Norderney Sea Rescue Station
| Norderney Sea Rescue Station | |
|---|---|
| country |  Germany
|
| station | Am Hafen 26548 Norderney ( NI ) |
| berth | 5,703 ° N 7,163 ° E |
| Station establishment | 1862 |
| carrier | German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked DGzRS |
| Sea rescuer | 9 permanent employees 15 volunteers |
| Foreman | Peter Henning |
| next SK station | Borkum DGzRS |
| Lifeboat | |
| Boat type | Rescue cruiser |
| Boat name | Eugene |
| crew | 3 persons |
| Callsign | DBAV |
| Boat class | 20 meter class |
| Shipyard | Fassmer , Berne |
| Build number | 2091 as SK 31 |
| baptism | April 25, 2009 |
| Daughter boat | TB 33 Hubertus |
| on ward | since January 9, 2018 |
| previous station | Greifswalder Oie |
| Stand @ 2019 | |
The Norderney sea rescue station is operated by the German Society for Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS), which has stationed a sea rescue cruiser (SK) in the port of Norderney for this purpose . The Eugen , a cruiser of the current 20-meter class, has been lying there on a pontoon since 2018 . The sea rescue area extends from the East Frisian mainland across the Wadden Sea between the neighboring islands of Juist and Baltrum to the German Bight . This secures excursion and leisure shipping, ferry traffic and large shipping routes in the North Sea north of Norderney. In an emergency, the rescuers also bring the sick or injured to the mainland if transport by ferry or helicopter is not possible.
Alerting
As with all rescue cruisers of the DGzRS, a permanently employed crew is permanently available to be able to sail at any time . The Eugen belongs to a smaller class in which the crew does not live on the boat, but in the station building directly behind the jetty at the berth . The new building was occupied in 2004 and replaced the boat shed from 1892 on the west beach of the island. It now serves as a building for events and repairs that can be carried out there. A total of nine full-time sea rescuers are available, who take turns in shifts every 14 days. Additional volunteers can join the crew if necessary. The three-person crew on duty listens to the ship's radio so that they can immediately manned the rescue cruiser in an emergency . The alerting takes place otherwise by the headquarters of the DGzRS in Bremen , where the Bremen Rescue (MRCC Bremen) permanently all alert channels for the rescue monitored.
history
The Emden Association for the rescue of shipwrecked on the East Frisian coast in 1862 founded a first station on Norderney and procured to an iron 32 feet - Francis-boat (about 9.75 meters in length.) For 12 rowers. The shed at Station Ost was roughly in the middle of the island east of the lighthouse at the height of the two campsites today and is no longer available. The boat was on a trolley and had to be driven through the dunes into the water for use . After the station was taken over by the DGzRS, a rocket apparatus was added to the island and a second station on the west beach in 1886. The West station received a wooden boat from the Danish boat builder EP Bonnesen named Barmen as a lifeboat .
Over the years the wooden rescue sheds were replaced by massive stone structures and the lifeboats were regularly replaced with new ones. The island's chronicle reports on names such as Upstalsboom , Emden and Amalie Wilhelm Ernst . From 1893, Prince Bismarck , who can still be visited today, was stored in the newly built rescue shed of the west station . The Norderney-Ost rowing lifeboat station was abandoned in 1939 because of its unfavorable location in the dunes.
The stationing of motor lifeboats began in 1927 after the DGzRS had decided to only build motorized units in the future. The first boat was the KRD 415 Bremen (I), which was built from steel at the Lindenau shipyard in Memel (today Klaipėda / Lithuania ) and then lay for a while in Pillau (today Baltijsk ). To operate the boat, a corrugated iron shed had to be built in the harbor to store the stocks of diesel and lubricating oil . After only three years it was moved to Travemünde .
In 1930 the Bremen (I) made way for the newly built twin-screw motor lifeboat KRD 418 Bremen (II) from the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen- Vegesack . The 16 meter long steel boat already had many features that lifeboats have today as standard. The hull was divided into a large number of watertight compartments, each of which could be emptied by a bilge device . For the first time , the hull had a second outer skin , which also had individual watertight compartments. A generator fed electricity into the accumulators to supply the lighting system, radio system , headlights and fog horn . Due to the two motors with one screw each , the boat showed very good maneuverability and a reserve in the event of an engine failure. For Abbergen of castaways from a damaged ship the boat led by a jump net. It was a sister ship of the consul Kleyenstüber , which was converted into the test cruiser Bremen (III) after the war .
During the Second World War , the Bremen (II) was requisitioned by the sea in the German Air Force and relocated to France . After her return to the DGzRS she was given the name August Nebelthau (III) and was assigned to the Juist lifeboat station . In 1940, the DGzRS relocated the 13-meter-long steel boat KRD 422 Konsul John (built in 1929) from Langeoog to Norderney as a replacement . She had only one engine of 50 hp and reached a speed of 8 knots . During the war the boat went to Denmark and never returned from there.
