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</div> </div></div></div> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia" title="Piracy off the coast of Somalia">Piracy off the coast of Somalia</a> has been a threat to <a href="/wiki/Ship_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship transport">international shipping</a> since the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a> in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2005, many international organizations have expressed concern over the rise in acts of <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piracy impeded the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses, costing an estimated $6.6-$6.9 billion a year in global trade according to Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP).<sup id="cite_ref-OBP2011_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBP2011-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/German_Institute_for_Economic_Research" title="German Institute for Economic Research">German Institute for Economic Research</a> (DIW), a veritable industry of profiteers also arose around the piracy. <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> companies significantly increased their profits from the pirate attacks as insurance companies hiked premium rates in response.<sup id="cite_ref-Gerforpol_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gerforpol-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" title="Combined Task Force 150">Combined Task Force 150</a>, a multinational coalition task force, took on the role of fighting the piracy by establishing a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Security_Patrol_Area" title="Maritime Security Patrol Area">Maritime Security Patrol Area</a> (MSPA) within the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Socotra_Passage" class="mw-redirect" title="Socotra Passage">Socotra Passage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MSPA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSPA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirate attacks had by October 2012 dropped to a six-year low, with only one ship attacked in the third quarter compared to thirty-six during the same period in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Bspftsylagds_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bspftsylagds-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By December 2013, the US <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a> reported that only 9 vessels had been attacked during the year by pirates, with zero successful hijackings.<sup id="cite_ref-Qspwrtzty_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qspwrtzty-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Control_Risks_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Control Risks Group">Control Risks</a> attributed this 90% decline in pirate activity from the corresponding period in 2012 to the adoption of better management practices by vessel owners and crews, armed private security on board ships, a significant naval presence, and the development of onshore security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Tspidnpfly_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tspidnpfly-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ships_captured_or_attacked_off_the_Somali_coast">List of ships captured or attacked off the Somali coast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of ships captured or attacked off the Somali coast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005">2005</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/MV_Feisty_Gas" title="MV Feisty Gas">MV <i>Feisty Gas</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/LPG_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="LPG carrier">LPG carrier</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>120</small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released<br />after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2005-04-10</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small><i>not known</i></small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>315,000</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">MV <i>Feisty Gas</i>, a liquefied petroleum gas tanker, was seized by Somali pirates. A Hong Kong-based company that owns the vessel reportedly paid $315,000 to a representative of the Somali pirates in Mombasa, Kenya, according to a recent UN report.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Semlow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MV Semlow (page does not exist)">MV <i>Semlow</i></a><br />(Freighter)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>10</small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released</small> </td> <td><small> 2005-06-27</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2005-10-03</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>50,000</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">MV <i>Semlow</i>, carrying UN food supplies for tsunami victims, was seized by pirates en route from <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bosasso" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosasso">Bosasso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. They held the ship for 100 days until a Somali business man convinced them to leave without payment.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Panagia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MV Panagia (page does not exist)">MV <i>Panagia</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>22 all ukrainian</small><br /><small>(<i>coal</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released<br />after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2005-10-18</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2005-11-25</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>700,000</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">MV <i>Panagia</i>, a 22b,046 GRT <a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a> with <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> to <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, was seized by Somali pirates some 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the east coast. A Ukrainian-based company that owns the vessel reportedly paid $700,000 to a representative of the Somali pirates in <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seabourn Spirit"><img alt="Seabourn Spirit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg/100px-SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg/150px-SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg/200px-SeabournSpirit_crop_gobeirne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/Star_Breeze" title="Star Breeze">MV <i>Seabourn Spirit</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ship</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>210</small><br /><small>(Passengers)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Capture failed</small> </td> <td><small> 