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CAPELLA-Taufpatin Dr. Ingrid Stolpe mit Dipl.-Ing. Fassmer (I.) 
und Prof. Dr. Ehlers (r.) am 30.10. 2003 in Motzen/Berne. 
Dr. Ingrid Stolpe, who christened the CAPELLA, Dipl. Ing. Fassmer 
(left), and Prof. Dr. Ehlers (right) on 30 October 2003 at 
Motzen/Berne. 
unbekannte Wracks und Unterwasserhindernisse 
entdeckt. 
• Unter anderem wurden 250 km 2 der Hauptschiff 
fahrtswege in der Ostsee nach einem neuen Quali 
tätsstandard hochauflösend vermessen. Durch 
das neue Vermessungsverfahren konnten dort 
mehr neue Unterwasserhindernisse aufgespürt 
werden als zuvor. 
• Das neue Vermessungsschiff CAPELLA wurde bei 
der Lassmer-Werft gebaut und am 30. Oktober 
2003 von Dr. Ingrid Stolpe, der Lrau des Bundes 
ministers für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen, 
getauft. 
Konzentriert: Rostock wird deutsches 
Zentrum für Hydrographie 
Das BSH, das seine Aufgaben seit 1990 von Ham 
burg und Rostock aus wahrnimmt, konnte 2003 mit 
dem Bezug eines neuen, größeren Dienstgebäudes 
coastal waters have not been adequately surveyed. 
In many parts of the world, the last surveys date 
back several decades and in no way meet present- 
day GPS navigation requirements. 
2003 
• ATAIR, KOMET, WEGA and DENEB covered about 
30,800 km of sounding lines 
(North Sea 20,500 km, Baltic Sea 10,300 km). 
• They checked 104 known wreck positions for 
depth changes and discovered 46 previously 
unknown wrecks and underwater obstructions. 
• 250 km 2 of the main Baltic fairways were re-sur- 
veyed according to a new quality standard using a 
high-resolution method. The new survey method 
led to the detection of more new underwater 
obstructions than in the past. 
• The new survey vessel CAPELLA was built at the 
Fassmer shipyard and christened by Dr. Ingrid 
Stolpe, wife of the Federal Minister of Transport, 
Building and Housing, on 10 October 2003. 
Focused: 
Rostock becomes Germany's new centre 
of hydrography 
The BSH, with its headquarters in Hamburg and 
Rostock since 1990, moved to new, larger office 
buildings in Rostock in 2003 and has now establish 
ed its centre of hydrography in Rostock: hydrogra 
phic surveying, wreck search, and the production of 
nautical charts and publications. Also its oceano 
graphic services for the Baltic Sea are located at the 
Rostock headquarters, which will eventually have 
about 270 employees. The home port of two of the 
survey vessels - “Deneb” and “Capella” - is Rostock. 
Their berths in front of the BSH headquarters underli 
ne the presence of the new German centre of hydro 
graphy in Rostock.