The Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (DHL) in 1986 
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The Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (DHI) in 1986 
The DHI is a Central Marine Navigation and Marine Environment Authority within 
the jurisdiction of the Federal Minister of Transport. It has the task of surveying 
the seas, publishing the charts and nautical books, and testing the nautical equip 
ment used on board ship. Moreover, it has to promote navigation and High Seas 
fisheries by natural scientific and nautical-technical research, and to ensure the 
protection of the marine environment. 
The total budget comprised DM 6.9 million revenues and DM 80.4 million expendi 
tures. 
The Hydrographic Services (Tide, Sea Level Forecast and Storm Surge Warning 
Service, Ice Service, Geomagnetic Service) again fulfilled their tasks for the safety 
of navigation. Particular demands were placed upon the Ice Service at the begin 
ning of the year, owing to the great winter abundance of ice. 
On 25th September, in the presence of the Federal Minister of Transport - 
Dr. Werner Dollinger, the DHI commemorated the 125th Anniversary of the foun 
dation day of the Hydrographic Bureau in the Imperial Prussian Admiralty. 
The Research Vessel ’’Gauß“ - during 17 voyages - monitored, as routine, the 
seawater for injurious impurities, and carried out oceanographic, geological, and 
geophysical investigations in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, as well as type-test 
ing. Moreover, two new wrecks were discovered and 9 known wrecks were 
checked. 
The Survey and Research Ship ’’Komet“ and the Survey Ship ’’Süderoog“ ran circa 
27,000 nautical miles of soundings in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for the 
hydrographic survey. 
For wreck search and control, the Survey and Wreck Search Ship ’’Atair“ and 
’’Wega“ have checked 138 already known wrecks and positions at which sub 
marine hindrances were suspected in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and 
thereby found 22 new wrecks. 
Owing to the abolition of the direct utilization of the R. V. ’’Meteor“, the DHI had to 
charter several research vessels, in order to be able to attend to its statutory 
responsibilities. 
Five Pilots were published in new editions, 7 nautical books were brought up-to- 
date by means of Supplements, In addition, the publications ’’Nautisches Jahrbuch 
oder Ephemeriden und Tafeln für das Jahr 1987“, ’’Winterbetonnung der Küsten 
gewässer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland“, ’’Bekanntmachung der WSD 
Nordwest zur SeeSchStrO“, and ’’Seefahrtstandardvokabular“ were issued, and 
the accompanying booklets to the sets of charts for sport-boats were processed. 
Of the ’’Verzeichnis der Leuchtfeuer und Signalstellen“ (List of Lights and Signal 
Stations), which consists of a total of 14 Parts, 6 Parts were published as new 
edition. 
The volumes ’’Nautischer Funkdienst“ and ’’Sprechfunk für Küstenschiffahrt“ 
were kept up-to-date by new 12 Supplements each. 
The ’’Nachrichten für Seefahrer“ (NfS) (Notices to Mariners) was published with 
an issue of 3,200 copies. Besides the periodic and other loose inclusions to the NfS, 
for the first time overlay blocks for the nautical charts were also published as 
inclusions.