18 meter lifeboats
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The series of 18-meter lifeboats consisted of four ships and was used between 1953 and 1992 by the GDR Sea Rescue Service and the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS) .
General
The lifeboats were built in 1953/54 by the VEB Schiffs- und Bootswerft Rostock-Gehlsdorf and used at the stations of the GDR's sea rescue service on the Baltic coast. They left the rescue service in 1974, 1975 and 1980, only one boat was transferred to the DGzRS in 1990 in the course of reunification .
The hull had a length of 18 meters and a width of about 5.2 meters. The draft is handed down to be up to 1.40 meters. They were powered by two diesel engines with 100 hp each. This allowed them to reach a top speed of 8 to 10 knots. When they were put into service, they were not yet equipped with radars ; these were retrofitted later. Some of the ships have been rebuilt and modernized several times.
The ships
Arkona
The Arkona was named after the north cape of the island of Rügen . It was stationed in Saßnitz from 1953 and was replaced in 1974 by the Polish R-17 rescue cruiser of the same name . After that, the ship served as a pontoon and waste oil store at the Saßnitz fishing cooperative.
Darsser place
The Darsser Ort got its name from the northernmost part of the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula . From 1953 to 1967 the ship was stationed in Barhöft and from 1967 to 1980 on the Darßer Ort. The transition to the Waterways and Shipping Office has been handed down for 1980. Still in service in 1986, its whereabouts are unknown.
Poel
From 1953 the Poel , which was named after the island of Poel in the Wismar Bay , was stationed there in Timmendorf . In 1990 she was handed over to the DGzRS and remained in service on the island of Poel until 1992. Then she was transferred to the Estonian Sea Rescue Service, which used her as Eva until 2000 . As recently as 2018, she was working there as Elina with her home port in Tallinn as a tour boat.
Stoltera
The Stoltera was named after a stretch of coast west of Warnemünde . It was stationed in Warnemünde from 1954 to 1975 and was also replaced by an R-17 cruiser of the same name. After that it belonged to the Rostock fishing cooperative. From 1990 she was used as a diving ship named Poseidon . The boat was last seen in Hamburg-Harburg in 2011.
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
- From rowing boat to rescue cruiser - The history of the DGzRS , Ed .: DGzRS, 1990
- Wilhelm Esmann: The lifeboats of the DGzRS from 1865-2009. Verlag HM Hauschild GmbH , 2009, ISBN 978-3-89757-427-4
Web links
- Service ships - fire brigade and water rescue - at www.ddr-binnenschifffahrt.de
- DGzRS: teams and stations