Lindenau revamps 'Hindenburg'

摘要

Lindenau werft in Kiel has completed six months of renovation and repairs on the 72 year old former German rescue boat Hindenburg. The 17.5m long and 5m wide Hindenburg was the country's biggest sea rescue cruiser when it went into service in the 1940s. A spokeswoman for Lindenau Werft told Maritime Journal the thickness and porosity of the 17.5m long and 5m wide boat's steel hull was checked. Some plates on the external hull were replaced so that Hindenburg could continue to float at its permanent mooring. The Lindenau spokeswoman said the boat had also been painted overall and its water ballast had been swapped for fixed solid ballast.