Contrary to an earlier erroneous post , featuring another Shipping Reporter scoop , there really is an eye-catching ship in Townsville, its funnel brandishing the letters ICBM which could be taken to stand for - Inter Continental Ballistic MIssile !!!
It is the German deep sea research vessel Sonne (Sun) , the letters ICBM representing the institute for chemical and biological study of the Meeres (seas) , University of Oldenburg.
The ship operates in the Pacific and Indian Oceans .
