RESQSHIP is a German charity based in Hamburg, with further branches in Freiburg, Mainz and Augsburg,^[1] founded in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

The Non-Governmental Organisation has been operating the 14-metre (46 ft) sailing yacht Josefa  ^[d][2] primarily to observe and monitor the situation off the Libyan coast.^[3][4] However, on occasion the Josefa has been in such a position as to need to carry out rescues herself. Typically, as she is a relatively small yacht, in such cases onward transfer to a larger vessel is arranged as soon as possible after the initial rescue.^[5][6] Josefa is named for a woman rescued from the sea by the NGO Proactiva Open Arms.^[7]

According to RESQSHIP, during 2019, the Josefa carried out nine rescue missions.^[8]

In May 2021 Josefa was replaced with a newer and larger (18 m or 59 ft) ketch, the Nadir.  ^[d][8] Although some sources mention a schooner, it is clearly contradicted by pictures of Nadir showing her to have ketch rig. Resqship resumed operations in June 2021^[2] with the Nadir.^[8][9] In August 2021, the Nadir took part with other vessels in the rescue of some 800 refugees from unseaworthy craft.^[10] In April 2023, the Nadir rescued 47 persons from an overcrowded steel boat at risk of sinking, after standing by to assist 54 others on a wooden vessel the previous night.^[11] In June 2024, Resqship's Nadir saved 52 people on one vessel near Lampedusa.^[12][13]

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