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November 11 turns out to be very bad for Somali pirates. Commandos of INS Tabar scared the Somali pirates on November 11 and prevented hijacking of Indian vessel MV Jag Arnav and Saudi vessel MV Thihama.

Same day, commandos of HMS Cumberland on piracy patrol in their sea boats surrounded the pirates of a the Yemeni flagged dhow who were involved in an attack on Danish registered vessel ‘MV Powerful’. The commandos used various non forcible methods to stop the dhow, but the pirates opened fire on the commandos.

In self defence commandos armed with machine guns and SA 80 rifles returned the fire and then boarded the dhow. On boarding the dhow, it was found that two pirates, had been shot and killed. A Yemeni national was also found injured and later died, despite receiving emergency treatment from the ship’s doctor.

Read more about type 22 frigate, HMS Cumberland (F85) from Royal Navy.

View type 22 frigate gun fire here. Also view video clips of HMS Cumberland on family day. Part 1 and Part 2.

Read more about the Somali operation and view photographs from Royal Navy and Times Online.

The photograph of HMS Cumberland is from Royal Navy.

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