Rainbow Warrior (ship, 1957)

Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior in the Bosphorus (2009)

Ship data flag  Netherlands other ship names Kashmir (1957–1962) Ross Kashmir (1962–1982) Grampian Fame (1957-1989) Rainbow Warrior (1989-2011) Rongdhonu (since 2011) Ship type 1957–1989: trawler since 1989: motor-assisted schooner Callsign PC8024 home port Grimsby , UK (1957–1968) Saint John’s , CAN (1968–1970) Grimsby , UK (1970–1982) Aberdeen , UK (1982–1989) Amsterdam , NLD (1989–2011) Owner Stichting Phoenix 1989–2011: Greenpeace since 2011: Friendship Shipyard Cochrane & Sons, Selby Build number 1422 Launch February 18, 1957 takeover 1987 Commissioning September 1957 Decommissioning 2018 Whereabouts scrapped

Ship dimensions and crew length 42.6 m (1957–1967) 48.8 m (1967–) 55.2 m ( Lüa ) width 8.54 m Draft Max. 4.6 m displacement 448 BRT (1957-1967) 489 BRT (1967-) 555   crew 28

Machine system machine diesel-electric 2 × diesel Deutz MWM 2 × 6 cylinders Machine performance 1,000 kW (1,360 PS) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1

Rigging and rigging Rigging Gaff rigging Number of masts 3 Sail area 650 m² Speed under sail Max. 7 kn (13 km / h)

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 5300481

The Rainbow Warrior (unofficially Rainbow Warrior II called; German "Rainbow Warrior") was a motor-assisted schooner , from 1989 to 2011 by the environmental organization Greenpeace bereedert was, who were also owners. It was the successor to the Rainbow Warrior , which was sunk in 1985 . At last the ship was called Rongdhonu , the Bengali word for rainbow .

history

The Rainbow Warrior officially went on its maiden voyage on July 10, 1989, the anniversary of the sinking of its predecessor . It was funded from part of the French compensation Greenpeace received in 1987. The basis for the three-masted formed the body of the deep-sea trawler Grampian Fame , the 1957 in Selby in Yorkshire from the stack was over. Originally 44 meters long, the steam-powered ship was extended to 55.2 meters in 1966. The conversion by Greenpeace ship masts received in gaff-rigged , a new engine and environmentally sound waste, heating and hot water systems.

The Rainbow Warrior was commissioned during a campaign against nuclear power and in its 22 years of service has accompanied actions against overfishing, whaling, wars, global warming and other environmental crimes on every ocean in the world. The ship was last used on March 28, 2011 off the Japanese coast to take seawater samples after the Fukushima nuclear disaster .

The Rainbow Warrior , subsequently decommissioned , was handed over to Friendship , a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Bangladesh, in a ceremony in Singapore on August 16, 2011 . In the future, the ship will operate as a floating hospital off the coast of Bangladesh and will be used to provide medical care for people in impoverished areas, including after natural disasters such as tsunamis and cyclones . The Rainbow Warrior was renamed Rongdhonu by Friendship , which means rainbow. The Rongdhonu first called at the port of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh on August 29, 2011 . Here she was to be converted into a hospital ship within six months and equipped with a 15-person crew. On November 14, 2012, the ship was able to start service after one year of renovation work. The equipment was chosen so that treatments in the fields of ophthalmology , dentistry , gynecology and paediatrics can be carried out on the ship. The ship was supposed to sail the coastal strip between Mongla and Teknaf , as the coastal residents there have no or only limited access to medical care. The Rongdhonu was the third and newest ship in the aid organization's fleet.

Scrapping

The ship was decommissioned in 2018 and stranded in Chittagong for demolition in November . This dismantling was the subject of public discussion because Greenpeace had always criticized the environmental and social conditions of the dismantling yards near Chittagong . In order to prevent the ship from being scrapped in this way after it was sold to Friendship, Greenpeace had reserved a veto right against this scrapping in the sales contract, but then did not use this veto right. Greenpeace itself regretted the action afterwards.

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  Rongdhonu (2011)

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  Renovation work (2011)

Trivia

On July 5, 1999, the British pop duo Eurythmics gave a concert for the benefit of Amnesty International and Greenpeace , with the Rainbow Warrior as a backdrop in the port of London .

Web links

Commons : Rainbow Warrior  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rainbow Warrior II . ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) - Homepage of Greenpeace Germany
• Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Viktoria Thumann: Let the Rainbow Warrior go to Japan! ( Memento of December 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) greenpeace.de, April 28, 2011; Retrieved August 18, 2011
2. ↑ Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior II" becomes a hospital. AFP message. August 17, 2011, accessed August 18, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Greenpeace flagship "Rainbow Warrior II" arrives in Bangladesh . ( Memento from June 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) stern.de , August 29, 2011; Retrieved August 30, 2011
4. ^ Greenpeace hospital boat lands in Bangladesh. AFP message. August 29, 2011, accessed August 30, 2011 . 
5. ^ WMS-Renovated Rongdhonu Vessel Starts Operation, Bangladesh. (No longer available online.) In: shipbuildingtribune.com. November 15, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 17, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Friendship launches another hospital ship. In: The Daily Star. November 15, 2012, accessed November 17, 2012 . 
7. ^ NGO-owned MV Rongdhonu ex-Rainbow Warrior II Beached in Chittagong for Recycling. In: hellenicshippingnews.com. November 14, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 . 
8. ^ Nicolai Kwasniewski: "Rainbow Warrior II" broken up in Bangladesh . Spiegel Online , December 28, 2018
9. ^ Sutherland / Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography , p. 375.