What is MV Rachel Corrie?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:MV ''Rachel Corrie''}} {{Blockade of the Gaza Strip}} '''MV ''Rachel Corrie''''' is a ship that is owned and operated by the [[Free Gaza Movement]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/irish-aid-boat-gaza-israel-warning |title=Irish aid boat holds course towards Gaza despite Israel warning |author=Peter Walker |date=1 June 2010 |work=The Guardian|accessdate=1 June 2010}}</ref> The ship is named in honour of [[Rachel Corrie]], a former member of the [[International Solidarity Movement]]. It was built by [[J.J. Sietas]] in [[Hamburg]] in 1967, and was originally named ''Carsten''. it has also carried the names ''Norasia Attika'', ''Manya'' and more recently ''Linda''. In June 2010, the ship was boarded by [[Israeli Defence Forces]] while it was trying to deliver [[humanitarian aid]] to the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>Berger, Robert. [http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Intercepted-Aid-Ship-Arrives-in-Israeli-Port-95686204.html Israeli Navy Intercepts Aid Ship Headed for Gaza.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415121526/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Intercepted-Aid-Ship-Arrives-in-Israeli-Port-95686204.html |date=2012-04-15 }} ''Voice of America.'' 5 June 2010.</ref> ==Related pages== {{commonscat-inline|Rachel Corrie (ship, 1967)}} * [[Rachel Corrie]] * {{ill|Blockade of the Gaza Strip|en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Whole Gaza Strip}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Arab–Israeli conflict]] [[Category:Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Rachel Corrie]] [[Category:Ships|Rachel Corrie]]