Rainbow Warrior (1989)

Rainbow Warrior (1989)

The "Rainbow Warrior" (sometimes unofficially "Rainbow Warrior II") is a three-masted schooner in service with the environmental pressure group Greenpeace. She was built from the hull of the deep sea fishing ship "Grampian Fame", which had been built in Selby, North Yorkshire and launched in 1957. She was originally 44 metres long and powered by steam, but was extended to 55.2 m in 1966. Greenpeace gave the vessel new masts, a gaff rig, a new engine and a number of environmentally low-impact systems to handle waste, heating and hot water. She was officially re-launched in Hamburg on July 10 1989, the fourth anniversary of the sinking of her predecessor, the original "Rainbow Warrior".

She currently operates in support of the organisation's protest actions across the globe.

The "Rainbow Warrior", piloted by skipper Mike Fincken, docked at the Legazpi City port in Albay on May 22 2008 for her one month long "Quit Coal, Save the Climate" Philippines tour and campaign aimed to educate people on the effects of the use of coal on the environment, specifically on climate change. The tour proposed alternative energy sources such as geothermal and solar energy. [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=119129 Abs-Cbn Interactive, Greenpeace ship visits Legazpi for 'quit coal' campaign ] ]

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* [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/ships/the-rainbow-warrior Official Greenpeace page on the Rainbow Warrior]
* [http://www.rainbow-warrior.org.nz New Zealand website on the Rainbow Warrior]
* [http://www.greenpeace.org.au/rainbow_warrior/index.html Australian Greenpeace website on the Rainbow Warrior]
* [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/rainbow-warrior-bombing/rw-then-and-now Specifications of the Rainbow Warrior (on Greenpeace site)]

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