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Medevac off Cabo de Gata

On Dec 7, 2023, the 'Frankfurt am Main' requested the medical evacuation of a sick crew member by helicopter 50 nautical miles from the Cabo de Gata. The CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 207, which hoisted the patient and took him to the Almería Airport, where an ambulance picked him up for further transport to a hospital for further medical care.

German Naval Yards to repair damaged combat support ship

Frankfurt am Main German Navy’s combat support ship EGV FRANKFURT AM MAIN on Wednesday arrived in Kiel where it will be repaired by German Navy Yards. The shipbuilder will be working on damages FRANKFURT AM MAIN sustained entering the Wilhelmshaven navy base late in the evening on March 16. The combat support ship was reversing into a sea lock at the naval station when its stern made contact with the lock. The ship had to be towed from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel as it could not move under its own propulsion FRANKFURT AM MAIN will be dry-docked after the maritime festival Kiel Week concludes. The value of the repair contract was not disclosed but German news site Kieler Nachrichten reported that the value of work is in the seven figure region. Source: Navaltoday

Damaged supply ship towed to Kiel for repairs

On June 13, 2017, the "Frankfurt am Main - A 1412", which has suffered stern damage, was towed from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel for repairs by the tugs "Multratug 3" and "Bugsier 3" on June 14. The ship docked at German Naval Yards Kiel at 4.30 p.m. for repairs. The ship had suffered stern damage at starboard side while approaching a lock in Wilhelshaven stern first. It hit a concrete wall. German report and photos: http://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1377&p=137538#p137538 https://www.shz.de/regionales/schleswig-holstein/verkehr/ab-in-die-werft-frankfurt-am-main-im-nord-ostsee-kanal-id17061376.html https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/19149395_1381557615233199_3931745656335434198_n.jpg?oh=1f57eeb5aad1b2b90068fb5978afae1f&oe=59D6EE20 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19145713_1381557681899859_999199604986596904_n.jpg?oh=e846d18f186adcb9215bb00d52cf4338&oe=599E7145 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19146250_1324338170937499_8147066852920700402_n.jpg?oh=a2f7665c9f611c4a0ac1a57c3a99c0b5&oe=59DB46F8 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19113947_1324339940937322_8330530434845107776_n.jpg?oh=dbedfa821ae50db21b18f045af05ae91&oe=59E68CED