1985
The rainbow warrior was bombed by the french.
Auckland Harbour.
French agents managed to sink the Rainbow Warrior by posing as supporters of their cause. They were able to gain access to the Rainbow Warrior, while on board they planted two mines. When the agents were off the Rainbow Warrior, they detonated the mines.
The Rainbow Warrior was bombed in July 1985.
Just before midnight on 10 July 1985, underwater charges which had been placed by frogmen on the hull of the Rainbow Warrior, exploded, sinking the vessel while it was in Auckland Harbour.
On July 10, 1985, the French intellegence service DGSE sank the Rainbow Warrior in an operation that was designed to be 'discovered'.
The Rainbow Warrior was the flagship of the conservationist organisation Greenpeace.
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened in 1985.
The Greenpeace flagship, the 'Rainbow Warrior', was named after a North American Indian legend.
July 10, 1985 in the harbour of Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the years, Jeff was called "Wonder Boy", "The Kid" and "The Rainbow Warrior".
Warrior's it was Rainbow Warrior's in the past but is now just the Warrior's