Person

Fernando Pereira

1950–1985 · 20th century

Fernando Pereira was a Portuguese-born Dutch photographer working for Greenpeace. He was killed on 10 July 1985 when agents of the French foreign intelligence service sank the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior with two bombs in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, before it could sail to protest against French nuclear tests at Moruroa. He drowned when he returned below deck after the first explosion.

Mentioned in 1 profile

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fernando Pereira. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fernando-pereira
MLA
“Fernando Pereira.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fernando-pereira. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Fernando Pereira.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fernando-pereira.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Fernando Pereira’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fernando-pereira (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