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On February 16, 2016 6 heavily armed Nigerian pirates boarded the French owned oil vessel Bourbon Liberty 251 55 nautical miles off the Nigerian coast. The pirates managed to capture the ship's master, a Russian citizen, along with a Nigerian sailor while the other 10 crew members managed to lock themselves in the engine room. As the pirates ...
List of ships attacked by Nigerian pirates; M. Madre de Deus; Morning Star (1825 ship) N. Nassau (1819 ship) Nimble (1813 ship) P. Perseverance (1797 ship) Q. Quedagh ...
The pirates escaped into Nigerian territorial waters with the hostages (HDMS Esbern Snare was only authorized to operate in international waters in the region). When later boarding MV Tonsberg , a crew member that had been shot in the leg by the pirates during their take-over was discovered and transferred to HDMS Esbern Snare for treatment.
The mayor and city council of Baltimore have launched a legal claim against both the owner and manager of a ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, leaving six men presumed ...
List of ships attacked by Nigerian pirates; P. ... Piracy networks in Nigeria This page was last edited on 14 August 2020, at 17:46 (UTC). ...
While exploring a 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, divers discovered “surprising” cargo and weapons that may have helped repel pirates.
The attack comes as the US embassy in the Bahamas issued a warning against traveling to the island nation after 18 people were murdered in this year so far
The crew of pirates, usually young men, participating in the attack-phase are recruited from local communities. [6] The pirates involved in piracy kidnappings often have strong ties to local militias and rebel groups, such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).