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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 ...
Nigerian waters remain hotspots for piratical acts, having the highest number of pirate attacks in the world in 2020. [ 86 ] [ 59 ] Furthermore, there has been no prosecution of pirates up until recently, despite the compelling evidence confirming that piracy and armed robbery against ships within the Nigerian maritime domain have remained ...
The first reported attack of petro-pirates began in the 1970s and early 1980s in Nigeria, Lagos, where it was reported that up to 12 vessels carrying oil were attacked every day. [15] One of the earliest petro-piracy attacks was the hijacking of the vessel Lindinga Ivory, where the master and 14 crew members were killed. [20]
When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of ...
Somali pirates caused havoc in the waters off the east African country's long coastline between 2008 and 2018. They had been dormant until late last year when pirate activity started to pick up again.
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is a special forces unit of the Nigerian Navy and the maritime special forces unit of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is modelled after the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service and the United States Navy SEALS. [1] It is considered to be one of the more elite naval special forces units in Africa. [2]
List of ships attacked by Nigerian pirates; P. Petro-piracy in the Gulf of Guinea; Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea; Piracy networks in Nigeria