British forces help free ship hijacked by Somali pirates 11.10.11

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British forces have been involved in an operation to free an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates. The 56,000-ton bulk carrier Montecristo was hijacked 620 miles off Somalia on Monday by five pirates in a small boat. It was carrying a 23-man crew from Italy, India and the Ukraine. A Ministry of Defence sopkesperson said: "We can confirm that late this morning the RFA Fort Victoria, currently on NATO counter piracy operations east of Suez, responded to calls to assist a pirated Italian merchant ship, the MV Montecristo, along with an American Navy frigate. "Due to the presence of the warships, 11 suspected pirates on board the pirated vessel surrendered without force. A Royal Naval boarding team carried out a compliant boarding of the vessel and the suspected pirates are being detained."



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