MV Greenpeace

MV Greenpeace

The MV Greenpeace (Formerly known as the Elbe) was a Greenpeace ship built in 1959 as an ocean going tug/salvage vessel. She was purchased by Greenpeace in 1985 from the Maryland Pilotage Company, the vessel then being named MV Maryland, and transferred back to Holland to be refitted with modern equipment before being recommissioned. (She took over from the first Rainbow Warrior, which had been sunk in 1985 by French commandos. In 2001 she was replaced by the MV Esperanza.

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