Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates

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Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates​

The MV Full City, with pirate skiff and mothership, alongside.​

The Indian Navy, on Thursday, saved a Chinese merchant vessel under pirate attack in the Arabian Sea.

According to naval sources, pirates were attempting to hijack the Panama-flagged MV (Merchant Vessel) Full City, owned and crewed by Chinese nationals, 40 nautical miles (over 830 kilometers) west of the Indian Naval base of Karwar.

An Indian Navy Tu-142 Bear aircraft.

An Indian Naval Tu-142 Bear aircraft, already on an anti-piracy mission, spotted the attempted hijacking and relayed radio warnings to the pirates, who scarpered at the prospect of butting heads with the Indian Navy. The Bear made low passes over the vessel, making the presence of Indian warships in the vicinity clear to the pirates on the skiff, who had already boarded the Full City.
The skiff made for its mothership, which left the area as quickly as it could.

At that time the Indian Bear had been trying to locate another pirate mothership that had attempted a failed hijacking of the MV Ital Glamour on Wednesday, about 500 nautical miles west of Karwar. And while the attack was foiled by the ship, Indian Naval and Coast Guard assets, already on anti-piracy deployment off the Lakshadweep Islands, went on the prowl to locate the mothership in question.

When the attack on the Full City was reported on Thursday, it was immediately relayed to the Indian Naval aircraft on patrol and the Coast Guard unit in the area.

The MV Full City

Even though the pirates had boarded the bulk carrier, the 24-member Chinese crew managed to lock themselves in the ship’s safe house. The Indian Bear arrived on the scene immediately and with radio warnings, made the consequences of their actions only too clear to the pirates, who then disembarked and made haste out of the area, choosing discretion over a confrontation with Indian warships.


The Chinese have appreciated the assistance rendered by the Indian Navy, which has displayed leadership in combating piracy, having captured 120 pirates in actions against pirate motherships over the last four months in the Arabian Sea.



Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Well done Indian Navy.

Positive China and India co-operation is very important for a successful Asia.

 

[conworldus]

Now this is a positive news. Thank you Indian navy.

 

[lepziboy]

A great an good news for both Indian and Chinese!Good cooperation is the anwer to peace between us!

 

[kingofkings]

Good move ....

 

[jha]

Isn't BEAR a little too much for anti piracy operations..

 

[arihant]

Good News. Good co operation

 

[rkjindal91]

Isn't BEAR a little too much for anti piracy operations..

Bear is I believe for the purpose of reconnaissance, survilience. Not for bombardment.

 

[WHITESMOKE]

Its good as IN is actively participating in anti piracy activities. Its also a form of power projection.

 

[Break the Silence]

Nice job Done by IN!

 

[below_freezing]

Thank you IN.

 

[praveen007]

Thank you IN.

no need to thanks
its a duty of every navy to help out needing MV irrespective of their nationality.
And i think all the navies do this as their duty.
I m quit sure pln will do same if it recives a distress signal fron Indian MV's

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Thank you IN.

Your thanks are appreciated.
However the IN is duty bound to protect all Merchant Ships where it can. And this was a very good example of that. It is really good to hear of such successful operations. And in recent times, both the IN and ICG have assumed a more pro-active role as instructed by the policy makers in New Delhi.
Congrats to the IN on this operation.

 

[StingRoy]

Seems like IN is fighting a lonely battle against piracy... where are others?

 

[Markus]

I wonder how much of our assets have been diverted for anti-piracy operations.