Rainbow Warrior (1955)
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For other ships with the same name, see Rainbow Warrior.
Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship involved in campaigns against whaling, seal hunting, nuclear testing and nuclear waste dumping during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (the French intelligence service) bombed Rainbow Warrior in the Port of Auckland, New Zealand on 10 July 1985, sinking the ship and killing photographer Fernando Pereira.
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Rainbow Warrior docked in 1979. | |
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Owner |
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Operator | Greenpeace (1978–1985) |
Port of registry | Aberdeen, United Kingdom[1] |
Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, UK |
Yard number | 846[2] |
Launched | 29 November 1954[2] |
Acquired | 1977 |
Identification | IMO number: 5329786 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Trawler |
Tonnage | 418 GT |
Length | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.6 m |
Propulsion | 2 engines, 620 m² of sails |
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