German Sea Rescue Society

The DGzRS operates 59 vessels on 55 stations in the North Sea and Baltic, 20 of which are seagoing cruisers (German: Seenotrettungskreuzer) between 20 m and 46 m of length, and 39 vessels are classified as inshore lifeboats (German: Seenotrettungsboote). A feature of the cruisers is that all but the 20-m class carry a fully equipped small lifeboat on deck which can quickly be released through a gate in the aft for conducting operations in shallow waters. This principle was developed by DGzRS in the 1950s. The 20-m class uses a rigid-hulled inflatable boat instead. All DGzRS vessels are self-righting, i.e. if they capsize, they right themselves again. Lifeboats Voluntary Lifeboats ==Gallery==

File:SK John T Essberger 2.jpg|SK John T. Essberger, one of the large 44m-class cruisers of the DGzRS File:SAR.Hermann.Marwede.Helgoland.wmt.jpg|SK Hermann Marwede, the only one of the large 46m-class cruisers of the DGzRS File:Hermann Marwede.jpg|The Marwede at sea File:Harro Koebke-P1190970.JPG|SK Harro Koebke the large 36,5m-class for the Baltic Sea in Sassnitz File:"Anneliese Kramer".jpg|SK Anneliese Kramer the new 28m-class for Cuxhaven File:20110813 Theodor Storm klein.jpg|SK Theodor Storm a 20m-class cruiser File:050625-Kiel-x42-600.jpg|SK Berlin, a 27m-class cruiser of the DGzRS, and a SeaKing helicopter of the German Navy File:HermannHelms3.JPG|SK Herman Helms, a cruiser of the 27m-class File:Vormann Jantzen.jpg|SK Vormann Jantzen File:SRB Eltje in Husum.JPG|S&R boat Eltje File:Dgzrs minden-hafen-list-sylt-germany.jpg|SK Minden in the port of Sylt island File:DGzRS - Seenotkreuzer Bernhard Gruben mit Tochterboot Johann Fidi im Einsatz - 2013.jpg|SK Bernhard Gruben with daughter boat during an exercise in the North Sea off Juist island ==See also==