Press Releases & Updates 2001
3rd August 2001
Ploughshares Activists Buzz Trident Sub
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This morning Trident Ploughshares buzzed one the UK’s missile weapon submarines as it left the armaments depot at Coulport in Loch Long where the subs take nuclear warheads on board.
Six swimmers and three activists in canoes spread themselves across the loch as the huge vessel slipped southward well on the western side of the channel to avoid the swimmers. It had to change course again to avoid coming close to one of the canoeists, Marjan Willemsen(24), a Dutch woman from Faslane Peace Camp.
No arrests were made and the MOD boat police were content to keep submarine and activists apart. When the submarine had passed, the boatmen offered the TP swimmers a lift back to shore. One swimmer, Marcus Armstrong (41), from Milton Keynes, had a mild attack of cramp and was given a leg massage by one of the officers.
David Mackenzie said: "We were out in the water today because we just cannot allow such a machine, which is ready to kill and horribly maim millions of people, to sail as if it were an everyday, normal event. Again we take our hats off to the skill and consideration of the MOD boatmen."
The action is part of the 14-day TP disarmament camp at Peaton Wood in Coulport which has so far led to 32 arrests. The camp continues until 11th August and many more actions are expected.
Photos of this mornings action from Helensburgh Advertiser on 01436 673434 or from Trident Ploughshares
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