Hooksiel Sea Rescue Station
| Hooksiel Sea Rescue Station | |
|---|---|
| country |  Germany
|
| station | Outer harbor (Bäderstraße) 26434 Hooksiel ( NI ) |
| berth | 53,642 ° N 8,082 ° E |
| Station establishment | 1. 1874 2. 1994 |
| carrier | German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked DGzRS |
| Sea rescuer | 9 permanent employees 15 volunteers |
| Foreman | Dirk Hennesen |
| next SK station | Bremerhaven DGzRS |
| Lifeboat | |
| Boat type | Rescue cruiser |
| Boat name | Bernhard Gruben |
| crew | 4 people |
| Callsign | DBAV |
| Boat class | 20 meter class |
| Shipyard | Schweers shipyard , Bardenfleth |
| Build number | 6496 as SK 28 |
| baptism | October 16, 1997 |
| Daughter boat | TB 30 Johann Fidi |
| on ward | since April 13, 2018 |
| previous station | Norderney DGzRS |
The Hooksiel sea rescue station is now outside the village at the outer harbor, which guarantees direct access to the outer jade . The station is operated by the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS), which has a rescue cruiser (SK) stationed there. The Bernhard Gruben , a cruiser of the 23.1 meter class, has been lying there on a pontoon since April 2018 . The sea rescue area extends south to the beginning of the Jade Bay near Wilhelmshaven and to the north it extends past the islands of Mellum , Minsener Oog and Wangerooge far into the German Bight . This secures large-scale shipping to the deep-water port of Wilhelmshaven and the JadeWeserPort, as well as excursion and leisure shipping on the Outer Jade.
Alerting
Like its predecessor, the rescue cruiser is manned by a permanently employed crew . The four sea rescuers, who are on duty around the clock, 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
With the construction of a rescue shed on the Siel, the first rescue station of the DGzRS was founded in Hooksiel in 1874 . A year later, the ordered rowing lifeboat was delivered , which could be rowed and sailed. The iron Francis lifeboat had a flat keel and a water ballast container. During a mission in the winter of 1904, the boat was badly damaged and had to be taken out of service. A reserve boat bridged the time until the delivery of the new 8.5-meter rowing lifeboat in June.
With the emerging motorization of the rescue fleet, the radius of action of the individual boats could be expanded, whereby the density of the rescue stations could be reduced. As a result, the station was closed in 1930 and the rescue at sea was organized from Horumersiel and Wilhelmshaven . The area with the shed and boat was sold. An information board at the old Sielhafen in Hooksiel reminds of the first rescue shed, which is now around four kilometers behind the new sea lock at the end of the Hooksiel Inland Depression .
In order to be able to reach the outer jade faster, the DGzRS moved the rescue cruiser Vormann Steffens from Wilhelmshaven to the Hooksiel outer harbor in 1994 . A full-time ship crew came to the station to ensure sea rescue in the area of the Outer Jade .
After almost 30 years in service, the 27.5 meter class cruiser was decommissioned in 2018 because it had reached the end of its technical equipment. For the DGzRS, instead of extensive and costly revisions to 'old' boats, it is cheaper to purchase a new building in order to equip the sea rescuers with the latest technology. The Vormann Steffens could be sold to the Hanseatic City of Rostock and was converted into a fireboat . The city has invested more than three million euros in the purchase and conversion of the ship to the Albert Wegener . The daughter boat Adele also found a new home and has been 'unsinkable' at the DGzRS information center near the Warnemünder lighthouse since 2018 .
Current boat of the station
The SK 28 Bernhard Gruben has been in service at the Hooksiel station since April 2018 . The cruiser was stationed on Norderney until January 2018 and initially received a general overhaul at the Wilhelmshavener Jadewerft . The seven-meter-long daughter boat (TB 30) in the stern hull is named Johann Fidi .
The Bernhard Gruben was the fourth and last SK new building in the 23.1 meter class, which was built in 1996 at the Schweers shipyard in Bardenfleth . Compared to its predecessor, these cruisers have a completely closed main control station and no longer the open control station at the top of the structure. This protects the crew and the installed technology better. Like all modern rescue cruisers, they are designed to be self- erecting and can bring themselves back to the upright swimming position after capsizing .
With two diesel engines with a total output of 2,700 hp , the Bernhard Gruben reaches a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km / h). Your predecessor required three machines with a total of 3,292 hp. The daughter boat reaches 18 knots.
See also
Web links
- Teams & stations: Hooksiel , DGzRS - Die Seenotretter
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hooksiel station of the DGzRS. In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Rostock's new fireboat on ostsee-zeitung.de , accessed on July 27, 2020
- ^ "Adele" anchored unsinkably in Warnemünde