2005-11-05</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>Capture failed</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Star_Breeze" title="Star Breeze"><i>Seabourn Spirit</i></a>, a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers, was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riding in two small speedboats, the pirates fired at the ship with <a href="/wiki/Machine_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine guns">machine guns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rocket-propelled_grenade" title="Rocket-propelled grenade">rocket-propelled grenades</a>, but the crew drove them off with a water hose and a <a href="/wiki/Long_range_acoustic_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Long range acoustic device">long range acoustic device</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="MV Safina al-Birsarat"><img alt="MV Safina al-Birsarat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg/100px-Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg/150px-Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg/200px-Suspected_pirate_ship_boarded_by_USS_Winston_S._Churchill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Safina_al-Birsarat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MV Safina al-Birsarat (page does not exist)">MV <i>Safina al-Birsarat</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhow</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>16</small><br /><small>(<i>coal</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Rescued by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></small> </td> <td><small> 2006-01-16</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2006-01-22</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Pirates hijacked the India-registered MV <i>Safina al-Birsarat</i> along with its crew of 16 Indians. On January 22, <a href="/wiki/USS_Winston_S._Churchill" title="USS Winston S. Churchill">USS <i>Winston S. Churchill</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, intercepted the vessel. After warning shots were fired, the pirates surrendered and all ten on board were taken into custody. The ten were transported to <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, where they were sentenced to seven years in prison by a court.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_(TLAM)_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_(CG_71).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Cape St. George"><img alt="USS Cape St. George" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg/100px-US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg/150px-US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg/200px-US_Navy_030323-N-6946M-002_A_Tomahawk_Land_Attack_Missile_%28TLAM%29_launches_from_the_guided_missile_cruiser_USS_Cape_St._George_%28CG_71%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Gonzalez_(DDG-66).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Gonzalez"><img alt="USS Gonzalez" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg/100px-USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg/150px-USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg/200px-USS_Gonzalez_%28DDG-66%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/USS_Cape_St._George" title="USS Cape St. George">USS <i>Cape St. George</i> (CG-71)</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser" title="Ticonderoga-class cruiser"><i>Ticonderoga</i>-class cruiser</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/USS_Gonzalez" title="USS Gonzalez">USS <i>Gonzalez</i> (DDG-66)</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class destroyer</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><i>unknown</i></small><br /><small>(<i>none</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Attack failed, one pirate killed and twelve captured.</small> </td> <td><small> 2006-03-18</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>N/A</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">USS <i>Cape St. George</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser" title="Ticonderoga-class cruiser"><i>Ticonderoga</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a>, and USS <i>Gonzalez</i>, an <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/March_18,_2006_incident_off_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="March 18, 2006 incident off Somalia">engaged pirate vessels</a> after receiving fire from them. </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007">2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=MV_Rozen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MV Rozen (page does not exist)">MV <i>Rozen</i></a><br />()</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>12</small><br /><small>(UN food aid)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-02-25</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=11_50_0_N_51_35_0_E_type:event&title=2007-02-25%2C+Ship%3A+MV+Rozen%2C+2007-02-25"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°50′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">51°35′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.83333°N 51.58333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.83333; 51.58333</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2007-02-25, Ship: MV Rozen, 2007-02-25</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-04-05</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Somali pirates with automatic weapons captured the ship, carrying six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 27, members of the Somali coast guard attempted to take back the ship but failed, and two coast guardsmen were killed. </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_071105-N-0000X-007_Members_of_a_U.S._Navy_rescue_and_assistance_team_provide_humanitarian_and_medical_assistance_to_the_crew_of_the_Taiwanese-flagged_fishing_trawler_Ching_Fong_Hwa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/US_Navy_071105-N-0000X-007_Members_of_a_U.S._Navy_rescue_and_assistance_team_provide_humanitarian_and_medical_assistance_to_the_crew_of_the_Taiwanese-flagged_fishing_trawler_Ching_Fong_Hwa.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/US_Navy_071105-N-0000X-007_Members_of_a_U.S._Navy_rescue_and_assistance_team_provide_humanitarian_and_medical_assistance_to_the_crew_of_the_Taiwanese-flagged_fishing_trawler_Ching_Fong_Hwa.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/US_Navy_071105-N-0000X-007_Members_of_a_U.S._Navy_rescue_and_assistance_team_provide_humanitarian_and_medical_assistance_to_the_crew_of_the_Taiwanese-flagged_fishing_trawler_Ching_Fong_Hwa.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=FV_Ching_Fong_Hwa_168&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FV Ching Fong Hwa 168 (page does not exist)">FV <i>Ching Fong Hwa 168</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fishing_vessel" title="Fishing vessel">fishing vessel</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>15</small><br /><small>(<i>fish</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>14 crew released, 1 crew member executed.