Phoenix (ship, 1973)

Phoenix

Ship data flag  Belize Callsign V3RI6 home port Belize City Shipyard Davie Shipbuilding

Ship dimensions and crew length 39.85 m ( Lüa ) width 9.14 m Side height 4.88 m Draft Max. 4.12 m measurement 495 GT / 149 GT   crew 9

Machine system machine 2 x Caterpillar - diesel engine Machine performance 1,213 kW (1,649 hp) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller with Kort nozzle

Transport capacities Load capacity 396 dw Permitted number of passengers 13 people

Others Classifications INSB Registration numbers IMO no. 7234272

The Phoenix is a former fishing boat that was built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis , Québec . The ship put into service as GC Bassin was delivered in April 1973.

The ship is used by the Malta-based aid organization Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS). It is managed by Tangiers Maritime, also based in Malta.

description

The ship, classified as a "motor yacht", was rebuilt in 2008 and 2014. It is powered by two Caterpillar - diesel engines driven by the "father and son" concept - - a Caterpillar 3512 and a Caterpillar 353rd The two motors act via a gearbox on a controllable pitch propeller with a Kort nozzle . A propeller pod serves as the bow thruster , which can also act as an emergency drive . The ship reaches around 3  kn .

Six cabins, three single and three double cabins are available for the ship's crew. There is also a three-bed cabin on board as the owner's cabin as well as three cabins for guests, one double and two four-bed cabins.

The ship is equipped with a hydraulically operated deck crane that can lift 20 t. Several winches are available on deck . In addition, it can be equipped with a rear boom with a lifting capacity of 10 t. In 2014 it was equipped with an additional deck as a platform for the use of drones , which is installed above the previous aft deck. To use the stern boom, this deck must be removed.

Use as a lifeboat

Since August 25, 2014 the ship has been used by the organization Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in the Mediterranean to rescue shipwrecked migrants.

It has been used off the coast of Myanmar and Bangladesh since September 2017 .

Web links

• Brochure , Tangiers Maritime (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Footnotes

1. ^ Partnership to Save Lives , Tangiers Maritime. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
2. ^ Raphael Vassallo: No one deserves to die at sea | Martin Xuereb , Malta Today, July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
3. ^ MY Phoenix , Tangiers Maritime. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
4. ↑ Mario Cacciottolo: The millionaires who rescue people at sea , BBC News , August 29, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
5. ↑ Our Mission ( Memento of November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Migrant Offshore Aid Station.
6. ↑ Ship that saves migrants from Mediterranean dispatched to Asia an Rohinggya refugee rescue mission , The Independent , September 5, 2017. Accessed July 6, 2018.