WANGERLAND

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Fishing vessel broke off moorings

On Sep 6, 2015, the "Wangerland" broke off its moorings in the port of Hooksiel in northwest winds of force 8and drifted against the stern of another vessel berthed in the port. The lifeboat "Vormann Steffens" launched its daughter boat which pulled the fishing vessel back to its berth where the lifeboat personnel moored the ship again. On Sep 7 at 6.30 a.m. the "Wangerland" left the port.

Wangerland pulled yacht from Berlin off a shoal

In the evening of Sep 12, 2012, the "Wangerland" assisted the German yacht "Ursalin" which had run aground in the Elbe estuary at 7.15 p.m. and radioed a Mayday via VHF canal 16. The yacht was aground south of the buoy 21. Wind on scene was SW 6 bf, and the yacht was pounded by the surf. The "Wangerland“ which was by chance in the area was able to pull the boat from the shoal and deliver it to the lifeboat "Vormann Jantzen“ which towed the "Ursalin“ to Cuxhaven. The police launch "Bürgermeister Brauer“ escorted the tow on its final leg to the emergency pier of the SVC Cuxhaven. German report with photo: http://www.cn-online.de/lokales/news/kutter-schleppt-gestrandete-jacht-frei.html?tx_ttnewsextender%5BimgIndex%5D=0&cHash=436562d1302df0648b77eb356665b033