FV Thunder 2015
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | FV Thunder | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 2015 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | fishing vessel | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Scuttled | Wikidata P793 significant event: scuttling |
| Nationality / flag | Seychelles, Nigeria | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | São Tomé | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 117 km from land |
| Position | 0.3167, 5.4167 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
FV Thunder was an outlaw fishing vessel sunk in 2015.
The ship was built in 1969 in Norway and has gone by many names, including: Vesturvón, Arctic Ranger, Rubin, Typhoon I, Kuko, and Wuhan N4. The Thunder was part of the "Bandit 6", a group of six fishing vessels that illegally fished for Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean. The ship was last registered in Lagos, Nigeria; however, the ship was officially de-listed by Nigeria a week before she sank.
An Interpol notice for the ship was released on 12 April 2013. In May 2014, Thunder was stopped by Malaysian officials for illegal fishing; however, they let the ship go after a fine of $90,000 was paid. From December 17, 2014, to April 6, 2015, two Sea Shepherd vessels, Bob Barker and the Age of Union, as part of "Operation Icefish", pursued the renegade trawler Thunder for 10,000 miles from Antarctic waters where it was illegally fishing for Patagonian toothfish to where Thunder was scuttled in the waters of São Tomé and Príncipe at 00°19′N 005°25′E.
Location
- Recorded position: 0.3167, 5.4167 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
- Nearest coast: São Tomé
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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