Engineering:MV Powerful
| History | |
|---|---|
 Denmark
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| Name: | Powerful |
| Owner: | Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., Greece[1] |
| Port of registry: | Denmark |
| Builder: | China[1] |
| Launched: | 4 September 1993 |
| Completed: | 1994[1] |
| Acquired: | April 13, 2005[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9042233 |
| Captured: |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 21 January 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Panamax dry bulk carrier[1] |
| Tonnage: | 70,000 DWT[1] |
The MV Powerful is a Denmark -flagged cargo ship owned by Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. of Greece. It was attacked with the intention of hijack by Somali pirates using assault rifles on November 11, 2008 in the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa. Its capture was thwarted by the Royal Marines of the United Kingdom frigate, HMS Cumberland, as well as the crew of a Russia n Neustrashimy-class frigate.[2]
The November 11, 2008 incident off Somalia's coast occurred 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of the Yemeni coast, in the Gulf of Aden. The engagement was attributed to Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa and was described by The Times as "the first time the Royal Navy had been engaged in a fatal shoot-out on the high seas in living memory."[3]
See also
- Piracy in Somalia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Allen, Joe (April 13, 2005). "Excel Maritime Takes Delivery of MV Powerful". excelmaritime.com. http://www.excelmaritime.com/uploads/041305%20POWERFUL.pdf.
- ↑ "Ship escapes pirate attack off Somalia, Russia says". cnn.com. November 20, 2008. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/13/somalia.pirates/index.html.
- ↑ Crilly, Rob; Evans, Michael (2008-11-12). "Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5141745.ece.
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