# MV Rachel Corrie

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Cargo ship owned by the Free Gaza Movement

MV Rachel Corrie History Name Carsten (1967–1993) Norasia Attika (1993–2000) Manya (2000–2003) Linda (2003–2010) Rachel Corrie (from 2010) Namesake Rachel Corrie Owner P Buck (1993–94) Ariadna Shipping Ltd (1994–2003) LSA Hansa Bunkering Ltd (2003–05) Lackner Ventures Ltd (2005–2010) Free Gaza Movement (from 2010) Operator H Moller (1994–2004) Hanza Bunkering Ltd (2004–05) Forestry Shipping Ltd (2005) Eestinva (2005–2010) Free Gaza Movement (from 2010) Port of registry Antigua (1993–2000) Kingstown (2000–2003) Latvia (2003–05) Phnom Penh (since 2005) Builder J J Sietas, Hamburg Yard number 625 Completed May 1967 Home port Dundalk (since 2010) Identification IMO number: 6715281 MMSI number: 515886000 Callsign: XUJW8 General characteristics Class & type Coaster Tonnage 499 GT 479 NRT 1,205 DWT Length 68.43 m (224 ft 6 in) Beam 10.52 m (34 ft 6 in) Depth 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) Installed power Deutz diesel engine Propulsion Screw propeller Speed 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)

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**MV *Rachel Corrie*** is a 499 GT [coaster](/source/Coastal_trading_vessel) owned and operated by the [Free Gaza Movement](/source/Free_Gaza_Movement).[1] The ship is named in honour of [Rachel Corrie](/source/Rachel_Corrie), a deceased member of the [International Solidarity Movement](/source/International_Solidarity_Movement). Built by [J.J. Sietas](/source/J.J._Sietas) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) in 1967, she was originally named *Carsten*; she has also carried the names *Norasia Attika*, *Manya* and *Linda*.

In June 2010 the vessel was intercepted by [Israeli Defence Forces](/source/Israeli_Defence_Forces) while attempting to break the Israeli [blockade of the Gaza Strip](/source/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip) and to deliver humanitarian aid.[2]

## Description

The ship was built as yard number 625 by J J Sietas, [Germany](/source/Germany). Completed in May 1967, she is 68.43 metres (224 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 10.52 metres (34 ft 6 in) and a depth of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). The ship is powered by a [Deutz](/source/Deutz_AG) diesel engine which can propel her at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h).[3]

## History

### Early history

Originally named *Carsten*, she was sold in 1993 to P Buck, [Antigua](/source/Antigua) and renamed *Norasia Attika*. She was sold on 8 December that year to Ariadna Shipping Ltd, [St Vincent](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines). On 1 February 1994 she was placed under the management of H Möller KG, Germany. She was renamed *Manya* on 24 November 2000. On 23 February 2004 she was sold to Hanza Bunkering Ltd. She was renamed *Linda* on 24 November 2003. On 30 August 2005 she was sold to Lackner Ventures Ltd. On 28 November 2005, she was placed under the management of Eestinova.[3]

*Linda* was used by [Guinness](/source/Diageo) for exporting [beer](/source/Guinness) before being converted for use as a freighter.[4] Her port of registry was [Phnom Penh](/source/Phnom_Penh).[5] The [IMO Number](/source/IMO_Number) 6715281 and [MMSI Number](/source/MMSI_Number) 515886000 are allocated. *Rachel Corrie* uses the Callsign XUJW8.[6]

### 1999–2009

By 2009, the ship had been bringing timber into [Dundalk, Ireland](/source/Dundalk%2C_Ireland) from the [Baltic](/source/Baltic_region) for the previous 10 years.[7] At the end of July that year, the Cambodian-registered vessel and its crew were abandoned by its owners, Forestry Shipping, of [Riga](/source/Riga), a company which has gone out of business.[8][9] The crew were left with one day's food and were owed arrears of pay that totaled €42,000. With the assistance of the Irish union [SIPTU](/source/SIPTU), an affiliate of the [International Transport Workers' Federation](/source/International_Transport_Workers'_Federation) (ITF), they were repatriated to their home countries in November 2009.

