MV Beluga Nomination incident

MV Beluga Nomination incident

Part of Piracy in Somalia, Operation Ocean Shield, Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa

HDMS Esbern Snare

Date	22–26 January 2011
Location	off Somalia, Indian Ocean
Result	Pirate victory, rescue attempt failed.

Belligerents

Denmark

Seychelles

Somali Pirates

Strength

1 flexible support ship
1 patrol boat

2 freighters

Casualties and losses

unknown

1–2 killed
1 freighter damaged

Civilian Casualties: 4 killed

Operation Ocean Shield

Action of 23 March 2010 Action of 30 March 2010 Action of 1 April 2010 Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden MV Beluga Nomination incident SY Quest incident Operation Umeed-e-Nuh

Piracy off the coast of Somalia

The MV Beluga Nomination incident^[1] refers to the capture and attempted liberation of a German freighter from Somali Pirates by the Seychelles Coast Guard and Royal Danish Navy in January 2011. A few days after the taking of the MV Beluga Nomination, a Seychelles patrol boat and a Danish flexible support ship, the HDMS Esbern Snare, encountered the pirates and engaged in a failed rescue operation.^[2]

Incident

The MV Beluga Nomination is a multipurpose heavy lift project carrier of Beluga Shipping and was on a commercial voyage from Malta to the South Korean port of Masan, stopping at the Point Victoria in the Seychelles during the passage through the Indian Ocean. Her crew consisted of twelve men with a Polish captain, two Ukrainian, two Russian and seven Filipino sailors. The incident began on 22 January when pirates in a single skiff, from the mother ship MV York, attacked the Nomination while she was sailing approximately 435miles north of the Seychelles Islands. Automatic weapons fire erupted when the Somalis boarded the freighter, at which time the crew of twelve men sent out a distress call and entered the ship's citadel. The pirates were well armed and well prepared. A blow torch was brought along and for several hours the Somalis welded their way into the citadel while sailing for the African mainland. The distress call was picked up by allied naval forces operating in the area on 22 January and the closest warship to the scene of the Nomination's seizure was a Seychellois patrol boat, and the Danish command and support ship HDMS Esbern Snare.^[1]^[3]

Four days later on 26 January, the patrol boat was the first of the two allied ships to find the Beluga Nomination, which was around 300 miles of the Somali coast. A skirmish ensued as boarding parties attempted to retake the freighter while under cover from small naval guns and machine guns. The pirates used small arms and rocket propelled grenades, and ultimately the Seychellois were repelled in their attempts at boarding though they killed one or two pirates. In the confusion, two of the Nomination's crew, a Ukrainian and a Filipino, lowered a life boat and escaped by heading towards the HDMS Esbern Snare. The two were picked up in healthy condition and they reported that the Somalis killed two of their shipmates and two others were missing and presumed dead after they jumped overboard. The German government issued a statement saying that the two hostages were either killed by the pirates or drowned at sea. When the Danish and the Seychellois realized they had failed the operation, they broke off the engagement and let the pirates go. No casualties were reported other than that of the pirates and the civilians. The Nomination rendezvoused with the MV York on the following day. Because of mechanical problems caused by battle damage, both ships then sailed for Somalia. In April the ship was finally released after her owners paid a large ransom.^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 http://maritimeaccident.org/piracy-report-the-industrys-choice-something-to-live-for-or-something-to-die-for/
↑ "Entführtes deutsches Schiff: Tödliches Feuergefecht um gekaperte "Beluga Nomination"". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ 18 May 2011 – 15:41. "Anti-Pirate Strategies Fail Beluga Nomination". Break Bulk. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ https://web.archive.org/20110416055337/http://www.tagesschau.de:80/multimedia/sendung/ts25990.html. Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Freighter УBeluga NominationФ highjacked thanks to joint efforts of pirates, navies and the owner". Odin.tc. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

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