The Sea Rescuers

The Sea Rescuers

2025 2 Seasons ⭐ 9.0
Documentary

Between storms and towering waves, in sunshine or in the dead of night: Sea rescuers from the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) risk their lives for people in distress on the high seas! The documentary series "The Sea Rescuers" accompanies these heroes of the seas up close during their spectacular missions on the North and Baltic Seas.

Seasons

1. Sunken freighter: Eight men overboard

2025-02-12

Mayday! Two freighters collide in the German Bight; one sinks immediately into the North Sea. For the sea rescuers, the race against time begins: It's a matter of life and death. …

2. Sunken freighter: Rescue in the storm?

2025-02-12

Twenty-four ships, eight helicopters, and two airplanes are now involved in the dramatic search for the sailors adrift at sea. Every minute counts as the search area in the turbul…

3. Force 7 wind: Survival in the storm

2025-02-12

A sailor is caught in a severe storm and is reached just in time by two sea rescue cruisers. With great effort, they manage to bring the situation under control. As the vessel is …

4. Firefighting operation: Ship in flames

2025-02-12

Black smoke rises menacingly and toxically into the sky – a fire on a naval vessel. Every sailor's worst nightmare. Within minutes, the Arkona sea rescue cruiser reaches the scene…

5. Ship in distress: Nighttime operation

2025-02-12

On a stormy night, the Travemünde volunteer station is alerted: A stricken vessel is adrift on the Baltic Sea – without lights. The sea rescuers waste no time and rush out into th…

6. Emergency doctor on board

2025-02-12

The sea rescuers from Warnemünde are alerted: A man has collapsed on his sailing yacht. For sea rescue doctor Christine Rose, this is her first mission, and the situation is criti…

7. Rescue from the burning tanker

2025-02-12

Flames are raging on an oil tanker off Warnemünde. The situation threatens to escalate. "My first thought was: 'Oh, I hope this isn't my last call,'" recalls Steffen Schmeißer, wh…

8. Ghost ship off Norderney

2025-02-12

Off the coast of Norderney, a disabled vessel is causing quite a stir. Without a functioning engine and completely unlit, it is drifting aimlessly in the water. The crew of a pass…

9. Mast breakage: Every sailor's nightmare

2025-02-12

Broken mast on the North Sea: Without lights or radio contact, the sea rescuers search for a stricken sailor. For DGzRS newcomer Michel Schütze, it's his first mission where what …

10. Inflatable boat: Lost in the North Sea

2025-02-12

The water police raise the alarm: A woman reports her husband missing, while a floating inflatable boat without occupants is sighted on the outer Elbe. At the same time, another b…

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