Red Crusader incident

On 27 April 1959, the British and Danish governments exchanged notes in Copenhagen establishing temporary regulations on fishing around the Faroe Islands.

Niels Ebbesen then fired an aimed shot, damaging Red Crusader.

[5] On 15 November 1961, the British and Danish governments established an adversarial international commission of inquiry into the incident under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

[7] The commission delivered its report in March 1962 and found no evidence of illegal fishing.

Further, the commission found that the Niels Ebbesen had used excessive force, beyond that justified by international law in firing on the trawler.