MARKGRAFENHEIDE

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Passenger ship disabled in Rostock

On Nov 26, 2019, the 'Markgrafenheide' was disabled in the port of Rostock with 33 people aboard, among them 30 passengers on a port cruise. At 2.30 p.m. the captain issued a distres call after his ship had suffered an engine failure in the seaport and drifted in SW direction, being threatened to run aground. The DGzRS lifeboat 'Arkona' of the station in Warnemünde was launched immediately. Until its arrival the passenger m/v 'Warnostar' held the casualty in position. The lifeboat took it alongside and towed it back to its berth in the Old Warnow Stream in Warnemünde.

Disabled tour boat towed to Warnemünde

In the afternoon of Aug 19, 2016, the "Markgrafenheide" was disabled by engine damage with 28 persons on board in the sea canal of Warnemünde. The liefeboat "Arkona" of the local DGzRS Station was called to assist the ship. It was taken alongside and pulled into the narrow old port. German report with photo: http://www.seenotretter.de/aktuelles/seenotfaelle/ansicht/news/warnemuender-seenotretter-schleppen-manoevrierunfaehigen-angelkutter-ein/