Phoenix (1973)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | GC Bassin |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis, Quebec |
| Launched: | 1973 |
| History | |
| Name: | NSS Pattam |
| Acquired: | 2002 |
| History | |
| Name: | Phoenix, Phoenix 1 |
| Owner: | Phoenix Charters, Indianapolis, IN, US |
| Port of registry: |
 Belize
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| Acquired: | 2007 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 39.9 metres (131 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.4 metres (31 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.6 metres (15 ft) |
| Crew: | 16 |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 Schiebel Camcopter S-100s |
The Phoenix is a ship built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec and launched as the trawler GC Bassin in 1973. Since then, her roles have included a research vessel and a training ship, before her current use by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station as a rescue vessel, rescuing people in distress at the Mediterranean Sea.
The Phoenix was built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec and launched as the trawler GC Bassin in 1973. Subsequently, she was given to Gorden-Pew fisheries. In 2002, she was renamed as NSS Pattam, before being giving her current name in 2007. She has been previously used as a research vessel and training ship, before her current use as a rescue vessel.
On 25 August 2014, the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) launched the Phoenix as a support vessel to aid vessels in distress in the Mediterranean Sea. Her inaugural mission continued until October 2014.
The Phoenix is based in Malta and funded by Christopher and Regina Catrambone, who were inspired by an appeal from Pope Francis and the Lampedusa shipwrecks in October 2013. She is equipped with two Schiebel Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicles, dinghies and other life-saving equipment together with paramedics with the aim of saving migrants, refugees and other people in distress at sea.
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