-- about the rainbow warrior --

The Rainbow Warrior is perhaps the most famous Greenpeace ship due to its predecessor sinking in 1985 after French Secret Service agents planted two bombs on the ship in New Zealand.

The current Rainbow Warrior was launched on 10 July 1989, the fourth anniversary of the original ship's sinking.

The ship's name was inspired by a North American indigenous prophecy that influenced the crew on board the Phyllis Cormack, during the first Greenpeace voyage. The prophecy foresees a time when humans, through greed, have destroyed the world, and the Warriors of the Rainbow rise to save it.

Sinse 1989, the second Rainbow Warrior has sailed all over the world, from the high Arctic to Cape Horn.

Her campaigns have included drift-net campaigns in the Pacific, anti-nuclear at Moruroa Atoll and the Marshall Islands, whaling campaigns in the North Atlantic, and toxic campaigns in Asia.

Details and Specifications
Greenpeace converted the Rainbow Warrior into a sailing vessel by constructing three masts on the hull of a North Sea fishing trawler formerly called the Grampian Fame, much like the first Rainbow Warrior.

It is an ocean-going vessel equipped with the latest in electronic navigation, sailing and communication equipment.

Port of registry: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of purchase: 1987
Number of berths: 30
Number of inflatables:
   1 Avon Searider 1x 200hp optimax outboard
    2 Novurania 45hp 4 stroke outboards
    2 Lancers 45hp 4 Stroke outboard
Type of ship: Indo Sail Schooner
Call sign: PC 8024
Built: 1957 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, U.K
Gross tons: 555
Length: 55.20 m
Breadth: 8.54 m
Draught: 4.5 m
Maximum speed: 12 knots (2 engines, 3000 L/day)
Engines: 2 Diesel type Deutz M.W.M. 2 x 6 Cylinder, 2 x 500kW
Sailing Speed: 7-10knots average
Sails: 650 m2
Max Airdraft: 36m