Rainbow Warrior bombing

July 10th 1985 there was a party going on in the Rainbow Warrior. Meanwhile Frenchmen in a zodiac boat wearing scuba gear dove stealthily into the water and swam to the bottom of the ship. Secretly they put limpet bombs on the side of the Rainbow Warrior then swam away.

Inside the ship was a huge bang so someone went to check the engine. Surprisingly the place was filling with water. They thought another boat had  hit them but they weren't sure. Then another bomb exploded. Suddenly the captain started shouting, “ABANDON SHIP! ABANDON SHIP!”  Everyone was off the boat  but unfortunately one died, and his name was Fernando Pereira, He was a portuguese photographer. He had a daughter and a son.

The two spies got arrested and got sentenced to ten years, the French government wanted them in their prison but the NZ government said no. So the French government said that if you don’t give them to us to put in our prison we will stop buying your products. So they gave them the prisoners but they didn’t keep them in prison for ten years they kept them in the prison for two years and when they got out the people of France treated them like heroes.

If you are wondering why the french bombed the Rainbow Warrior than your just about find out. This is how it all started, as you might know greenpeace (Rainbow Warrior) were going to to protest in french polynesia for nuclear testing. So the french wanted to stop them, so they bombed the Rainbow Warrior.