Poolse salvage-rescue vessel ORP Lech 282 1974-

Model of Günther Ahrens. Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany, 2023. 

Built by Stoczia Polnocna (Northern plant, Danzig, Poland in 1974. Part of Piast-clas/Project 570. MMSI 261211000 and call sign SRWB. Commissioned on 26 January 1974.

Multi purpose offshore vessel Ocean Falcon (2015)

Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands 24 May 2026

Marshall Islands-flagged, homeport Majuro, IMO 9688915, MMSI 538071803 and call sign Y7A5625. Havyard 820. Built by Astilleros Zamakona Pasaia, Pasajes, Spain in 2015 as commercial rescue ship, purchased to be converted into an explorer yacht for charter, arrived at Lürssen, Bremen, Germany in September 2022 for conversion, announced conversion cancelled in August 2024 and for sale as an explorer platform. Now lying in the Netherlands as Project UFO. In the past owner/manager International Yacht Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, USA. 

Dutch lifeboat Koningin Juliana 1963-

Stellendam, Netherlands first week October 2025

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 02709348. Built by De Merwede, Hardinxveld, Netherlands in 1963. Museum ship. 

Former life boat (ex-Charles H. Barrett 1965-1990) Dolphin 70-001 2002-

July 2025 Stellendam, Netherlands

Built as a 70 feet Clyde class life boat by Yarrow’s on the Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland for the R.N.L.I. UK in 1965. Since 2002 Dutch owner. MMSI 244070415 and call sign PE9332. 

Dutch SAR boat Paul Johannes

Scheveningen, Netherlands 19 October 2024

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 246568000 and call sign PHIE. Stationed at Noordwijk, Netherlands. 

Russian rescue vessel RFS Georgy Titov 1981-

Great Belt Bridge, Denmark 5-8-2024

Project 05361, called by the NATO Mikhail Rudnitsky-class. Part of Northern Fleet. Laid down by Vyborg Shipyard with hull number 573 on 3 August 1981, launched on 18 May 1982 and commissioned on 24 December 1982.

Turkish naval rescue and salvage vessel TCG Akin A584 2017-

November 2023

Turkye-flagged, homeport Gölcük, MMSI 271035216. Of the Işın-class. Contract signed in 2011, delivered by the Istanbul Shipyard on 29 December 2017. One of her main tasks is to rescue submariners of sunk or damaged submarines and for which she is fitted out with divers, ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and ADSs (Atmospheruc Diving Suit). Able to salvage wrecks to a depth of 3 kilometres and to be used as tug. RATSHIP-2 (Rescue and Towing Ship). Main engines 1x16DZC. Speed 18 knots. Dimensions 68,20 x 14,20 metres. In February 2019 she discovered the wreck of the German submarine U-23 on a depth of 40 metres in the Black Sea off the Şile district, Istanbul, Turkey. 

Yacht (ex-Skomvaer II 1960-1985, Froyvaer 1985) Hans Hansson 1985-

King George’s Island 11 February 2024

IMO 8931188, MMSI 235097000 and call sign ZQQP5. Earlier St. Vincent&Grenadines,-flagged, MMSI 377565000 and cal sign J8Y4665. Built by Stord Verft, Leirvik I Sogn, Norway for the Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning (NSR) as a rescue vessel, between 1986-996 (?) for the Swedish Lifeboat Association after a refit. Ex-Skomvaer II renamed January 1984 and Froyvaer renamed July 1985, other sources claming renamed Hans Hansson in 1988. Of Northern Light Cruising Co. Ltd.

Norwegian gaff ketch Christiana 1895-

Antwerpen, Belgium 23 July 2022

Norway-flagged, homeport Oslo, Norway, MMSI 257556010 and call signLM6584. Built as a rescueboat RS 10 Colin Archer design by Carl Arnold, Christianain 1895, stationed at Finmark, 1932 converted into a motor cargo ship, converted into a gaff rigg sailing vessel in the 1960s. Length hull l3.95 and height12.10 metres

Austrian gaff ketch Aglaia 1997-

Antwerpen, Belgium 23 July 2022

Austria-flagged, homeport Vienna, MMSI 203274200 and call sign OEX6140. Hull built at Stockholm, Sweden using a Norwegian rescue vessel-design, sold to somebody at Hamburg, Germany, uncompleted sold after 19 years and finally launched in 1997

Norwegian search and rescue vessel RS132 Gjert Wilhelmsen 2005-

Hammerfest, Norway August 2023

Norway-flagged, homeport Oslo, Norway, MMSI 258005500 and call sign LNAW. Commissioned in 2005. 

Bulgarian rescue vessel Proteo (224) (51) 2004-

Varna, Bulgaria July 2023

Former Italian submarine rescue vessel Proteo (A5310), built by Cantieri Navali Riuniti in 1951, commissioned 1951, stricken in 2004 and sold to Bulgaria. Displacement 2,048 tons and dimensions 75.94 x 11.66 metres. In Italian service speed 16 knots, crew 114 men, 1-10cm/47 gun and 2x2-2cm machinge guns.

Polish ORP tug Leszko (H-3) and rescue vessel Zbyszko (R-14)

Szczecin, Poland 19 October 2022

Part of the 3rd Flottila from Gdynia-Oksywia, Poland.

