VOS Hestia

VOS Hestia

Ship data flag  Italy Ship type Deep sea tug Callsign ICCD home port Ancona Owner Vroon Offshore Services Srl, Genoa Shipping company Vroon Offshore Services Shipyard Fujian South East Shipyard, China Order May 23, 2007 Keel laying December 13, 2008 takeover April 30, 2009 Whereabouts underway as a rescue ship

Ship dimensions and crew length 59.25 m ( Lüa ) 52.20 m ( Lpp ) width 14.95 m Draft Max. 4.95 m measurement 1678 GT / 503 NRZ   crew 12

Machine system machine 2 × Caterpillar - diesel engine (type: CAT 3516B) Machine performance 3,840 kW (5,221 hp) Generator power 1,050 kW (1,428 hp) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers with Kort nozzle

Transport capacities Load capacity 1313 dw Permitted number of passengers 20th

Others Classifications Registro Italiano Navale Registration numbers IMO no .: 9529061

The VOS Hestia is a deep-sea tug under the Italian flag. The ship was used as a rescue ship for the Berlin organization Save the Children in the Mediterranean from 2016 to 2018 and rescued boat refugees from distress at sea .

ship

The VOS Hestia is an anchor - handling tug and offshore supplier built in China in 2009 . The bollard pull is 68.4 t. The ship has powerful pumps and fire cannons. It is equipped for fighting oil spills. The ship sails under the Italian flag.

commitment

The aid organization Save the Children announced in August 2016 that it wanted to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean with its own rescue ship. The organization chartered the VOS Hestia and has been involved in the Italian-led sea rescue since September 2016. The ship was modified so that around 300 people can be accommodated.

The Italian company IMI Security Service provides security guards to protect the ship's crew. The end of October 2017 examined the Italian police in the port of Catania , the VOS Hestia because of "illegal conduct of third parties". Save the Children stressed in a statement that the search was "material on crimes that are not currently related to our organization" and announced the end of the operation.

Web links

• Data sheet (PDF file, 306 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Save the Children sends its own rescue ship to the Mediterranean . In: THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung . DVV Media Group GmbH.
2. ^ Maria-Mercedes Hering, Martin Knobbe, Andreas Wassermann: German refugee activists: Do the rescuers support the smugglers' business? In: Der Spiegel . January 24, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 26, 2018]).
3. ^ Save the Children Suspends Migrant Rescue Operations . In: The Maritime Executive . ( maritime-executive.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).