The MV Safmarine Asia is a ship operated by the South African shipping company Safmarine that was unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates on 14 April 2009.[1] The French frigateNivôse responded to the vessel's distress call, and in the process, found and apprehended 11 Somali pirates.[2] There were tried for piracy in Kenya.[3] The pirates were then landed at Mombasa for trial in Kenya on 22 April 2009.[4]
safmarine, asia, ship, operated, south, african, shipping, company, safmarine, that, unsuccessfully, attacked, somali, pirates, april, 2009, french, frigate, nivôse, responded, vessel, distress, call, process, found, apprehended, somali, pirates, there, were, . The MV Safmarine Asia is a ship operated by the South African shipping company Safmarine that was unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates on 14 April 2009 1 The French frigate Nivose responded to the vessel s distress call and in the process found and apprehended 11 Somali pirates 2 There were tried for piracy in Kenya 3 The pirates were then landed at Mombasa for trial in Kenya on 22 April 2009 4 History NameSafmarine Asia OperatorSafmarine Port of registryMonrovia Liberia Ordered1 September 1984 Yard number208 Launched26 July 1985 Completed1985 but was lengthened in 1989 IdentificationIMO number 8413887 General characteristics Typecontainer ship Tonnage21 887 GT 31 290 DWT Length190 m 623 ft 4 in Beam28 m 91 ft 10 in Draft11 m 36 ft 1 in Speed18 5 knots 34 3 km h 21 3 mph Crew19 NotesSafmarine Asia vesseltracker comReferences edit New wave of Somali pirate attacks BBC 14 April 2009 Retrieved 2009 04 14 Otterman Sharon Mark McDonald 2009 04 15 11 Pirates Seized in Raid by French Navy New York Times Retrieved 15 April 2009 Kenya will try Somali pirates BBC 2009 04 16 Retrieved 2009 04 16 French Deliver 11 Piracy Suspects BBC 22 April 2009 Retrieved 22 April 2009 nbsp This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MV Safmarine Asia amp oldid 1041942491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
