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Meerkatze as OSC in search for missing fisherman off Heligoland

The 'Meerkatze' timewise was the on-scene commander in the search for a fisherman on Dec 14, 2023, who had been lost overboard from the trawler 'Amadeus-TH 7' (MMSI:235001620) on the North Sea far northwest of the island of Heligoland in the early morning of Dec 13, 2023. Rescue units from the DGzRS as well as numerous other ships and two helicopters had searched a sea area around 60 nautical miles west of the North Frisian Islands. At around 12:20 a.m., the MRCC in Bremen had S, received a report that one of the eight crew members of the 24-meter-long trawler had fallen overboard. In the area of operation were easterly winds of around nine Beaufort and four to five meter high seas with a water temperature of ten degrees Celsius. The MRCC immediately initiated a large-scale search involving merchant ships sailing in the area, a research vessel and a cruise ship, as well as the lifeboats 'Hermann Rudolf Meyer' of the Heligoland station, the 'Ernst Meier-Hedde' of the Amrum station, the 'Theo Fischer' of the Nordstrand station and the 'Pidder Lüng' of the Station List/Sylt. The MRCC initially appointed a vehicles carrier as the on-scene coordinator (OSC). A German “Sea Lion” SAR helicopter and a Danish SAR helicopter from Skrydstrup took part in the search from the air. After hours of operation at night in very bad weather, the four DGzRS boats were replaced by other ships in the morning, among them, the “Meerkatze” as OSC, the emergency tug “Nordic” and some merchant ships and fishing vessels. Shortly after 2 p.m., the MRCC stopped the search. The 'Amadeus' headed to Eemshaven.

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Das wunderschöne Küstenwachschiff "Meerkatze" war zu Besuch beim 821. Hafen geburtstag in Hamburg. Fotos von der Auslaufparade: http://www.vesseltracker.com/de/ShipPhotos/519091-Meerkatze-9421245.html