Login

 

Forgot password?
submarines shipbuilding Black Sea Fleet exercise Pacific Fleet Russian Navy Northern Fleet strategy cooperation Ukraine visits Russia piracy missiles trials Sevastopol history Sevmash presence contracts drills Baltic Fleet industry incident anti-piracy shipyards Gulf of Aden frigate training Somalia India developments reforms opinion Borei policy procurements Russia - India aircraft carrier Crimea arms exports USA St. Petersburg tests France financing Bulava Yury Dolgoruky Serdiukov US Navy Mediterranean cruise Zvezdochka NATO innovations Indian Navy United Shipbuilding Corporation Medvedev Arctic agreements commission Admiralteyskie Verfi Admiral Gorshkov Vladivostok Mistral accident hijacking corvettes overhaul Admiral Kuznetsov Russia - France anniversary Rosoboronexport Vysotsky ceremony event Yantar Severomorsk defense order negotiations aircraft conflict China deployment naval aviation investigations Black Sea Putin Varyag coast guard Vikramaditya Novorossiysk landing craft Far East marines crime meeting Severnaya Verf scandals memorials traditions Syria statistics Japan South Korea escort Yasen Neustrashimy tenders Admiral Chabanenko Marshal Shaposhnikov convoys Ukrainian Navy problems Severodvinsk Chirkov reinforcement tension firings tragedy technology hostages Almaz provocation Moskva Caspian Flotilla frontier service Baltic Sea search and rescue upgrade court keel laying rumors Dmitry Donskoy Turkey shipwreck death Kaliningrad World War II Petr Veliky Admiral Panteleyev Atalanta helicopters Kilo class Admiral Vinogradov Norway Rubin patrols Russia-Norway launching
Search
Our friends russian navy weapons world sailing ships
 
Tell a friend Print version

Ship crew breaks free from Somali pirates

Ship crew breaks free from Somali pirates 02.06.2010
Source: The Voice of Russia
Photo: Somali pirates. EPA
The crew of a North-Korean-flagged freighter have freed themselves and their ship from captivity with Somali pirates. The effort involved violence and left up to nine pirates dead. One crewmember is seriously injured.

Reports about this have been coming from maritime authorities in East Africa and naval sources in the European Union.

The ship is owned by a Libyan company. It was captured on the 3rd of February as it was crossing the Gulf of Aden on its way from Ukraine to India. There were 17 crew on board, all from Romania or Libya.

Back to the list


Related Information:





Back to news list