Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Russian tanker otbilsya by Somali pirates.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali27.04.2009Yemenskie soldiers otbili piratovSomaliyskie tanker from Somali pirates attempted to attack a Russian tanker NA Commander "(NS Commander), next to Singapore, the" Sea newsletter - Sovfraht.

Pirates armed with machine guns and grenade launchers, the day on April 27 on three boats approached a Russian tanker, located 120 miles east of the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. Pirates fired at the tanker, whose crew consists of 23 Russians. However, NA Commander "used against the attackers water from fire hoses and manevriruya and speed, was able to detach from the pirates.

The tanker continued to follow in the port of destination. About the attack on the Russian ship notified large antisubmarine ship "Admiral Panteleev" Navy of Russia, carrying on duty off the coast of Somalia. "NA Commander, walked under the flag of Liberia, the" Sea newsletter - Sovfraht "belongs to the company Novoship Russia."

The group of Russian warships led by the BPK Admiral Panteleev "has begun to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden on April 27. Off the coast of Somalia "Admiral Panteleev" succeeded BOD "Admiral Vinogradov" and its accompanying ships, which carried the battle to watch in January 2009.

Russia has begun to patrol the Gulf of Aden in September 2008 after the UN authorized foreign countries to fight against pirates in the waters of the Gulf. In addition to Russia, on duty off the coast of Somalia have the ships of NATO, EU, India, China, Japan and South Korea.

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