Russian and British warships prevent capture of Danish vessel

11.13.2008
Russian and British warships prevent capture of Danish vessel

Moscow, November 13, 2008 - The Russian frigate Neustrashimy (Fearless) and British guided weapon frigate, HMS Cumberland have prevented the hijacking of a Danish ship Powerful by pirates off Somalia's coast, in the Gulf of Aden.

The Russian patrol ship Neustrashimy and a British frigate, HMS Cumberland, successfully rebuffed pirate attempts to seize the Danish ship Powerful off Somalia.

Pirates tried shooting at the vessel and made two attempts to capture it. The Russians and British used helicopters to counter-attack the pirates, who had opened machine gun fire on Powerful and twice tried to seize it. A Ka-27 helicopter took off from the Neustrashimy and a Lynx helicopter took off from the HMS Cumberland.

The Neustrashimy frigate is escorting СЕС СОММАNDER and Stena Provance Danish vessels off the Somalia coast.

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