Rainbow Warrior (1955)

*Rainbow Warrior*
History
Rainbow Warrior docked in 1979.
Name	Sir William Hardy (1955–1977) Rainbow Warrior (1978–1985)
Owner	United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1955–1977) Greenpeace (1978–1985)
Operator	Greenpeace (1978–1985)
Port of registry	Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, UK
Yard number	846
Launched	29 November 1954
Acquired	1977
Identification	IMO number: 5329786
Fate	Sunk 10 July 1985 Refloated 21 August 1985 Scuttled 12 December 1987
General characteristics
Class & type	Trawler
Tonnage	418 GT
Length	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.6 m
Propulsion	2 engines, 620 m² of sails
Speed	12 knots (engines) 5–7 knots (sail)

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.