Hermann Marwede

Hermann Marwede (SK 29) is the largest search and rescue cruiser (46-m-class) of German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) and the largest search and rescue cruiser in the world. The ship is based at the SAR-station Helgoland.

Hermann Marwede (SK29)
History
Germany
Namesake: Hermann Marwede
Builder: Aluship Gdańsk, Fassmer shipyard
Launched: 2003
Homeport: Bremen
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Displacement: 404 long tons (410 t)
Length: 46 m (151 ft)
Beam: 10.66 m (35.0 ft)
Depth: 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Endurance:
  • 7 days, 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
  • Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 × RHIB
Complement: 2 officers, 6 crew

The boat was built in 2003 at Fassmer-Werft in Berne, Motzen (Weser), Germany; the hull was built from aluminium by Aluship Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland. The daughter-boat Verena was built at Lürssen shipyard.[1] In 2012, the original daughter-boat was changed to a rigid-hulled inflatable boat of the same name.

Total cost for the ship was just under 15 million Euros. The namesake of the cruiser, Hermann Marwede, born in Bremen in 1878 and died there in 1959, had been personally liable partner of the brewery Beck & Co. for around 50 years. Twelve grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Marwede made a significant contribution to financing the ship.[2]

References
  1. "Seenotretter in der Region Bremen-Nord verwurzelt". Weser Kurier. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. "Größter deutscher Seenotkreuzer einsatzbereit". yacht. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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