Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior is an undisputed icon – Synonymous with breaking boundaries and fearless campaigning, Greenpeace has sailed with the name Rainbow Warrior since 1978.
Our current sailing ship has been patrolling the world’s oceans since 2011.
Rainbow Warrior sailing outside the Auckland Harbour in New Zealand; banner that reads: "Bush Stop Star Wars". © Greenpeace / Roger Grace
The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior docked in Recife. The ship will host open boat events on the following 2 days. The events' focus is on fundraising and welcome new supporters. © Greenpeace / Rodrigo Paiva
The new Rainbow Warrior sails along the coast of IJmuiden during her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam. © Bente Stachowske / Greenpeace
Rainbow Warrior in the Tasman Sea. Full blue sails. (Greenpeace Witness book page 26)
Dolphins swim alongside the Rainbow Warrior in the Cook Strait, New Zealand; very close to where Texan oil company Anadarko intends to begin prospecting later this year.
After a 5-month journey across Southeast Asia, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior arrives at Port Klang in Selangor to raise awareness on environmental protection and to engage with local partners and supporters for a meaningful action on plastic pollution. This is the first time that the Greenpeace ship is sailing to Malaysia, a year after the international environmental NGO opened a local office in Kuala Lumpur. The most iconic of all Greenpeace ships is in the region to campaign on various environmental issues affecting communities and vital ecosystems in Southeast Asia. © Rahman Roslan / Greenpeace © Rahman Roslan / Greenpeace
Esperanza
The largest and swiftest vessel in our fleet, the Esperanza is a formidable force for good.A former Russian fire-fighting vessel, Esperanza has spent the last 15 years fighting environmental emergencies for Greenpeace.
Greenpeace’s largest ship, the ice class Esperanza, on her way to London calling on the supermarket Sainsbury’s to “stop killing our oceans” and drop the unsustainable tuna brand John West.
Submarine on the stern of the MY Esperanza in the Amazon river. Greenpeace launches a new campaign to defend the Amazon Reef, a unique and largely unknown biome that may be soon threatened by oil exploration. The MY Esperanza, one of the three Greenpeace vessels, is in the region of the Amazon river mouth, to document this new biome. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
The Esperanza in front of the windmills of windpark Prinses Amalia 12 miles outside the coast of the Netherlands © Greenpeace / Gerard Til
Arctic Sunrise
Designed as an icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise has witnessed the wonders of the coldest places on Earth.The Arctic Sunrise has been part of the Greenpeace fleet since 1995 when she took her first trip to the North Sea to document marine pollution by oil from offshore installations. Since then, she has been all over the planet, including the Congo, the Amazon and most recently to a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to conduct scientific research on biodiversity in the region.
Greenpeace ship "Arctic Sunrise" in the Amazon off Manaus. © Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace
Arctic Sunrise off Greenland. © Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace
Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in an ice landscape at the southern extent of the Arctic ice pack, Greenland Sea, East Coast of Greenland.