RV Farley Mowat

RV Farley Mowat

The RV Farley Mowat is a long-range, ice class, ship. Originally built as a Norwegian fisheries research and enforcement vessel, it was purchased by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August 1996. It is named after Canadian writer Farley Mowat. Its previous name with the group was Ocean Warrior.

It was the flagship of Sea Shepherd's fleet until seized by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans off the coast of Newfoundland in April 2008. It was sold for CAD$5,000 by court order in November 2009. As of April 2010 it was moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia being refit for operation by Green Ship LLC, a company headquartered in Oregon. It is to become an expedition vessel and will be doing research in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.