Borkum Sea Rescue Station
| Borkum Sea Rescue Station | |
|---|---|
| country |  Germany
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| station | Borkum protective port, bridge 2 26757 Borkum ( NI ) |
| berth | 53,560 ° N 6,748 ° E |
| Station establishment | 1862 |
| carrier | German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked DGzRS |
| Sea rescuer | 9 permanent employees 15 volunteers |
| Foreman | Ralf Brinker |
| next SK station | Norderney DGzRS |
| Lifeboat | |
| Boat type | Rescue cruiser |
| Boat name | Hamburg |
| crew | 4 people |
| Callsign | DBAU |
| Boat class | 28 meter class |
| Shipyard | Fassmer , Berne |
| Build number | 8/1/7080 as SK 40 |
| baptism | 2020 |
| Daughter boat | TB 44 St. Pauli |
| on ward | since April 2020 |
| previous station | New building |
The Borkum Sea Rescue Station is the westernmost station of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS). Since April 2020, the newly built sea rescue cruiser Hamburg , a 28-meter class cruiser, has been in the Borkum protective harbor at bridge 2 . The area of the sea rescuers is the confluence of the Ems with the numerous sandbanks and the open sea with the shipping lanes of the North Sea. The spectrum of aid missions ranges from large-scale shipping and ferry traffic to fishing and water sports. The offshore wind turbines north of Borkum also require rescuers. In addition, regular rescue services are used when sick or injured people cannot be brought from the island to the mainland by ferry or helicopter .
Alerting
Like its predecessor, the rescue cruiser is operated by a permanently employed crew and is ready for use around the clock . The four sea rescuers on duty live permanently on the cruiser and are relieved every two weeks. A total of nine full-time employees are available, who are supported by 15 volunteers if necessary. During working hours, the ship's radio is continuously monitored so that it can sail immediately in an emergency . Otherwise, the alarm is issued by the DGzRS headquarters in Bremen , where the Bremen Sea Emergency Management (MRCC Bremen) constantly monitors all alarm routes for sea rescue .
history
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After the island of Juist , the Emden Association for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People on the East Frisian coasts also built a first rescue station on Borkum in 1862 on the southwest dune in Westland and stationed the Ostfriesland rowing lifeboat there . A year later, a second station followed in Ostland with the Upstalsboom boat , which was also held in a wooden rescue shed. In 1868 the DGzRS took over both stations and replaced the lifeboats stationed there several times over the years.
From 1927 motor lifeboats were used from this exposed station in the North Sea . The first boat in the old harbor was KRD 416 Hindenburg (I). The boat, which was first equipped with two 45 hp engines, was built in 1926 at the Lindenau shipyard in Memel (now Klaipėda in Lithuania ). Before she came to the island, the 14 meter long steel boat lay in Pillau (now Baltijsk ) for six months . In October 1932 it was decommissioned and replaced by KRD 417 August Nebelthau (I), which came from Cuxhaven to Borkum. The boat, built in 1929, stayed at the station until 1936 and was then moved to Friedrichskoog .
With KRD 432 Hindenburg (II), a new building from the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen- Vegesack came to the station in 1937 . The almost 17 meter long teak boat was equipped with a 200 hp engine and could make a speed of 10 knots . The closed wheelhouse, which was built for the first time, was very advanced and offered the crew more protection. As a comfort feature, the boat had hot water heating, a kitchen facility and six beds. Due to its size, it could hold up to 70 rescued people on board. On November 28, 1940, she did not return from a mission.
In 1941, the twin-screw motor lifeboat KRD 424 Konsul Kleyenstüber came to the island under the direction of the German Air Force's sea emergency service . The 16-meter-long steel boat was also built at the Lürssen shipyard in 1931 and already had many features that lifeboats have today as standard. The hull had a second outer skin and was divided into a large number of watertight compartments, each of which could be emptied by a bilge device . A generator fed electricity into accumulators to supply the lighting system, radio system , headlights and fog horn . Each propeller was powered by a 75 horsepower motor, which allowed the boat to run at a speed of 10 knots . The twin screw system showed good maneuverability and had the advantage of a reserve in the event of an engine failure. For Abbergen of castaways from a wrecked ship the boat led by a jump net. She was decommissioned in 1944 and later used again on Amrum . At the beginning of the 1950s, the DGzRS converted the boat into the test cruiser Bremen (III). With its tower structure and the characteristic hull shape, the Bremen (III) is considered to be the forerunner of the later sea rescue cruisers.
