SHIPS MADE IN GERMANY SHIPS MADE IN GERMANY The ship was built entirely of aluminum using the proven net rib system The engines are being installed © DGzRS Stolze. Steen supplied the MVS200Hyo-7 mooring capstan and 15.10.SO anchor combination capstan. Onboard nautical electronics and communications include three Sailor 62xx VHFs, a Furuno FS1575 SSB transceiver, an ATIS voice recorder, a Schnoor SAR- COM, ICOM M73 handheld VHFs and a Rhoteta RT 500-M radio direction finder/direction finder, all grinded by Alphatron. Furuno Germany also has delivered two FAR-22x8 BB radar systems, each with a TimeZero plotter and Furuno chart backup. In adition, the company has supplied a TimeZero Chart for OSC, an FE800 echosounder/graph, GP 170 DGPS, FA 170 AIS, NX 700 Navtex, a system-integrated WS 200 weather station with RD33 display and a system-integrated FLIR M-618 C S thermal imaging camera for the new maritime rescue cruiser. From Raytheon Anschütz the STD30MF gyro, a Compass 360/10 repeater, Rudder-Indicator and Pilotstar NX autosteering, three FU Tillers and a Zöllner Zetfon 400/310 Typhon and signal generator were provided. Dose supplied two Virgo S450 remote-controlled searchlights, two SS190 searchlights and a special bow searchlight. Fassmer also built the 8.20 m long daughter boat of the »Hamburg». The »St. Pauli« is powered by a Steyr SE 236 E40 with 170 kW and ZF-220V transmission. The boat is also equipped with two Sailor 6210 VHFs, a Raymarine Quantum radar, depth sounder and two Axiom Pro16 MFDs as well as a Dose Searchlight. »Hamburg« operates in the Ems estuary and large parts of the German Bight. The cruiser operated by a crew of four is stationed at the westernmost station of the sea rescuers in Borkum, where it replaced the »Alfried Krupp«, which was decommissioned after 32 years of service and sold. After »very satisfying« sea trials in made by Schaffran VERSTELLPROPELLER FESTPROPELLER ® SCHAFFRAN Propeller + Service GmbH Bei der Gasanstalt 6-8 I D-23560 Lübeck Tel: +49 (0) 451-58323-0 I info@schaffran-propeller.de www.schaffran-propeller.de Präzision ist unser Schlüssel zum Erfolg 32 HANSA – International Maritime Journal 04 | 2021
SHIPS MADE IN GERMANY The hull about to touch water for the first time SK 40 officially becoming »Hamburg« © DGzRS the North Sea, the new vessel went into service in mid- April and carried out its first mission barely 24 hours later, when the British flagged 26 m crew transfer vessel »Njord Forseti« had collided with a wind turbine at the »Borkum Riffgrund 1« offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Three crew members were injured. The accident caused a leak and water entered the ship. After a helicopter had taken the injured crewmen to a hospitalm, the remaining crew of the damaged ship managed to keep the water ingress under controt. SK 40 – the new SAR vessel had not beed officially christened yet – accompanied the Njord Forseti»« on its voyage to Lauwersoog/Netherlands for safety reasons. The new »Hamburg« is the fourth rescue unit of this name in the history of sea rescue. The vessel follows last year’s winner, the new LNG-powered German research vessel »Atair«, built by Fr. Fassmer as well. fs Main particulars of »Hamburg« Length ................................... 27.9 m Width ...................................... 6.2 m Draft ...................................... 1.95 m Displacement .......................... 120 t Top speed .......................... 24 knots Range ........................... 600-800 nm Main engines and propulsion ....... 2x MTU 16V 2000 M72, 1.958 hp each, 2x ZF DF gear, 102 hp bow thruster Auxiliary .... Deutz BF 6M 1013 M (122 kW) and Whisperpower SQ 27 diesel generator (27 kVA) Vergleichen Sie! Kostengünstige ROBA-stop ® Bremsen – bis Schutzart IP 67 – weltweit bewährt in Schiff und Hafen – mit innovativem Bremsenmonitoring www.mayr.com Ihr zuverlässiger Partner HANSA – International Maritime Journal 04 | 2021 33
