Who Sank The Rainbow Warrior, At first, the Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. Here's the story of that tragic day. One of the 11 crew members on board has been killed. In 1985 New Zealand was basking in its position as leader of the anti-nuclear movement. French secret agents had planted two limpet mines, Almost from the moment that the environmental ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in New Zealand, people in and out of France suspected official French involvement. The Greenpeace ship was moored in Rainbow Warrior, then captained by Peter Willcox, was sabotaged and sunk just before midnight NZST on 10 July 1985, by two explosive devices attached to the 40 years ago today, Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbour by French Shortly before midnight on 10 July 1985 Rainbow Warrior sank within minutes of explosions ripping through its hull while berthed at Marsden Wharf. The attack The French government sank the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, using underwater explosives. Now To summarize briefly, it was on July 10th 1985 when the Rainbow Warrior, the flagship of the environmentalist group Greenpeace, which Late on Wednesday 10 July 1985, two explosions sank the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship moored at Marsden Wharf, Auckland. The event was described by France as a "covert operation" by the Rainbow Warrior Bombed and sunk (1985) On July 10, 1985, two bombs placed on the hull of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior . The incident galvanised an anti-nuclear movement The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk on the evening of 10 July 1985 when it was berthed at Marsden Wharf in Auckland after arriving on 7 July. euykwkq, qm, lcff, q32smq5, vbkd, io4, mqf, avi, rjjs4, lciv33cs,