Sea-Watch 4
Sea-Watch 4 (here still as Poseidon )
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The Sea-Watch 4 is a former German research ship . The ship is owned by the Association Rescue Together . Previously, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) operated the ship with the State of Schleswig-Holstein as the owner. In January 2020 the ship was auctioned by the association and renamed Sea-Watch 4 on February 20, 2020 .
The ship was originally named after Poseidon , the Greek god of the sea.
history
The ship was built in 1975/76 under construction number 2266 at the Schichau Unterweser shipyard in Bremerhaven . The keel was laid on November 4, 1975, the launch took place on May 2, 1976. The completion of the ship took place in August 1976, on August 30th of that year it was put into service. The construction of the ship cost around 23 million DM and was financed 90% from funds from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMFT) and 10% from funds from the State of Schleswig-Holstein. Operated the ship was to 2003 from the Institute of Oceanography Kiel followed by the merger of the Institute of Oceanography with the GEOMAR Research Center of the University of Kiel resulting Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at Kiel University, IFM-GEOMAR, from 1 January 2012 the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel became. The ship was managed by Briese Schiffahrt in Leer .
The Poseidon was the second German research ship with this name. As early as 1902 to 1938 there was a research ship Poseidon , the Reichsforschungsdampfer Poseidon , measured at 481 GRT , which was mainly used for fisheries research in the European shelf seas .
In September 2019 the ship was put out to tender by VEBEG . In December it was decommissioned after over 43 years and 539 expeditions. It is to be replaced by a new building together with the Meteor in 2024 .
On January 31, 2020, the sponsoring association of the United4Rescue alliance, with the support of the Evangelical Church in Germany and Sea Watch, bought the ship for around 1.3 million euros to use it to rescue migrants from distress in the Mediterranean . The ship was renamed Sea-Watch 4 on February 20, 2020 with the addition powered by United4Rescue . Regional Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm had vowed that the church would work for the occupation and the rescued people, should the use of the Sea-Watch 4 be hindered.
The activists set out on their mission on August 15, 2020 from the Spanish Burriana in the province of Castellón and headed for the central Mediterranean. On August 22, they took over seven people from another rescue ship off Libya in the sea area off Tripoli and the smugglers' stronghold az-Zawiya . Italian media identified this second ship as a former speedboat of the French customs (DF 42), which is therefore operated as Louise Michel , also by German activists under the German flag and had anchored together with the Sea-Watch 4 in Burriana days before . Another 97 people were brought on board on August 23, followed by around 100 migrants the following day.
description
As a research vessel, the ship was able to stay at sea for around three weeks and had an operational radius of around 4,200 nautical miles . The area of operation was limited to the Atlantic Ocean and its marginal seas . The ship was used for oceanographic , marine biological and geological and geophysical research. The ship had five laboratories (including a wet laboratory, a dry laboratory and a chemical laboratory) and was equipped with winches , cranes (including an NMF working crane for loads of up to 5 tons and a stern boom from MacGregor that could be swiveled by 85 ° for loads of up to 5 tons ) as well as various hydroacoustic systems, including a multibeam echo sounder .
The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . The fixed propeller , which is equipped with a Becker rudder, is driven by an electric motor from the manufacturer Lloyd Dynamowerke with an output of 930 kW at 280 rpm. Three diesel- powered generators are available to generate electricity . The ship was built with two diesel-powered generators. Another diesel generator set was installed in the early 1980s. This expanded the range and operational area of the ship, which could now also navigate the open North Atlantic. There is also an auxiliary and port diesel.
The diesel engines were replaced at the beginning of the 21st century by MTU 12V2000M diesel engines, each with an output of 575 kW at 1500 rpm. A little later, the diesel engine driving the auxiliary and harbor generator was replaced by a Scania DI12 / 62M diesel engine with an output of 280 kW.
The ship is equipped with a bow thruster designed as a water jet drive with 290 kW power at 500 rpm. It has a fin stabilizer that reduces the roll of the ship while in motion.
The crew of the research vessel was 15 people. Scientists had eleven places in five double and one single cabin.
The open working deck behind the superstructure is about 135 m². A 20-foot and a 10-foot container could also be carried on the deck .
After being converted into a rescue ship, it has a crew of 26 people. Up to 300 refugees can be admitted, in extreme emergencies up to 900 for a short time. A separate area with 24 beds is available for women and children. In addition, an infirmary with two treatment places was set up. The kitchen, in which food can be prepared for over 100 passengers, was taken over from the research ship.
Others
GEOMAR still operates the research vessel Alkor as well as the research cutter Littorina and the boat Arctic Fox , which originally served as a laboratory dinghy for the research vessel Polarstern .
literature
- Tests: “Poseidon” explores gas deposits . In: Deutsche Schifffahrt , issue 01/2011, p. 40, Association of German Shipowners , Hamburg 2011, ISSN 0948-9002 .
Web links
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel
- List of trips made with links to the scientific trip reports
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sea-Watch 4 • Sea-Watch eV In: Sea-Watch eV Retrieved on July 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b André Klohn and Matthias Hoenig: The "Poseidon" is a refugee ship , The World , January 31, 2020. Accessed January 31, 2020th
- ↑ a b c Bye Poseidon! , Press release, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, December 12, 2019. Accessed January 31, 2020.
- ^ RV "Poseidon": Prehistory, construction and equipment ( Memento from October 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel.
- ↑ a b c d FS Poseidon, manual for users , GEOMAR - Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (PDF; 3 MB). Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ↑ The medium-sized research vessels in Germany , Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Organization of the research vessels , German Marine Research Consortium. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Poseidon ( Memento from June 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), German Marine Research Consortium .
- ↑ a b Multipurpose research vessel Poseidon ( memento from September 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive ), VEBEG (PDF; 3.1 MB).
- ↑ hammer prices ( Memento of February 3, 2020 in the Internet Archive ), VEBEG.
- ↑ Refugee ship of the Protestant Church baptized , Die Welt, February 20, 2020.
- ↑ United4Rescue. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Video: We send a ship - Report & Documentation - ARD | The first. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Evangelical press service: Bedford-Strohm: Europe acts irresponsibly in sea rescue. sonntagsblatt.de of July 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Sea-Watch 4" left for the first rescue mission. welt.de from August 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Solidaires Info AéroMaritime (SIAM) - May / June 2020" at http://www.solidaires-douanes.org/ , accessed on August 22, 2020
- ↑ Fabio Albanese: "Il genio ei soldi di Banksy in una barca per aiutare i migranti in difficoltà" lastampa.it of August 22, 2020
- ↑ "" Sea-Watch 4 "is looking for a port for 200 refugees" SZ from August 24, 2020
- ↑ https://www.kirche-hamburg.de/nachrichten/details/man-laesst-keine-menschen-ertrinken-punkt0.html
- ↑ https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2020-02-20/rettungsschiff-mit-kirchLICH-segen-freudentraenen-bei-der-taufe-der-sea-watch-4