From 1945 the 14 meter long motor rescue boat KRB 210 Borkum was on duty on Borkum. The boat, equipped with a 200 hp diesel engine , reached a speed of 8 knots and was relocated to the island of Wangerooge after 12 years .
For this purpose, the first series-built modern sea rescue cruiser KRS 2 Theodor Heuss was stationed on Borkum in 1957 . The distinguishing feature of this cruiser and all of the DGzRS cruisers built later was the daughter boat that was installed for the first time and permanently carried along . Another design feature of the cruiser was and is to this day the self- righting in case of capsizing . With three engines and a total of 1750 hp, the Theodor Heuss achieved twice the speed of its predecessor types at 20 knots. Built at the Schweers ship and boat yard in Bardenfleth (Berne) , she was the lead ship of four cruisers of the 23.2 meter class .
After just six years the DGzRS moved the cruiser to Laboe and in 1963 sent KRS 6 Georg Breusing to the island. The new building from the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder was again the type ship of a new class of three identical boats. The three engines with a total of 2400 hp allowed a maximum speed of 24 knots for the first time. The ship, which is around 26 meters long, was in use for 25 years. Today it is an operational museum ship in the Emder Ratsdelft and can be viewed there.
As the successor came in 1988 with KRS 18 Alfried Krupp again, a new building of the Lürssen - Werft in Bremen-Vegesack station in the protection port of Borkum. Again a little longer than its predecessor and with three diesel engines of over 3000 hp, a speed of 23 knots was possible. During a mission on January 1, 1995, the boat overturned in a hurricane, but immediately straightened up on its own as intended by the design. Two sea rescuers lost their lives in the accident. In contrast to the other boats of the 27.5 meter class , the previous open control stand in the tower was closed during the repair . After 32 years of service, the ship had reached the end of its technical equipment, for which enough spare parts are still available. In order to always be on the cutting edge of technology, it is cheaper for the DGzRS to purchase a new boat instead of extensive and costly revisions to 'old' boats.
Current boat of the station
SK 40 Hamburg has been located on Bridge II on Borkum since April 2020 . It is the fourth new building in the current 28-meter class . The name is a reference to the port city of Hamburg and its longstanding association with sea rescue services. Therefore, the official keel-laying of the rescue cruiser took place on March 30, 2019 on Hamburg's Jungfernstieg . Due to the coronavirus, the christening took place on July 28, 2020 at an internal ceremony on the base in Bremen and not as planned in front of the Elbphilharmonie . The name for the daughter boat is St. Pauli .
All boats of this class were built at the Fassmer shipyard in Berne . Like all modern rescue cruisers, they are designed to be self- erecting and can bring themselves back to the upright swimming position after capsizing . Compared to the older SK, these boats have a completely closed bridge , which offers the crew greater safety and better protects the technical equipment. Thanks to the data bus system on board, all functions can be monitored and controlled from there. The four crew members are able to carry out the necessary activities in all positions. The foreman is always the responsible skipper .
Since 2001 there has been a new station building behind the jetty in the protective harbor for meetings and other work.
collaboration
Due to the location in the border area with the Netherlands, there is close cooperation with colleagues from KNRM , who operate from the nearest port on the mainland Eemshaven , on many missions . They use a 14 meter long rigid inflatable boat of the Johannes Frederik class for this. In contrast to the German boats, the Dutch boats have a water jet propulsion system that can bring them to a speed of 34 knots with 1360 hp.
Honors and memorial stones
In honor of the Hindenburg (II) rescue men who were killed in an accident in 1940, there is a memorial stone on a memorial site on Süderstrasse in Borkum. A second memorial stone in the same place is intended to commemorate the two DGzRS employees who stayed at sea in 1995 when the Alfried Krupp capsized .
See also
Web links
- Teams and stations: Borkum , DGzRS - Die Seenotretter
Individual evidence
- ^ Station Borkum of the DGzRS. In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ The maritime system in the German Air Force - KR D 432 Hindenburg II on luftwaffe-zur-see.de , accessed on July 20, 2020
- ↑ HAMBURG and ST. PAULI - online competition decided on the name of the daughter boat - new construction financed exclusively through donations. In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ^ Eemshaven station of the KNRM. In: knrm.nl. Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij, accessed on July 4, 2020 (Dutch).