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Press Releases & Updates 2001
11th August 2001
One More Activist Swims Into Trident Area At Faslane
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Early this morning Trident Ploughshares (TP) campaigner Dave Rolstone swam
across the dark and polluted waters of the Gareloch in Scotland right into
the high security area where Britain’s Trident nuclear missile submarines
are berthed.
Dave (55), a boat builder from Pembrokeshire, went into the water from the
western shore just after midnight. He negotiated the large boom which
protects the Trident berths and swam undetected until he was about 40
metres from one of the Trident submarines. At this point he was spotted by
three marines on the jetty. Dave could see the red glow of their infra-red
night sights as they pointed their guns at him. Then the base alarm when
off - a loud screeching sound followed by a public address announcement
"Bandits in base, bandits in base!" A police inflatable boat picked him up
and he was taken into custody. He was charged with being in a prohibited
area and released at 5.30 a.m. He was carrying spray-paint and aimed to
continue the work of fellow activist Marcus Armstrong who managed to paint
the "I" of "Illegal" on a Trident submarine early on Monday morning.
After his release this morning Dave was able to pass on new information
about the Trident area and its security arrangements which will be very
helpful for future actions. He said: "Close up these subs are sinister
machines, especially when you know what they are designed to do."
The TP activists will strike their camp at Coulport today, after 14 days of
successful action and 65 arrests. Their next advertised event is the mass
blockade of Faslane on 22nd October but as before there will be ongoing
action by TP affinity groups.
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