Viking

Viking was an illegal fishing vessel wanted by Interpol and a member of The Bandit 6. She was sunk by the Indonesian Navy and Sea Shepherd for fishing violations.

History
Viking is almost as notorious as Thunder''. She has many aliases including Octopus 1, Berber, The Snake, Pion, The Bird, Chu Lam, Yin Peng, Thor 33, The Ulyses,The Gale, The South Boy, The Piscis, and she impersonated an ICR vessel in 2003 and called herself Choyo Maru No.5. ''She has many false flags with the most recent being Sierra Leone notable false flags include Togo and North Korea and several states that are listed on SEAFO and CCAMLR.   

Operation Icefish
The goal of Operation Icefish is to create an international incident and shutdown these boats who have been coming to Antarctica to poach since the 1960s. For most of Operation Icefish Viking stayed off the radar and did not attempt to confront Sea Shepherd. Upon word that the rest of the fleet was arrested she headed to Malaysia and got arrested by the coast guard.

Escape
In October of 2015 Viking escaped from prison after bribing the authorities and went on the run. Her prison break was short lived she ran into the Steve Irwin and was chased to Indonesia.

Arrest and Sinking
On February 26, 2016 Sea Shepherd spotted Viking entering Indonesian waters in violation of a fisheries ban on these type of vessels. Viking pulled into the port of Java and was arrested by the coast guard. During the investigation millions of tons of illegally caught toothfish were on board along with a fake Indonesian Flag and false papers. The minister of fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti delivered her verdict at Viking's trial sentencing the vessel to death by sinking. On the morning of March 14, 2016 Viking was loaded with explosives and sunk along with it's illegal catch. With Operation Icefish over Sea Shepherd has cleaned the waters of Antarctica of these vessels and the Bandit 6 will never again prey on the lives of toothfish in the Southern Ocean.