DGzRS Minden SAR in Aegean Sea.
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Channel: Aegeanhawk · 2016 · Autos & Vehicles
German Maritime SAR vessel Minden returning from patrol in Aegean Sea. DGzRS with Minden is helping Hellenic Coast Guard control illegal immigration from Turkey to Greek islands in Aegean Sea. Minden is a twin-engine rescue cruiser of the 23.30-Class. Built 1985 In Germany. 2 x MTU V8, 17 knots and rescue tender "Margarete". German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger - DGzRS) is responsible for Search and Rescue in German territorial waters in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, including the Exclusive Economic Zone. The headquarters and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the Society are located in Bremen. It was founded in Kiel on 29 May 1865. It owns 61 lifeboats at 54 stations which are operated by 185 employed crew members and 800 volunteers. The society has about 2000 engagements every year. Up to 2005, it rescued approximately 72,000 persons. In 2004 it saved 368 lives, rescued 837 persons from critical situations and carried out 343 medical transports. The DGzRS is entirely financed by membership fees, private donations and legacies. Writer and honorary member Nikolai von Michalewsky has immortalized the DGzRS in his series of science fiction novels by taking it as the model for his "Independent Society for Saving Spacewrecked".
