Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Action-against-Soviet-nuclear-vessel-BAKU-27MZIF5B5B5.htmlConceptually similarAction against Soviet nuclear vessel BAKUGP013TNCompleted★★★★Action against Soviet nuclear vessel BAKUGP0XEQCompleted★★★★★★★Action against Soviet nuclear vessel BAKUGP02T4LCompleted★★★★Action against Russian Nuclear Vessel BakuGP0VYPCompleted★★★★Action against Russian Nuclear Vessel BakuGP01ASECompleted★★★★Action against US Nuclear Navy vessel Thomas C. HartGP09SFCompleted★★★★★★★Action against US Nuclear Navy vessel Thomas C. HartGP0155ZCompleted★★★★★★Action against US Nuclear Navy vessel Thomas C. HartGP073GCompleted★★★★Action against US Nuclear Navy vessel Thomas C. HartGP0OMECompleted★★★★★★★View AllGP0M9JAction against Soviet nuclear vessel BAKUAction against Soviet nuclear capable aircraft carrier BAKU. Gulf of Hammamet.Locations:Golfe de Hammamet-Maghreb-TunisiaDate:1 Jan, 1988Credit:© Greenpeace / Steve MorganMaximum size:5628px X 3757pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Aircraft carriers-David and Goliath-Day-Disarmament-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace inflatables-KWCI (GPI)-Military ships-Navy-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear energy symbol-Outdoors-Painting actions-Russian Government-Small group of peopleShoot:Nuclear Free Seas Action in Hammamet in TunisiaAction against nuclear vessels in Hammamet, 35 kilometres off the Tunisian coast. The Sirius came upon five Soviet nuclear warships - a reflection of the USSR's lack of naval bases in the sea - along with a nuclear-armed US frigate, which was apparently keeping a watching eye on the Soviet flotilla. Volunteers promptly went into action against both navies, and succeeded in painting the international radiation symbol on the Soviet aircraft carrier Baku and on the US frigate Thomas C. Hart, despite being buzzed by a Soviet launch and sprayed by American fire hoses.
