The MV Solo was a Greenpeace ship from 1990 to 1995, originally built in 1977 as an ocean tug called the Smit Houston. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad as well as veterinary and laboratory facilities. In 1995 she was chartered by a company working with the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for use as a salvage vessel. At this time the ship was renamed as the ETV Waker. On 7 September 2009, a fire starting in the engine room so seriously damaged the vessel that she was scrapped.^[1][2]

Solo in Glasgow
History
Name	Smit Houston
Owner	Smit International
Port of registry	Rotterdam,  Netherlands
Builder	Verolme scheepswerf, Heusden
Yard number	935
Launched	11 December 1976
Completed	12 May 1977
Name	Solo
Operator	Greenpeace
Port of registry	Rotterdam,  Netherlands
Acquired	1990
Out of service	1995
Name	Waker
Port of registry	Rotterdam,  Netherlands
Acquired	1995
Out of service	2009
Identification	IMO number: 7522124 Call sign: PILX
Fate	Scrapped in 2009
General characteristics
Class and type	LR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service
Tonnage	2167 Gt
Length	67.50 m
Beam	14.55 m
Draught	6.234 m
Propulsion	Two main Gasoil, TM 410 C 6-cylinder line engine with turbocharger
Boats & landing craft carried	1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet. 3 Avon D465 RIB
Capacity	44