Storm Sinks Ship In Baltic at 1937 Hrs Local Finnish Time

[Classic Finn]

Heikki:

Prayers for all are being sent from here.

I am fairly new to this site.. May I ask more about your rescue work?

Is this your "regular" job... or something on the side.... are you military or civilian?

take care

glenn

Sailor by profession or rather a seaman ... (civilian) ... Ive been trained for this by mandatory schooling in order to work on ships of any type..especially after the Estonia incident .. All crew must have training papers or a qualification book.. approved by Maritime Officials..Or STCW is minimum..which means Standards of Training and Certification and
Watchkeeping.

Firefighting skills, 1st Aid, Rescue Raft, High Speed Rescue Craft. and ...
Protection of Ship and Crew in case of ....Ship Jacking .. or ship take over at sea..

Here is a website (English) of what schooling is involved...at the Maritime Safety Training Center.

http://www.meriturva.fi/en/survival/about.html

I belong to the Rescue Unit here.




Nice to have you on the forum..

Classic Finn

[Sonetpro]

Our prayers are with you Heikki,




Good Luck and be careful

[Kurt (Indiana)]

Okay here is an update just came in..All but 1 Crew Member Missing yet.
It could be that he is drifting northward in the vacinity..

Most Crew have been flown to Kalmar - Small City in Coastal Sweden ...

Captain badly hurt with head injuries and broken leg... Hurt during the tilting of the ship...

Classic Finn

It's good to that there people (like you) that are on guard for these emergencies. I'd feel safe knowing that these people are on duty.
Good luck and God speed.

[Classic Finn]

Well Folks .... Got the call so off we go. Looks like we,ll be searching for the missing Crew Member...

For how long dont know ... I,ll get more at the the Briefing..

I,ll get back on asap... Bye for Now..thanks for the prayers..

Classic Finn

[Classic Finn]

Good Evening Folks

Just arrived home after a long and cold exciting but serious excursion..from the location of the sunken Finn Birch RORO PAX Vessel.

The news is ... 13 of the Crew Members were rescued.. One still missing..
presumed dead.. As I mentioned before I left was that if he was lucky to live for 10 hours that would be it..

Together with the Swedish and Finnish Rescue Teams and Doctors the decision was made to halt all search efforts. The missing sailor would not be alive any longer..sad as it may be..

It is also presumed that when the cargo containers let loose and slid over to the side of the ship that the sailor was caught in between and went down with the ship.. we,ll never know.. unless his body floats to shore at some point ... assumptions and guesses...

Also the last member to be recovered died on route to the hospital due to severe injuries...so 2 members of the ship were lost. out of the 14.

The ship is slowly leaking oil however the extent of flow cant be determined till the winds die off.. and the storms are over..

Rescue of anyone could only be done with helicopters due to the height of the waves and wind..Now the talk and planning of bringing up the ship and containers has started... we,ll see and hear who and when it will be if at all.

Im glad to be back home with family and friends... It was cold ... to say the least..

Best wishes
Classic Finn

[apratt]

Glad you are back safe and sound. Sad about the 2 crew members, at least the others will live another day.

[sid]

Heikki,

Glad you are safely back with your family.

Thanks for what you do.....

[TRAIL-OF-TEARS]

Glad to see you are home safe and sound, and posting again,Heikki.

[Classic Finn]

Glad you are back safe and sound. Sad about the 2 crew members, at least the others will live another day.

It was a looong and cold day... Ahh the Sauna is on..

Classic Finn

[Nitetimes]

Sorry to hear about the 2 crewmen. Glad you are back safe and sound tho.

[Classic Finn]

Heikki,

Glad you are safely back with your family.

Thanks for what you do.....

Thanks very Much

Its nice to be back amongst all of you as well..

Classic Finn

[Miriam C.]

Glad you are home and safe. I know you can't keep up that kind of search because it endangers all the others. Hard job you guys have and I am glad there are those who do it.
Bless you all.

[Classic Finn]

:applause: Glad you are home and safe. I know you can't keep up that kind of search because it endangers all the others. Hard job you guys have and I am glad there are those who do it.
Bless you all.

Its impossible to fight against storms like that... The feeling at that location was real creepy.. its so difficult to exactly describe what was felt.

It brings us back to the day when the ship Estonia sank with many more casualties... ohhh boy...

But its over till the next one.. As we all hope it wont happen again but unfortunately it will... when ... noone knows...

Classic Finn

PS Back to building cabinets ...

[Classic Finn]

It was incredible to be onboard this helicopter for the search and rescue.

The Super Puma..also been marketed as the Cougar



The one in the photo is an updated or newer model than that described below. But just to get an idea..

Specifications (AS 332L1)

[edit] General characteristics
2006 List Price: US$15,500,000 (AS332 L2 Super Puma)
Crew: two pilots
Capacity: up to 24 passengers
Length: 16.29 m (53 ft 5 in)
Main rotor diameter: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Main rotor area: 191 m² (2,056 ft²)
Empty: 4,460 kg (9,812 lb)
Loaded: kg ( lb)
Maximum takeoff: 8,600 kg (18,940 lb)
Powerplant: 2x Turboméca Makila 1A1 turboshaft engines, 1,357 kW (1,819 shp) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 278 km/h (174 mph)
Range: 831 km (519 miles)
Service ceiling: 7,200 m (19,750 ft)
Rate of climb: 492 m/min (1,614 ft/min)
Main rotor loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

Classic Finn

[alaska teardrop]

Heikki, Was going to say - 'One hand for the boat'. But, I guess you know that.

Got your terra firma legs back yet?

To the sauna - To the sauna.

Fred

Dead calm, snow, 17*