Rescuers defy warnings as the stranded "Humpback Hope," also known in German media as Timmy, is carried by barge into the North Sea, racing against time to save her.

Moment crowd cheers on stranded whale 'Timmy' is guided onto barge in rescue operationREUTERS ...

A barge carrying a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey ...

A humpback whale named Timmy, stranded for nearly a month in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea off Germany, is finally ...