The Phoenix is a ship built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec and launched as the trawler GC Bassin in 1973.

The Phoenix was built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec and launched as the trawler GC Bassin in 1973.

[6] 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.

[9] On 20 October 2014, the Phoenix rescued 274 migrants, including 200 Syrians and Pakistanis from a 15-metre wooden boat off the coast of Italy.

[14] After August 2017, MOAS focussed its resources and the Phoenix on the Rohingya refugee crisis,[15][16] and Mediterranean operations were integrated into the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Rome.