G. Kuchenbecker

G. Kuchenbecker

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Sigurvin (from 1997) Vostok (from 2012) Ship type Rescue cruiser class 19 m class Callsign DBAV Shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen , Lemwerder Build number 6314 Launch 1969 Commissioning September 1969 Whereabouts Privately owned

Ship dimensions and crew length 18.9 m ( Lüa ) width 4.3 m Draft Max. 1.25 m displacement 30  t   crew 4 men

Machine system Machine performance 830 hp (610 kW) Top speed 18 kn (33 km / h) propeller 1

Marcus

Ship data other ship names Gust Ship type Daughter boat Callsign DA 7248 Build number 6316

Ship dimensions and crew length 5.5 m ( Lüa ) width 2.0 m Draft Max. 0.5 m

Machine system Machine performance 54 hp (40 kW) Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h)

The G. Kuchenbecker was a rescue boat of the German Society for Sea Rescue Service (GMRS) of the 19-m class of 1969 by the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder under shipyard no. 6314 was built. The DGzRS internal designation was KRS 05.

The daughter boat Marcus had the internal designation KRT 05.

Naming

The cruiser was named after Günther Kuchenbecker, a crew member of the rescue cruiser Adolph Bermpohl , who was killed in a serious accident in February 1967.

The daughter boat was christened with the first name of a deserving foreman of the DGzRS station Maasholm .

Stationings

From September 1969 to May 1990 the G. Kuchenbecker was stationed in Maasholm, it was transferred to Sassnitz , where the ship was in service until August 1992. After that it was located at the DGzRS station in Darßer Ort until it was decommissioned in April 1997 .

Whereabouts

Rescue cruiser Sigurvin in the port of Reykjavík (June 2009)

In May 1997 the G. Kuchenbecker was sold to the Icelandic Sea Rescue Service and put into operation there under the name Sigurvin . 2006 also took place here the decommissioning and went into private ownership. In June 2009 the ship was lying on the jetty next to the rescue station in Reykjavík harbor , where ships from the Maritime Museum are also moored .

In November 2012, the ship was acquired by Copenhagen Suborbitals to serve as a "mission control and sea launch support ship" for its rocket launches. The ship was named Vostok , the name of the rocket that transported the first man into space.

At the end of 2017 the Vostok was sold to a ship collector in Jutland .

The former daughter boat Marcus has since returned to Germany under the name Gust and is privately owned.

The G. Kuchenbecker has been in the Büsum Museum Harbor since July 12, 2019 .

Former sea rescue cruiser G. Kuchenbecker in the museum harbor of Büsum (July 2019)

Sister ships

• Otto Schülke
• H.-J. Kratschke
• Hans Lüken

Web links

Commons : Günther Kuchenbecker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Abeking & Rasmussen Werftnummer 6314  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Visual Guide to the Copenhagen Suborbitals Armada. In: wired.com. Retrieved December 23, 2013 . 
2. ↑ There is a skibet of 30 ton, which should be able to be raketbygern to have. In: ing.dk. Retrieved December 22, 2013 (dk). 
3. ^ M / V Vostok. (No longer available online.) Copenhagen Suborbitals, archived from the original on June 15, 2014 ; Retrieved June 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ The final journey of Vostok - Copenhagen Suborbitals. Retrieved May 26, 2018 (UK English).