Rainbow Warrior Outrage!

The Rainbow Warrior was one of Greenpeace's proudest sailing ships. In 1985, it had just been updated and refurbished with new communication and radar equipment to help it further its goals as a vessel of Greenpeace. Moored in Auckland, New Zealand, the
Rainbow Warrior was about to set sail on its next mission, a major campaign against a French nuclear testing site at Moruroa Atoll. However, on the 10th of July, the French secret service, who had planted several spies aboard the crew of the ship, strategically placed several bombs throughout the hull of the vessel to sabotage it, the first of which detonated at 11:38 PM. With the massive damage done to the vessel, one crew member died, yet the French government denied having anything to do with this crime. In the end though, justice was seen through and the French Prime Minister publicly admitted that "Agents of the DGSE (secret service) sank this boat. They acted on orders." With such massive damage done to the Rainbow Warrior, it was decided to end its career prematurely and so it was made into a living reef at the bottom of the ocean at Matauri Bay in New Zealand's Cavalli Islands. This is just an example of the kind of adversity that members of Greenpeace face today from other parties, despite their noble mission and goal. Yet, Greenpeace has continued and persevered in the very face of this opposition and has already replaced the first Rainbow Warrior and now has plans to build a third ship for similar purposes.