H. J. Kratschke, Museum ship in Neustadt, Bremen, Germany

The H.-J. Kratschke is a 19-metre-class sea rescue cruiser built in 1969 by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, yard number 6313, with the DGzRS designation KRS 03. It is displayed as a museum ship on the grounds of the DGzRS headquarters in Bremen. Its sister ships are the Otto Schülke, Hans Lüken and G. Kuchenbecker.

The H.-J. Kratschke was built in 1969 by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder as yard number 6313, with the DGzRS designation KRS 03. From June 1969 to May 1979 it was stationed at List on Sylt, then moved to Nordstrand until July 1996, and from August 1996 until decommissioning in October 2003 it lay at the Eiderdamm station by the Eidersperrwerk. Since spring 2004 it has been exhibited as a museum ship on the grounds of the DGzRS headquarters in Bremen.

The cruiser is named after H.-J. Kratschke, a crew member of the rescue cruiser Adolph Bermpohl who died in a serious accident in February 1967. Its daughter boat, the Ludje, was named after the nickname of a long-serving coxswain of the List rescue station on Sylt.

The ship stands on the grounds of the DGzRS headquarters in Bremen, where it has been displayed since spring 2004. It is an outdoor exhibit, so visiting depends on the weather; the site lies in the Neustadt district, south of the city centre.

The cruiser carried a daughter boat, the Ludje, with the DGzRS internal designation KRT 03. It was named after the nickname of a long-serving coxswain of the List rescue station on Sylt, the same station where the cruiser itself was first based from 1969.