Georg Breusing (ship)

Georg Breusing

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Rescue cruiser class Georg Breusing class Callsign DBAS Shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen , Lemwerder Build number 5670 baptism May 29, 1963 Launch 1963 Decommissioning July 1, 1988 Whereabouts Museum ship

Ship dimensions and crew length 26.66 m ( Lüa ) width 5.6 m Draft Max. 1.62 m displacement 90  t   crew 4 men

Machine system machine 3 motors Machine performance 2,400 hp (1,765 kW) Top speed 24 kn (44 km / h) propeller 3

Engelke up de Muer

Ship data Ship type Daughter boat Callsign DA 6205

Ship dimensions and crew length 8.5 m ( Lüa ) width 2.45 m Draft Max. 0.65 m

Machine system Machine performance 100 hp (74 kW) Top speed 13 kn (24 km / h)

The Georg Breusing was a sea rescue cruiser of the German Society for Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS) in the 26 m class (so-called Georg Breusing class), which was built in 1963 by the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder under construction number 5870. The DGzRS internal designation was KRS 6.

The daughter boat Engelke up de Muer (hull number 5883) had the internal designation KRT 6.

Naming

The ship was christened in Bremen-Vegesack on May 29, 1963 for the 98th birthday of the DGzRS in honor of the founder of the first East Frisian rescue association (1861), the Emden chief customs inspector Georg Breusing .

The daughter boat was named after the "Engelke op de Muer" (angel [chen] on the wall), a figure from the city arms of Emden .

deployment

The Georg Breusing was stationed on the island of Borkum from June 17, 1963 until it was decommissioned on July 1, 1988 . Under the command of the foremen Wilhelm Eilers and Karl-Friedrich Brückner , the crews rescued 1672 people from distress at sea.

Whereabouts

After the cruiser was decommissioned, it was transferred to a private association, the rescue cruiser Georg Breusing e. V., passed over. The Georg Breusing has been a museum ship in the Emder Ratsdelft since December 23, 1988 and can be viewed there. The ship is still operational today and occasionally leaves its berth on special occasions.

Sister ships

• Arwed Emminghaus
• Adolph Bermpohl
• Peacock , pilot boat in Astoria (Oregon)
• Michele Fiorillo , Italian Coast Guard ship

literature

• Wilhelm Esmann: The lifeboats of the DGzRS from 1864-2004 . Hauschild HM GmbH, Bremen 2004.
• Emder Förderkreis Rettungskreuzer Georg Breusing eV (Ed.): 50 years of commissioning, 25 years of museum ship. Rescue cruiser "Georg Breusing" . Emden 2013.

Web links

Commons : Seotrettungskreuzer Georg Breusing  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the rescue cruiser Georg Breusing e. V.
• Private homepage with many detailed pictures of Georg Breusing in their current state

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MICHELE FIORILLO ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 28, 2015

Coordinates: 53 ° 21 '58.9 "  N , 7 ° 12' 22.5"  E