Thursday, 7. January 2010
Topic: NAUTICAL - on January 7, 2010 at 10:13:00 AM CET
Sea Shepherd’s high-tech speedboat heavily damaged after collision with Japanese whaling ship
A high-tech trimaran used by anti-whaling activists to try to halt Japanese hunters in the Antarctic has been sliced in two and is in danger of sinking, say crew-members.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said its powerboat Ady Gil was rammed by a Japanese security vessel.
According to reports, the Shonan Maru 2 also launched projectiles.
Sea Shepherd’s Australian director Jeff Hansen said: “The Shonan Maru 2 had it in its direct line of sight, coming straight for it.
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