Sea Shepherd Boat ADY GIL Rammed and Sunk by Japanese Whalers

Published: January 6th, 2010 by Fred |

That did not take long:

The crew of the New Zealand trimaran harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean had to be rescued after their boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese ship, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says. – Stuff.co.nz

Click on the photo to go to the story where there are more photos of what was left after the collision. (Note: The story reports that the vessel did eventually sink)

Sea Shepherd’s newest vessel was covered previously at gCaptain here: ‘Sea Shepherd Unveils New Weapon to Fight Whale Hunters‘

Many of us had doubts that Sea Shepherd had the competency to operate a vessel of this type. I have to say that I am not surprised at all that the end came so quickly for this vessel, although I thought they would destroy it on their own before the Japanese got the opportunity to do it for them. At least nobody appears to have gotten hurt in this incident.

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Cross-posted on my blog – Fred Fry International

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