</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-04-28</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-11-05</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>1,500,000</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">The Taiwanese fishing vessel was hijacked on May 28, 2007. The surviving crew of ten Chinese, two Taiwanese and two Filipino crew members was released on November 5 after spending more than six months in captivity. One Chinese crew member was killed by the pirates on May 28 because the ship's owners failed to meet their ransom demands.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mavuno_I_and_II.png" class="mw-file-description" title="FV Mavuno No. 1 and FV Mavuno No. 2"><img alt="FV Mavuno No. 1 and FV Mavuno No. 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mavuno_I_and_II.png/100px-Mavuno_I_and_II.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mavuno_I_and_II.png/150px-Mavuno_I_and_II.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mavuno_I_and_II.png/200px-Mavuno_I_and_II.png 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="843" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=FV_Mavuno_No._1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FV Mavuno No. 1 (page does not exist)">FV <i>Mavuno No. 1</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fishing_vessel" title="Fishing vessel">fishing vessel</a>)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=FV_Mavuno_No._2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FV Mavuno No. 2 (page does not exist)">FV <i>Mavuno No. 2</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fishing_vessel" title="Fishing vessel">fishing vessel</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>25</small><br /><small>(Fishing equipment)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td> <td><small> 2007-05-15</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=1_10_0_N_49_0_0_E_type:event&title=2007-05-15%2C+Ships%3A+FV+Mavuno+No.+1%2C+FV+Mavuno+No.+2%2C+2007-05-15"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">1°10′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">49°0′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">1.16667°N 49.00000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">1.16667; 49.00000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2007-05-15, Ships: FV Mavuno No. 1, FV Mavuno No. 2, 2007-05-15</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-11-00</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Two Tanzanian-registered ships belonging to Korea's Daechang Fishing were seized about 210 nautical miles (390 km) off the Somali capital of <a href="/wiki/Mogadishu" title="Mogadishu">Mogadishu</a>. Their 25 crew members (including ten Chinese, four South Koreans, three Vietnamese, four Indonesians and four Indians) were released six months later.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/MV_Danica_White" title="MV Danica White">MV <i>Danica White</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>5</small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released<br />after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-06-01</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-08-23</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>723,000 (negotiated down from $1.5 million)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">The Danish-owned cargo ship MV <i>Danica White</i> was hijacked and maneuvered into Somali waters. On June 3, <a href="/wiki/USS_Carter_Hall_(LSD-50)" title="USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)">USS <i>Carter Hall</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Harpers_Ferry-class_dock_landing_ship" title="Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship"><i>Harpers Ferry</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship dock">landing ship dock</a> <a href="/wiki/June_3,_2007_incident_off_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="June 3, 2007 incident off Somalia">engaged the pirates</a>, firing machine-gun bursts at the skiffs in tow behind the Danish ship, but failed to stop them.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following 83 days in captivity, the crew of five and the ship were released after the owner, H. Folmer & Co, paid a ransom of <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>723,000, which was negotiated down from $1.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=FV_Grecko_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FV Grecko 2 (page does not exist)">FV <i>Grecko 2</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fishing_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing boat">fishing boat</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>4+</small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td> <td><small> 2007-09-20</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small><i>not known</i></small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">FV <i>Greko 2</i> was hijacked 110 nautical miles (200 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a>. The vessel was anchored near Raas Shula, all crew removed from vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-Sep07_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sep07-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_071213-N-3764J-002_The_Merchant_vessel_Golden_Nori_comes_along_side_the_U.S._Navy_dock_landing_ship_USS_Whidbey_Island_(LSD_41)_for_refueling_following_its_release_from_Somalia-based_pirates_Dec._12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="MV Golden Nori"><img alt="MV Golden Nori" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Navy_071213-N-3764J-002_The_Merchant_vessel_Golden_Nori_comes_along_side_the_U.S._Navy_dock_landing_ship_USS_Whidbey_Island_%28LSD_41%29_for_refueling_following_its_release_from_Somalia-based_pirates_Dec._12.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Navy_071213-N-3764J-002_The_Merchant_vessel_Golden_Nori_comes_along_side_the_U.S._Navy_dock_landing_ship_USS_Whidbey_Island_%28LSD_41%29_for_refueling_following_its_release_from_Somalia-based_pirates_Dec._12.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Navy_071213-N-3764J-002_The_Merchant_vessel_Golden_Nori_comes_along_side_the_U.S._Navy_dock_landing_ship_USS_Whidbey_Island_%28LSD_41%29_for_refueling_following_its_release_from_Somalia-based_pirates_Dec._12.