Hurricane winds of 100 km / h speed, the five-meter high waves, rain and cold - under these conditions, the rescue vessel of the German Maritime Rescue Service (GMRS) must often take their bets. In the course of over 130 years of history of the lifeboat station, the ships have the GMRS in the harshest working conditions more than 64,000 people rescued from drowning and rescued from danger. The rescue fleet consists of 57 vessels (as of 1999). A fire-extinguishing capacity of 36,000 liters per minute of Seenotkreuzer ARKONA / station Sassnitz (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is one of the most powerful and advanced SAR units that are used with sister ships in the North Sea and Baltic Sea from the GMRS. The structure is designed so that the rescue cruisers have Grundsee and surf exceptionally good lake properties and under the most difficult conditions to go on alongside a damaged boat can. The drive consists of an MTU diesel engine with 1,200 kW and two MWM diesel engines with 574 kW. The speed: 24 knots; Range: 2,300 nautical miles. The crew consists of 9 men, 4 of which are permanently on board.