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Crew involved in rescue of capsized sailor

On March 29, 2025, at around 5 p.m. the crew of the 'Warber', en route from Rouen to Södertalje, remarked a sailing boat drifting upside down about 250 meters from the Laboe Naval Memorial on the Kiel Fjord, but was unable to assist due to its own draft. The 45-year-old skipper from Kiel was unable to right his dinghy under his own power and was already suffering from hypothermia. Zhe crew of the cargo ship alerted the MRCC of the DGzRS in Bremen, which mobilized the lifeboat 'Jürgen Horst', stationed in Kiel-Schilksee. The volunteer crew was on a patrol. Within six minutes, the rescuers, speeding up to 38 knots, were on the scene and rescued the man from the water, which had a temperature of six degrees Celsius. Initial medical treatment revealed a body temperature of only 34.7 degrees Celsius. The rescuers brought the hypothermic sailor to Laboe. There, they handed him over to the land rescue service, which had been called in the meantime.

Freighter located distressed migrants

On Auf 4, 2020, at 10:24 a.m., the 'Warber', enroutefrom Fécamp to Flushing, contacted the CROSS Gris-Nez to report a boat in difficulty 10 nautical miles north of Dunkirk, with 20 migrants on board. The CROSS deployed the patrol vessel 'Themis' to assist. At 11:15 a.m., the castaways nd their boat were pulled on board the 'Thémis'. The 20 migrants are brought back to the port of Calais at 1:53 p.m. where they were taken care of by the border police.