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/MV_Golden_Nori" title="MV Golden Nori">MV <i>Golden Nori</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Chemical_tanker" title="Chemical tanker">chemical tanker</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>12</small><br /><small>(78,884 barrels)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released<br />after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-10-28</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=13_5_0_N_50_24_0_E_type:event&title=2007-10-28%2C+Ship%3A+MV+Golden+Nori%2C+2007-10-28"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°5′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">50°24′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.08333°N 50.40000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.08333; 50.40000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2007-10-28, Ship: MV Golden Nori, 2007-10-28</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-12-12</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>1,000,000</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">A Japanese <a href="/wiki/Chemical_tanker" title="Chemical tanker">chemical tanker</a>, MV <i>Golden Nori</i> was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. <a href="/wiki/USS_Porter_(DDG-78)" title="USS Porter (DDG-78)">USS <i>Porter</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/October_28,_2007_incident_off_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="October 28, 2007 incident off Somalia">sank the skiffs used by the pirates</a>, but they still controlled the tanker. US and German naval vessels shadowed the captured vessel and blockaded the port of <a href="/wiki/Bosaso" title="Bosaso">Bosaso</a>, where the captured tanker was taken. Eventually, after demanding a ransom, the pirates freed the ship and its crew of 21 on December 12.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Almarjan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="MV Al Marjan"><img alt="MV Al Marjan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Almarjan.jpg/100px-Almarjan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Almarjan.jpg/150px-Almarjan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Almarjan.jpg/200px-Almarjan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/MV_Al_Marjan" title="MV Al Marjan">MV <i>Al Marjan</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/General_cargo_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="General cargo ship">General cargo ship</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small></small><br /><small>(2,500 tons of general cargo)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released<br />after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-10-17</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-12-02</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">MV <i>Al Marjan</i>, owned by Biyat International, was travelling to Mombasa from Dubai when pirates hijacked it 10–20 nautical miles (19–37 km) from Mogadishu.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="MV Dai Hong Dan"><img alt="MV Dai Hong Dan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg/100px-Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg/150px-Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg/200px-Dai_Hong_Dan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan_incident" title="Dai Hong Dan incident">MV <i>Dai Hong Dan</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><i>unknown</i></small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Crew regained<br />control</small> </td> <td><small> 2007-10-29</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=2_11_57_N_45_47_55_E_type:event&title=2007-10-29%2C+Ship%3A+MV+Dai+Hong+Dan%2C+2007-10-29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">2°11′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">45°47′55″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">2.19917°N 45.79861°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">2.19917; 45.79861</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2007-10-29, Ship: MV Dai Hong Dan, 2007-10-29</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2007-10-30</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Pirates attacked the <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korean</a> cargo ship MV <i>Dai Hong Dan</i> and captured its <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridge</a>, while the crew managed to retain control of the steering and engineering spaces. On October 30, the crew regained control of their ship, killing one pirate and capturing six. Three sailors were injured in the fight, and received medical assistance from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">US Navy</a> Corpman from the <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_James_E._Williams" title="USS James E. Williams">USS <i>James E. Williams</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2008" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008">List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009">2009</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009">List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2011" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2011">List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2011</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2012" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2012">List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2012</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013">2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><i>Island Splendor</i><br />(<a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">Oil tanker</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small></small><br /><small>(Oil)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Attack failed.</small> </td> <td><small> 2013-10-11</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>Attack failed.</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">On 11 October at 0918 UTC, pirates in two skiffs fired upon the tanker <i>Island Splendor</i> and attempted a boarding approximately 237 nautical miles (439 km) east of Hobyo, Somalia. The armed security team aboard the tanker fired flares and warning shots, whereupon the pirates returned fire with an automatic weapons. The security team engaged the pirates which resulted in the skiffs aborting the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small>Unknown<br />(<a href="/wiki/Fishing_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing boat">Fishing boat</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small></small><br /><small>(Fish)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td> <td><small> 2013-10-14</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">According to reports, a Spanish fishing boat was attacked on 14 October by what is suspected to be the same group of pirates who attempted to attack <i>Island Splendor</i>. The pirates were then traced and captured by the Australian warship <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(FFG_05)" title="HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)">HMAS Melbourne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017">2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><i>Aris 13</i><br />(<a href="/wiki/Chemical_tanker" title="Chemical tanker">chemical tanker</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>8</small><br /><small>(<i>Fuel</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released</small> </td> <td><small> 2017-03-13</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=11_48_30.4914_N_43_15_7.596_E_type:event&title=2017-03-13%2C+unknown"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°48′30.4914″N</span> <span class="longitude">43°15′7.596″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.808469833°N 43.25211000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.808469833; 43.25211000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2017-03-13, unknown</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2017-03-16</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>unknown</i> (no ransom paid)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">On 13 March 2017, <i>Aris 13</i>, was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off <a href="/wiki/Alula,_Somalia" title="Alula, Somalia">Alula</a>, the northernmost town of Somalia in <a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a>. