The MV ''Solo'' was a
Greenpeace
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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 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.
References
External links
Archive.greenpeace.org
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Ships built in the Netherlands
Ships of the Netherlands
1977 ships
Ships of Greenpeace