Pirates Seized After Threatening French Navy Ship
The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it.
Archive for March, 2011:
Pirates Hijack German-owned Ship
A German-owned cargo ship was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden in waters near Somalia that have become notorious for [tag]pirate[/tag] attacks.
Navy Ship Outruns Pirates, Officials Say
Pirates off the eastern coast of Somalia picked the wrong target this week when they tried to attack a U.S. Navy ship, the Navy said Thursday.
U.s., Korean Warships Stop Somali Pirate Attack
South Korean and American warships stopped a suspected [tag]pirate[/tag] attack on an Egyptian ship in the Gulf of Aden, capturing 17 suspected pirates, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday.
Somali Pirates Fire At U.s. Helicopter, Navy Says
Pirates holding a Taiwanese-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia fired on a U.S. Navy helicopter Wednesday as the aircraft monitored the ship, the Navy said.
5 Held As Confused Pirates Attack French Ship
Five people were detained off Somalia’s coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel, the French Defense Ministry said.
French Military Fends Off Somalia Pirate Attack
The French military fended off a [tag]pirate[/tag] attack on two fishing boats, hundreds of miles off the coast of east Africa, a French Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
China Vows To Rescue 25 Crew Aboard Hijacked Merchant Ship
China plans to make “every effort to rescue” a merchant ship and crew hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the country’s state news agency reported on Tuesday.
Global Pirate Attacks On The Increase
The first nine months of this year has seen more [tag]pirate[/tag] attacks than all of last year. And more than half of those attacks were carried out by suspected Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog group said Wednesday.
Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship Near Seychelles
Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.