Aquarius Dignitus
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The MV Aquarius, formerly Aquarius Dignitus and Aquarius 2, is a 1977-built German Fisheries Authorities ship, used since 2020 as a Russian deep sea survey vessel. The ship was used to rescue refugees
Aquarius in 2012
Meerkatze in German coast guard livery in 2006
SOS Méditerranée
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SOS Méditerranée is a European, maritime-humanitarian organisation for the rescue of life at sea, currently operating in the Mediterranean sea in international waters north of Libya.
Aquarius Dignitus
…and migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea between 2016 and 2018. It was chartered and operated between February 2016 and late 2018 by the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors without borders) as a rescue vessel for migrants and refugees making the Mediterranean crossing in makeshift…
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