HERMANN RUDOLF MEYER

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Lifeboat assisted distressed fishing vessel

The German 25-m-f/v "Margrit – ABH 1-N“, 78 gt (built 1949 at Kremer & Sohn in Hamburg as "Pascal - BL 1"), ran aground on the lower Weser at river km 38 near Brake in the morning of July 28, 2016, and suffered water ingress in the engine room. At 4.15 a.m. the MRCC in Bremen received a mayday call as the skipper feared the bilge pump might not be able to cope with the flooding. The lifeboat "Hermann Rudolf Meyer" of the DGzRS station Bremerhaven was allowed to proceed with a speed of more thant 23 knots river upstream towards the vessel which was in a distance of 12 miles, and was on site within less than 30 minutes. The "Margrit" had proceeded in the opposite direction with slow speed ahead and rendezoused with the lifeboat at the ferry pt. Sandstedt. The water ingress could be kept under control in the meantime. The "Hermann Rudolf Meyer" went alongside, and two of its crew members boarded the "Margrit". The lifeboat started towing the fishing vessel alongside to be able to intervene on short notice if the water ingress had got worse. It managed to take the ship to the Bremerhavener Dock GmbH shipyard in the fishing port of Bremerhaven. German report with photo: http://www.seenotretter.de/aktuelles/seenotfaelle/ansicht/news/wassereinbruch-auf-fischkutter-vor-seehafen-brake/