In 1945 the large motor lifeboat KRA 151 Norderney came to the island. It was again a double screw boat with two 150 hp engines that could provide a speed of 10 knots. The 17 meter long steel boat was designed for use on the high seas . After its construction in 1940 at the Lürssen shipyard, it was first assigned to the Air Force Boats and Ships Command because of the war events. In 1953 she received a tower structure with a steering position in the DGzRS shipyard in Bremen, which gives the foremen a better overview during rescue operations and protects against overcoming waves. After almost 30 years of service, the Norderney was decommissioned and sold in 1969.
As a successor, the DGzRS stationed the newly built emergency cruiser KRS 02 Otto Schülke . It was the lead ship in a series of four sea rescue cruisers that were modern at the time and were designed to secure the coastal sea and mudflats. The shipyard was the Schweers ship and boat yard in Bardenfleth . The 19-meter-long boats were made entirely of aluminum and, thanks to their good hull shape , could reach a speed of 18 knots with just one engine. As with the cruisers constructed since the mid-1950s, a daughter boat named Johann Fidi II was on board. On May 16, 1997, after almost 30 years of service, the Otto Schülke was sold to the Icelandic sea rescue service. The SK sister ship KRS 04 Hans Lüken came temporarily to Norderney.
From July 1997 the SK 28 Bernhard Gruben , which is still in service, was in the port. For the first time, the newly built cruiser of the 23.1 meter class had a completely closed main control stand as a consequence of the Alfried Krupp capsizing from the Borkum station in 1995 . It is powered by two diesel engines that allow a maximum speed of 23 knots. At a speed of 10 knots, the cruiser can cover a distance of 1,200 nautical miles or more than 2,200 kilometers . The daughter boat is named Johann Fidi . The boats of this class were all built at the Schweerswerft.
Current boat of the station
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In 2018, Bernhard Gruben was relocated to the Hooksiel station to replace the almost 30-year-old foreman Steffens . At the age of 30, the ships have reached the end of their technical equipment, for which enough spare parts are still available at that time. In order to always be on the cutting edge of technology, it is cheaper to purchase new buildings instead of extensive and costly overhauls on the 'old' boats.
As a replacement, the DGzRS relocated the SK 31 Eugen to Norderney, which had been on the Greifswalder Oie since its commissioning in 2009 . This second new construction of a boat in the 20-meter class no longer has a traditional daughter boat, but an open work boat in the stern area. The rigid inflatable boat is called Hubertus and has a jet drive that can provide a maximum speed of 30 knots. The cruiser has a diesel engine with 1,675 HP (1,232 kW), which enables a maximum speed of 22 knots (approx. 40 km / h). With the naming, the DGzRS honored the repeated generous commitment of a sponsor from Bavaria, who had already made the construction of two lifeboats possible in the past through donations.
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 three crew members are able to carry out the necessary activities in all positions. The foreman is always the responsible skipper .
historical Museum
On the promenade on the west beach is the former lifeboat shed of the west station from 1892. In 1993 the DGzRS set up a historical museum on the history of the German rescue at sea. DGzRS volunteers regularly open the small exhibition of historical rescue equipment. Many of the Norderney men were voluntary sea rescuers until the beginning of the 20th century.
The centerpiece is the Fürst Bismarck rowing lifeboat from 1893 , which is still fully intact today. It was donated by the "Fürst Bismarck" regulars' table in Düsseldorf and is one of the few surviving lifeboats from the end of the 19th century. The 9-meter-long boat made of sheet steel was stored on a boat wagon and was dragged out of the shed by horses and across the beach into the surf. A tilting device allowed the boat to slide from the car into the water. Eight sea rescuers were required as a crew, who had to row the boat to the scene. If necessary, the boat could also be sailed. Due to three built-in air chambers and a cork ring that was drawn around the hull, the boat was considered unsinkable. 94 people had been rescued by boat by 1927. One of the last maneuvers of the traditional Norderneyer rowing rescue boat took place in 1975.
Honors
At the time, the DGzRS awarded the Prince Heinrich Medal in three stages for the most difficult rescue trip of a year: bronze, silver and gold. In 1913 the foreman Johann Friedrich Rass received the gold version.
For the particularly difficult rescue on December 1, 1936, the Norderneyer crew received the rescue medal on the ribbon . Since the rescue voyage was for a Dutch ship, the South Dutch rescue company KNZHRM also awarded silver medals to the ship's crew. Foreman Rass also received the Prince Heinrich Medal.
See also
Web links
- Teams & stations: Norderney , DGzRS - Die Seenotretter
- Norderney: Chronicle of an island years: 1862, 1868, 1872, 1880, 1892, 1893, 1927, 1929, 1939, 1944
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christmas edition of the spa courier 1993 on norderney-chronik.de , access = 2020-08-20
- ↑ William Esmann: The lifeboats DGzRS from 1865 to 2004 . Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen 2004, ISBN 3-89757-233-8 , p. 106 .
- ↑ a b c d Norderney station of the DGzRS. In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
- ↑ DGzRS-Station - Nordsee-Norderney on vorwachs.de , accessed on July 6, 2020
- ↑ The maritime system in the German Air Force - KR D 418 on luftwaffe-zur-see.de , accessed on July 6, 2020
- ↑ Data sheet for the 20 meter class. (PDF) In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ EUGEN sea rescue cruiser. In: seenotretter.de. German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Rescue Shed . In: norderney-unterkunft.de. webtop media online-systems, accessed on July 7, 2020 .