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Rainbow Warrior Auckland , NZ.
Blown up by French frogmen. Sentenced to jail on a lovely pacific island.
Was protesting nuclear testing in the Pacific.
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In 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our ship the Rainbow Warrior. One crew member was killed. It was an instance when a government chose to respond to peaceful protest with deadly force. But peaceful protest has prevailed.
10 July 1985. The Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is moored in Auckland, New Zealand โ ready to confront French nuclear testing in the Moruroa Atoll.
Itโs close to midnight. The captain, Pete Willcox, and many other crew members are already asleep. A few others, including the photographer Fernando Pereira, are still chatting around the mess-room table, sharing between them the last two bottles of beer.
Suddenly, the lights go out. Thereโs the sharp crack of breaking glass. Then, a sudden roar of water. The crewโs first thought: Weโve been hit, possibly by a tug.
Then, thereโs a second explosion.
Those already on deck scramble up the ladder or leap to safety on the wharf. Within minutes, they see the shipโs steel masts tilt towards themโฆ