### 2009–present

After being seized by the High Court on behalf of the ITF, the ship was sold at auction in Dundalk for €70,000 to the [Free Gaza Movement](/source/Free_Gaza_Movement) on 30 March 2010. This enabled ITF Inspector Ken Fleming to pay the crew their arrears. It was outfitted at Brown's Quay in Dundalk, Ireland, for use in a voyage to [Gaza](/source/Gaza_Strip). While there, a significant amount of navigational equipment worth between €15,000 and €20,000 was stolen from the vessel.[4]

The ship was renamed in honor of [Rachel Corrie](/source/Rachel_Corrie), an [American](/source/United_States) college student crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while trying to prevent a [house demolition](/source/House_demolition_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict) in [Gaza](/source/Gaza_Strip).[10] The vessel was launched on 12 May 2010 from Dundalk with the full title [MV](/source/Motor_ship) *Rachel Corrie*.[11][12]

## 2010 Gaza journey

Main article: [Gaza journey of MV Rachel Corrie](/source/Gaza_journey_of_MV_Rachel_Corrie)

MV *Rachel Corrie* had intended to sail with the six ships of the [Gaza Freedom Flotilla](/source/2010_Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla), but was unable to join the other ships because of mechanical problems that forced it to undergo repairs in [Malta](/source/Malta),[13] with unsubstantiated allegations of Israeli sabotage.[14] The other six ships were [confronted by a raid on 30 May 2010](/source/2010_Gaza_flotilla_raid). In the violent clashes that followed, nine Turkish activists were killed and several dozen activists and ten IDF soldiers were injured.[15]

The ship got underway on 31 May 2010, with her crew insisting that they would go to Gaza.[13] Despite repeated requests by the Irish Government and others to let the ship through to Gaza, Israeli commandos boarded the ship from speed boats at around noon on 5 June 2010, in [international waters](/source/International_waters) about 30 kilometres (16 nmi) from Gaza, seized control, and took ship and passengers to Israel.[16]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Peter Walker (1 June 2010). ["Irish aid boat holds course towards Gaza despite Israel warning"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/01/irish-aid-boat-gaza-israel-warning). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 1 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Berger, Robert. [Israeli Navy Intercepts Aid Ship Headed for Gaza.](https://www.voanews.com/a/intercepted-aid-ship-arrives-in-israeli-port-95686204/118874.html) *Voice of America.* 5 June 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Manya_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Manya_3-1) ["Manya"](http://www.merchantships-international.at/MANYA_IMO6715281.pdf) (PDF). Merchant Ships International. Retrieved 2 June 2010.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-An_Phoblacht_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-An_Phoblacht_4-1) Ó Snodaigh, Aengus; Morgan, Arthur (13 May 2010). ["Free Gaza Campaign launch ship"](http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/39903). *An Phoblacht*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tribe_5-0)** Verlo, Eric (5 May 2010). ["Gaza Freedom Flotilla building steam"](http://notmytribe.com/2010/gaza-freedom-flotilla-is-building-steam-816465.html). Not my tribe. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Track_6-0)** ["Rachel Corrie (IMO: 6715281)"](http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Linda-6715281.html). Vesseltracker. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Argus_7-0)** Margaret Roddy, [Port comes to aid of stranded crew](https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/dundalk-news/port-comes-to-aid-of-stranded-crew/26936795.html) , [The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Dundalk)), 26 August 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IT_8-0)** Terry Conlon, [Crew to stay aboard ship for 'as long as it takes to get paid'](http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0822/1224253079244.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314024014/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0822/1224253079244.html) 14 March 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Irish Times](/source/Irish_Times), 22 August 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Auction of Seized MV *Linda* in Dundalk on Tuesday"](http://ms-my.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=414748369256). [SIPTU](/source/SIPTU). 29 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Businessweek_New_aid_ship_10-0)** Hadjicostis, Menelaos; Rising, David (4 June 2010). ["New aid ship heads to Gaza, Israel vows to stop it"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100605134124/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9G4F1M00.htm). Associated Press. Archived from [the original](http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9G4F1M00.htm) on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Elaine Keogh (31 March 2010). ["€70,000 from auctioned ship to go to unpaid crew"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314024426/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0331/1224267398504.html). [Irish Times](/source/Irish_Times). Archived from [the original](http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0331/1224267398504.html) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Isabel Hurley (31 March 2010). ["Abandoned ship to set sail with Gaza aid"](http://www.independent.ie/national-news/abandoned-ship-to-set-sail-with-gaza-aid-2118118.html). [Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Malta_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Malta_13-1) ["Ship escapes Israeli raid after being delayed in Malta"](https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100601/local/ship-escapes-israeli-raid-after-being-delayed-in-malta). *The Times of Malta*. 1 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Israel releases last of activists seized on aid ships"](http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article444828.ece). *The Hindu*. Chennai, India. DPA. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10195838.stm). BBC News. 31 May 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AP_Defiant_16-0)** Laub, Karin (5 June 2010). ["Israel remains defiant, seizes Gaza-bound aid ship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100608092132/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6fvvgQLELYgmlMBK-EaQ8A1WQD9G59PL00). Associated Press. Archived from [the original](https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6fvvgQLELYgmlMBK-EaQ8A1WQD9G59PL00) on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.

## External links

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