EUNAVFOR

EU Naval Force - Somalia
Operation ATALANTA

News Archive - April 2010

EU NAVFOR French warship destroys Pirate mother ship

April 29, 2010 - 18:25

On the afternoon of 29 April, the EU NAVFOR warship Nivose found, stopped and searched a mother ship and two supporting skiffs, some 480 nautical miles east of the Somali Coast. The vessels were boarded and searched and they were found to have disposed of pirate paraphernalia. The 11 Somali crew of these vessels were […]

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Malta’s first EU NAVFOR operational mission protects World Food Programme (WFP) ship Mustafa-H

April 29, 2010 - 15:17

This morning 29 of April, the Vessel Protection Detachment (VPD) from Malta was used for the first time in support of EU NAVFOR’s primary mandate. They embarked on the World food programme (WFP) ship MUSTAFA-H and will provide protection during her transit from Boosaaso to Berbera in northern Somalia. The 12-man VPD team is normally […]

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Hijacked Thai fishing vessels arrives off the coast of Somalia

April 28, 2010 - 14:39

EU NAVFOR can confirm that the three hijacked Thai fishing vessels, have now arrived off the coast of Somalia in the vicinity of Garacad. The three vessels, MV PRANTALAY 11, (26 Thai crew) MV PRANTALAY 12 (25 Thai crew) and MV PRANTALAY 14 (26 Thai crew), were reported hijacked on 18th April approximately 1200 nautical […]

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Hijacked Panamanian Flagged VOC DAISY arrives off the coast of Somalia

April 28, 2010 - 14:36

EU NAVFOR can confirm that the hijacked M/V VOC DAISY has now arrived off the coast of Somalia in the vicinity of Garacad. The VOC DAISY, with a crew of 21 Filipino, was reported hijacked on the morning of 21 April 2010 in the Gulf of Aden, 190 nautical miles East South East of Salalah, […]

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EU NAVFOR Frigate Victoria destroys pirate vessels

April 26, 2010 - 13:24

The EU NAVFOR warship ESPS VICTORIA yesterday intercepted a pirate action group (PAG) comprising one mother ship, a “Whaler”, and two skiffs. The suspected pirates were detected by the frigate’s helicopter 40 miles from the Somali coast north west of the Seychelles. The helicopter crew saw that the mother ship was carrying a large number […]

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EU NAVFOR Dutchman seize two pirate boats

April 26, 2010 - 13:19

On Saturday 24 of April EU NAVFOR Dutch warship HNLMS Johan de Witt prevented yet another pirate group from leaving the Somali coast and confiscated their vessel. After four days of counter piracy operations, this is the second pirate boat, so called whalers, on her flight deck. A good start for a patrol that’s slightly […]

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EU NAVFOR Force Headquarters hosts Swedish Supreme Commander

April 23, 2010 - 14:02

The Swedish Supreme Commander, General Sverker Göranson, visited HSwMS Carlskrona and the Force Headquarters during her last port visit in Djibouti on Friday 23 of April. “I’m really impressed, when I see how efficiently the Force Commander and his Chief of Staff have moulded such a close knit team from of a multinational group of […]

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EU NAVFOR Force Commander welcomes Greek Ship Elli to its anti piracy operation

April 22, 2010 - 13:46

On 20th April 2010, a week after joining EU NAVFOR’s anti piracy operation off the coast of Somalia, the Greek frigate ELLI was officially welcomed to the task group with a visit from Force Commander Rear Admiral (LH) Jan Thörnqvist. Taking the opportunity to visit HS ELLI when his own Command Ship, HSwMS CARLSKRONA, met […]

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Pirates attack French Military Replenishment Ship SOMME – 6 pirates captured

April 21, 2010 - 15:50

During the night of 19th April 2010, 400 nautical miles from the coast of Somalia, French replenishment ship SOMME came under attack from two skiffs with six pirates on board. FS SOMME had been engaged in a support mission for the EU NAVFOR anti piracy operation Atalanta, replenishing her supplies, when she was attacked during […]

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Portugal’s first MPRA mission for EU NAVFOR

April 21, 2010 - 14:54

On Wednesday 21st April, a Portuguese Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) arrived in Victoria, Seychelles, to augment the other Maritime Patrol aircraft from Sweden and Luxemburg of EU NAVFOR’s anti piracy operation – Atalanta. During the next four months the Portuguese P3 Papa aircraft will monitor the waters off the coast of Somalia providing the Force […]

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