H-3 Leszko project B860. Poland-flagged, MMSI 261223000 and call sign SRWK. Lauched by Remontowa Shipbuilding shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland on 3 June 2020, sea trials begun on 27 January 2021, transferred to the Navy on 24 February 2021 and commissioned on 10 March 2021. Displacement 490 tons and as dimensions 29.2 x 10.4 x 4.2 metres. Propulsion consists of 2x1,200 kW diesels and 2 azimuth thrusters, speed is 12 knots. Crew numbers 10 men. Except for being used a tug she has a lot of other tasks like transport men and supplies and neutralizing pollutants.

R-14 Zbyszko project 5002. Poland-flagged, MMSI 261223000 and call sign SRWK.  Launched at Ustka on 21 December 1990, commissioned on 8 November 1991 and modernized by the naval shipyard in 2016. Displacement 375.14 tons and as dimensions 34.5 x 8 x 2.86 metres. Porpulsion consists of 1-750hp/550kW Cegielski-Sulzer diesel engine. Speed 11 knots.

Dutch search and rescue boat Kitty Roosmale Nepveu 2008-

Scheveningen, Netherlands 21 August 2011

Netherlands-flagged, homeport Scheveningen, Netherlands, MMSI 244974000 and call sign PBMA. Baptized on 24 May 2008. Built by Aluboot, Hindelopen, Netherlands in 2007. 

Austrian gaff ketch Aglaia 1997-

harbour Vlissingen, Netherlands 26 July 2022

Schelde off Vlisingen, Netherlands 26 July 2022

Austria-flagged, homeport Vienna, MMSI 203274200 and call sign OEX6140. Hull built at Stockholm, Sweden using a Norwegian rescue vessel-design, sold to somebody at Hamburg, Germany, uncompleted sold after 19 years and finally launched in 1997.

Icelandic lifeboat Gisli J. Johnsen 1956-1999 (still existing)

Photo made by Pétur Guðmundur Ingimarsson, with our thanks for allowing us to publish 

Steel-built at the Djupvik Baatvarf, Sweden in 1956. Stationed at Reykjavik. Stricken in 1999.

Dutch search and rescue vessel Zeemanshoop 2000-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 7 September 2015

Netherlands-flagged, stationed at Breskens, Netherlands, MSI 244237000 and call sign PBAC. Owned by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij (KNRM). Baptized on Saturday 28 October 2000.

Romanian tug annex salvage vessel Voinicul 1966-

Call sign YQAE and IMO 7623746. By 1981 owned by the Administratia Fluvial e Dunarii with as homeport Galatz, Romania. Other sources claiming she was owned by Navrom Roumanian Maritime, Bucharest. Gross tonnage 829 tons and as dimensions 47.17 (between perpendiculars)-52,30 (over all) x 11.03 x 5,82 (moulded) x 4,609 metres. Ice strengthened. Two oil fuelled 6 cylinders USA engines. Speed 14 knots. Built by Santierul Nava; Oltenits, Oltenitsa. 

Former Dutch life-boat Carlot 1960-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 16 January 2020

Her building at the shipyard v/h H. Schouten N.V., Muiden, Netherlands was financed by Miss C.M.J. Meyer which desired that the boat would be named Carlot. Baptized and commissioned at Terschelling, Netherlands on 28 November 1960. Decommissioned in September 2000 still serving at Terschelling. Sold to the Stichting Carlo at Elburg, Netherlands and since September 2014 berthed at Terneuzen, Netherlands. Of the Prins Hendrik design although with a larger width. Speed 10,6 knots. Her crew in active service numbered 5 persons.

German salvage/rescue vessel (ex-RMAS Tornado 1977-2007, SD Tornado 2007-2011) Lev Tornado 2011-

Inner harbour Vlissingen, Netherlands 30 December 2019

Germany-flagged, homeport Bremen, Germany, IMO 7725453, MMSI 211630370 and call sign DHVE2. Owned by Lev Tornado GmnH&Co. KG, Aurich and managed by Innoven Marine Service GmbH&Co. KG, Bremerhaven, Germany. Laid down by Russell Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland as the RMAS Tornado (A140) as part of the Tornado class torpedo retrievers on 2 November 1978, launched on 24 May 1979 and commissioned on 15 November 1979. Of the Torado-class consisted of the Tornado (A140), Torch (A141), Tormentor (A142) and Toreador (A143). Displacement 660-698 (full load) tons and as dimensions 40,0 (between perpendiculars)-47,47 (over all) x 8,53 x 3,0 metres. Crew numbered 17 men. Two screws, 2 diesels, horsepower 2.200hp, with 110 tons fuel bunker capacity a range of 3.000 nautical miles. Refitted between 2013-2014. As Lev Torpedo gross tonnage 550 tons, deadweight 163-174 tons, net tonnage 165 tons and as dimensions 47,50 (over all) x 9,15 (moulded) x 3,5 metres. Clear deck space around 200 square metres. Maximum speed 15 knots. Ex-RMAS Tornado renamed 2007 and SD Tornado (United Kingdom-flagged, MMSI 232002662, call sign GXUG) renamed 2011.