On November 12 the ship arrived at Alang and found that the Genova Bridge, owned by V Ships Commercials, London, had beached there. The watchdog said the Genova Bridge was laden with toxic substances like asbestos, waste oil, sludge, the carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyl and tributyltin, and demanded that it be sent back to Britain.

"We are not against ship breaking, but we want it done in a clean manner," Adarsh, an Indian volunteer onboard the vessel, said.

"Following protests by Greenpeace, the Ministry of Environment and Forests directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board to inspect the vessel," Namrata Chowdhury, the watchdog's media manager, said. "Later, the GPCB acknowledged that the ship did contain toxins," she added.

The Rainbow Warrior's mascot, a wooden dolphin.

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