Rainbow Warrior (1955)

For other ships with the same name, see Rainbow Warrior.

Rainbow Warrior
Rainbow Warrior docked in 1979.
History
Name
  • Sir William Hardy (1955–1977)
  • Rainbow Warrior (1978–1985)
Owner
Operator Greenpeace (1978–1985)
Port of registryAberdeen, United Kingdom[1]
BuilderHall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, UK
Yard number846[2]
Launched29 November 1954[2]
Acquired1977
IdentificationIMO number: 5329786
Fate
  • Sunk 10 July 1985
  • Refloated 21 August 1985
  • Scuttled 12 December 1987
General characteristics
Class and typeTrawler
Tonnage418 GT
Length40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Draught4.6 m
Propulsion2 engines, 620 m² of sails
Speed
  • 12 knots (engines)
  • 5–7 knots (sail)[3]

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.

  1. ^ Brown, Paul; Evans, Rob (23 August 2005). "How Rainbow Warrior was played down". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Aberdeen Ships / Sir William Hardy". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "The Rainbow Warrior | Greenpeace International". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.