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Lifeboat landed boadies of sunken Zander

On Nov 24 the "Bernhard Gruben" brought ashore the bodies of the crew of two of the sunken Dutch work boat "Zander", 198 dwt (EU-No.: 05014570) in the port of Norderney which was barred during this time. The barge, a former dredger of the WSA Schweinfurt, had sunk on its transit from Denmark to its new owners in the Netherlands off Norderney. Both were of Danish nationality, one man, who was identified with his passport, aged 72. An autopsy was to be carried out. The "Zander" had radioed a mayday around 8 a.m. following a water ingress four miles north of Norderney. When the "Bernhard Gruben", the emergeny tug "Nordic" and other craft arrived, the vessel had already sunk on a water depth of 18 meters. An SAR helicopter of the German Navy located the two men from the vessel in the sea who were recovered by the daughter boat "Johann Fidi" of the "Bernhard Gruben" but could not be resuscitated. The police Aurich/Wittmund launched an investigation regarding their death. The Dutch owner of the "Zander" was requested to develop a salvage plan. No pollution was observed during surveillance flights by helicopter, but protective means were held ready by the relevant authorities. The police Wilhelmshaven launched an investigation into the sinking of the barge. German report with photo: https://www.emderzeitung.de/landkreis-aurich/~/unglueck-vor-norderney-leichen-identifiziert-164447/