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012. The ship was taking oil from <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. <i>Aris 13</i> was boarded by about two dozen armed men, who immediately turned off its tracking system after a distress call was sent from the ship. They then anchored her off Alula.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap3_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-npr3_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr3-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc3_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc3-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 March an intense gunfight started between the pirates and the <a href="/wiki/Puntland_Maritime_Police_Force" title="Puntland Maritime Police Force">Puntland Maritime Police Force</a>, followed by intense negotiations between the marine force, local clan elders and the pirates, effectively ending the hijacking later that day. The crew was released unharmed. The pirates allegedly agreed to forego a ransom after learning that Somali businessmen had hired <i>Aris 13</i>. Pirates have traditionally been wary of tangling with Somalia's powerful businessmen. The ship had not followed the industry's <a href="/wiki/Best_Management_Practices" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Management Practices">Best Management Practices</a> that might have prevented a hijacking. It travelled close to the shore at low speed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></small><br />(<small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></small>) </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><a href="/wiki/OS35_(bulk_carrier)" title="OS35 (bulk carrier)"><i>OS 35</i></a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">Bulk carrier</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>18</small><br /><small>(Bulk)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released</small> </td> <td><small> 2017-04-10</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&params=12_51_0_N_50_42_0_E_type:event&title=2017-04-10%2C+Ship%3A+MV+OS+35%2C+2017-04-10"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°51′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">50°42′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.85000°N 50.70000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.85000; 50.70000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">2017-04-10, Ship: MV OS 35, 2017-04-10</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2017-04-11</small> </td> <td class="note"><small>None</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/OS35_(bulk_carrier)" title="OS35 (bulk carrier)"><i>OS 35</i></a> was a loaded bulk carrier en route from Port Kelang to Aden with armed security guards on board. However, the latter and evasive maneuvers could not prevent three presumed Somali pirates from boarding and hijacking the ship. However, the security alert sent by the ship alerted Indian and Chinese navy ships patrolling in the vicinity, who then embarked on a joint rescue operation. 18 Chinese navy personnel subsequently boarded the hijacked ship under a security air cover provided by the Indian Navy, and rescued the hijacked ship.<sup id="cite_ref-marex_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marex-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small>MT <i>Leopard Sun</i><br />(<a href="/wiki/Chemical_tanker" title="Chemical tanker">Oil/Chemical tanker</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><i>unknown</i></small><br /><small>(<i>unknown</i>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Attack failed</small> </td> <td><small> 2018-10-30</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>N/A</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>none</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">In February 2018 MT <i>Leopard Sun</i> was fired upon by two skiffs 160 nautical miles (300 km) off the coast of Somalia. The ship's security team returned fire and the ship escaped. This was believed to be the first pirate attack in the area since November 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024">2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Flag (owner) </th> <th rowspan="2">Name (class) </th> <th rowspan="2">Crew (cargo) </th> <th rowspan="2">Status </th> <th width="110px">Date of attack </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle;"> <th>Date of release </th> <th>Ransom demanded </th></tr> <tr align="center" class="vevent"> <td width="100px" rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="summary"><small><i><a href="/wiki/MV_Abdullah" title="MV Abdullah">MV Abdullah</a></i><br />(<a href="/wiki/Container_Ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Container Ship">Container Ship</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>23</small><br /><small>(Container cargos)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="note"><small>Released after ransom</small> </td> <td><small> 2024-3-12</small> </td> <td><small style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>unknown</i></small> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><small>2024-4-20</small> </td> <td class="note"><small><i>Unknown </i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="3px" bgcolor="#e8e8ff" colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 Mar</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Somali+pirates+suspected+of+first+ship+hijacking+since+2012&rft.date=2017-03-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-39264343&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+ships+attacked+by+Somali+pirates" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/16/somali-pirates-release-oil-tanker-and-crew-after-first-hijack-for-five-years">Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew after first hijack for five years</a>, The Guardian, 16 March 2017. Accessed on 21 March 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/17/africa/somali-pirate-mt-aris-13-crew-released/">Crew released without ransom after ship hijacked off Somalia</a>, CNN, 17 March 2017. Accessed on 21 March 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marex-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-marex_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/chinese-navy-hands-pirates-over-to-somali-authorities">"Chinese Navy Hands Pirates Over to Somali Authorities"</a>. Maritime executive. 