The MV ''Solo'' was a

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ship from 1990 to 1995, originally built in 1977 as an ocean tug called the ''Smit Houston''. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad as well as veterinary and laboratory facilities. In 1995 she was chartered by a company working with the

Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management ( Dutch: ''Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat''; V&W) was a Dutch ministry responsible for water management, public and private transport and infrastructure. It is now part of the ...

for use as a salvage vessel. At this time the ship was renamed as the ETV ''Waker''. On 7 September 2009, a fire starting in the engine room so seriously damaged the vessel that she was scrapped.

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Archive.greenpeace.org
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