Linda

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Photo 1
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: Ruisbroek (BE)
Date: N/A
Photo 2
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: Ruisbroek (BE)
Date: N/A
Administrative data Technical data
name: Linda
built: 1967
call sign: XUJW8
IMO: 6715281
flag: Cambodja
dimensions: 68.43 x 10.52 x 3.20 m
type: general cargo carrier
capacity: 2666m³ bales, 2756m³ grain
speed: 11.00 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
Carsten (‘67-‘93)
Norasia Attika (’93-’93)
Manya (‘93-04)		 Rachel Corrie ('10-...)
We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).
Extra info:
In July 2009, the ship was been bringing timber into Dundalk, Ireland from the Baltic but the Cambodian registered vessel and its crew were abandoned by its owners which has gone out of business.
they were repatriated to their home countries in November 2009 thanks to ITF.

After being seized by the High Court on behalf of the ITF, the ship was sold at auction in Dundalk to the Free Gaza Movement on 30 March 2010.
The ship was renamed in honor of Rachel Corrie, an American college student crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while trying to prevent a house demolition in Gaza.

MV Rachel Corrie had intended to sail with the six ships of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, but was unable to join the other ships because of mechanical problems that forced it to undergo repairs in Malta, possibly resulting from Israeli sabotage.
The other six ships were confronted by a raid on 30 May 2010. In the violent clashes that followed, nine Turkish activists were killed and several dozen activists and ten IDF soldiers were injured.

The ship got underway on 31 May 2010, with her crew insisting that they would go to Gaza.
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 about 30 kilometres (16 nmi) from Gaza, seized control, and took ship and passengers to Israel

After an inspection, Israel delivered the entire cargo to Gaza, including cement, which is usually banned.
The protest activists and crew, having waived their right to appeal an order of deportation left Israel on 06/06/2010
Until now, the vessel is still in the hands of Israel
Converted? This vessel is still the same type as it was built.
Museum? No
Scrapping? N/A
Casualty? No