8 May 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Chinese+Navy+Hands+Pirates+Over+to+Somali+Authorities&rft.date=2017-05-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maritime-executive.com%2Farticle%2Fchinese-navy-hands-pirates-over-to-somali-authorities&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+ships+attacked+by+Somali+pirates" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-piracy/chemical-tanker-attacked-off-somalia-pirates-repelled-eu-naval-force-idUSKCN1G725A">Chemical tanker attacked off Somalia, pirates repelled: EU Naval force</a> Reuters, 23 February 2018. 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href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia" title="Piracy off the coast of Somalia">Somali pirates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2005">2005</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Breeze" title="Star Breeze">Seabourn Spirit</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2006">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cape_St._George" title="USS Cape St. George"><i>Cape St. George</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gonzalez" title="USS Gonzalez"><i>Gonzalez</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_18_March_2006" title="Action of 18 March 2006">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongwon-ho_628" title="Dongwon-ho 628"><i>Dongwon-ho</i> 628</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2007">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_Danica_White" title="MV Danica White"><i>Danica White</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_3_June_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 3 June 2007">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Al_Marjan" title="MV Al Marjan"><i>Al Marjan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Golden_Nori" title="MV Golden Nori"><i>Golden Nori</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_28_October_2007" title="Action of 28 October 2007">incident</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Hong Dan">Dai Hong Dan</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan_incident" title="Dai Hong Dan incident">incident</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2008" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MY_Le_Ponant" title="MY Le Ponant"><i>Le Ponant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Iran_Deyanat" title="MV Iran Deyanat"><i>Iran Deyanat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr%C3%A9_d%27As_IV_incident" title="Carré d'As IV incident"><i>Carré d'As IV</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MT_Stolt_Valor" title="MT Stolt Valor"><i>Stolt Valor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Faina" title="MV Faina"><i>Faina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Yasa_Neslihan" title="MV Yasa Neslihan"><i>Yasa Neslihan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Stolt_Strength" title="MV Stolt Strength"><i>Stolt Strength</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Powerful" title="MV Powerful"><i>Powerful</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_11_November_2008" title="Action of 11 November 2008">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Karag%C3%B6l" title="MV Karagöl"><i>Karagöl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Sirius_Star" title="MV Sirius Star"><i>Sirius Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Delight" title="MV Delight"><i>Delight</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FV_Ekawat_Nava_5" title="FV Ekawat Nava 5"><i>Ekawat Nava 5</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Biscaglia" title="MV Biscaglia"><i>Biscaglia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Astor" title="MS Astor"><i>Astor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Nautica" title="MS Nautica"><i>Nautica</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MV_Astoria" title="MV Astoria">Athena</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_S_Venus" title="MV S Venus"><i>S Venus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Hansa_Stavanger" title="MV Hansa Stavanger"><i>Hansa Stavanger</i></a></li> <li><i>Tanit</i> (<a href="/wiki/April_2009_raid_off_Somalia" title="April 2009 raid off Somalia">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Tygra" title="MV Tygra"><i>Maersk Alabama</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Maersk_Alabama_hijacking" title="Maersk Alabama hijacking">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Qana" title="MV Qana"><i>Qana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009#April" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009"><i>Irene</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Almezaan" title="MV Almezaan"><i>Almezaan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009#April" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009"><i>Sea Horse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Safmarine_Asia" title="MV Safmarine Asia"><i>Safmarine Asia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Liberty_Sun" title="MV Liberty Sun"><i>Liberty Sun</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MSC_Melody" class="mw-redirect" title="MSC Melody">MSC Melody</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Horizon-1" title="MV Horizon-1"><i>Horizon-1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2010" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2010#January" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010"><i>Pramoni</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Iceberg_1" title="MV Iceberg 1"><i>Iceberg 1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Asian_Glory" title="MV Asian Glory"><i>Asian Glory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Almezaan" title="MV Almezaan"><i>Almezaan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Samho_Dream" title="MV Samho Dream"><i>Samho Dream</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Yasin_C" title="MV Yasin C"><i>Yasin C</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Moscow_University" title="MV Moscow University"><i>Moscow University</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Oceanic_(1963)" title="SS Oceanic (1963)"><i>Oceanic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Sun_Express" title="MV Sun Express"><i>Magellan Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Izumi" title="MV Izumi"><i>Izumi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_York" title="MV 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