann: The lifeboats of the DGzRS from 1865-2009. Verlag HM Hauschild GmbH , 2009, ISBN 978-3-89757-427-4
See also
Web links
- Image of the Arkona
- Image of the Stoltera
- Polish recovery organization in the Polish Wikipedia
- Polish Maritime Rescue Service in the Polish Wikipedia
- Wisła shipyard in the Polish Wikipedia
- Polish rescue ships
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b William Esmann: The lifeboats DGzRS from 1865 to 2009. Verlag HM Hauschild GmbH , 2009, ISBN 978-3-89757-427-4
- ↑ KWAZAR on marinetraffic.com
- ↑ POWIEW on marinetraffic.com