Rainbow Warrior (2011)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rainbow Warrior |
| Owner: | Greenpeace |
| Ordered: | July 2009 |
| Builder: | Fr. Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, Germany[1] |
| Cost: | £14m [Estimated][2] |
| Status: | Planned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Motor assisted yacht |
| Tonnage: | approximately 838 GT[3] |
| Length: | 57.92 m oa[3] |
| Beam: | 11.30 m[3] |
| Height: | 50.50 m (air draft)[3] |
| Draught: | 5.00 m[3] |
| Propulsion: | Sail with diesel-electric backup[3] |
| Capacity: | 30[2] |
| Notes: |
Sail area: 1,300m², Helipad[2] |
The Rainbow Warrior (sometimes Rainbow Warrior III) will be a purpose-built motor-assisted sailing yacht owned and operated by Greenpeace and intended for use in their activities such as environmental protests and scientific excursions. It is to set sail in 2011,[2] and replace the Rainbow Warrior II after further upgrades and maintenance of the older ship had shown itself impractical.[4]
The vessel will be the first Rainbow Warrior that is not converted from another vessel. It is to be built in German and Polish shipyards, with the intention to both provide state of the art facilities for the group's use (including high-tech communications equipment) as well as produce one of the greenest ships afloat. Partly this is to be achieved by a substantial reliance on sails as propulsion, with the engine projected to be needed only for 10% or less of the time.[2]
References
- ↑ "Fassmer to build new vessel for Greenpeace". Fr. Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG. July 2009. http://www.fassmer.de/english/unternehmen/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/presse_2009_07.html. Retrieved 23-02-2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Greenpeace commissions third Warrior - The New Zealand Herald
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Greenpeace orders new Rainbow Warrior". Marinelog. 2009-07-07. http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2009jul00070.html. Retrieved 23-02-2010.
- ↑ Greenpeace to build £14m flagship - The Observer, Sunday 17 January 2010
External links
- Greenpeace orders technologically advanced Rainbow Warrior III (Greenpeace press release, 02 July 2009)
- We're gonna need a bigger boat! (Greenpeace press release with artists impression, 02 July 2009)
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