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Chindits: INS Delhi Thwarts Piracy Attempt In Gulf Of Aden
Indian Navy's destroyer, INS Delhi, deployed in the Gulf of Aden since mid July 2010 was escorting 12 merchant vessels including Jag Ratan an Indian Flag Merchant Vessel. On September 5, 180 kilometers North of the Somali Coast, in the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), a boat was detected approaching the formation at high speed. INS Delhi immediately and repeatedly called the boat on Mercantile Marine Radio but the boat failed to respond to these calls. Sensing that the boat may pose a risk to ships being escorted, INS Delhi safely maneuvered the formation of merchant ships away and intercepted the boat. A helicopter was launched to provide aerial cover to the Merchant Vessels and the boat Bareeda was successfully intercepted, forced to stop and boarded by a team of Marine Commandos from INS Delhi. On investigation a cache of arms and several fuel drums and ship boarding equipment were found. There were seven Somali and one Yemeni nationals as part of the crew. The men were disarmed and excess fuel on the boat was disposed off by the boarding team.
The team from INS Delhi had thus successfully prevented a piracy attack from taking place. Since the Indian Navy started it's anti-piracy operations in Oct 2008 over 1200 ships have been escorted. This is the 16th piracy attack that has been prevented and not a single ship under escort of Indian Navy has fallen prey to pirates.
Indian Navy's destroyer, INS Delhi, deployed in the Gulf of Aden since mid July 2010 was escorting 12 merchant vessels including Jag Ratan an Indian Flag Merchant Vessel. On September 5, 180 kilometers North of the Somali Coast, in the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), a boat was detected approaching the formation at high speed. INS Delhi immediately and repeatedly called the boat on Mercantile Marine Radio but the boat failed to respond to these calls. Sensing that the boat may pose a risk to ships being escorted, INS Delhi safely maneuvered the formation of merchant ships away and intercepted the boat. A helicopter was launched to provide aerial cover to the Merchant Vessels and the boat Bareeda was successfully intercepted, forced to stop and boarded by a team of Marine Commandos from INS Delhi. On investigation a cache of arms and several fuel drums and ship boarding equipment were found. There were seven Somali and one Yemeni nationals as part of the crew. The men were disarmed and excess fuel on the boat was disposed off by the boarding team.
The team from INS Delhi had thus successfully prevented a piracy attack from taking place. Since the Indian Navy started it's anti-piracy operations in Oct 2008 over 1200 ships have been escorted. This is the 16th piracy attack that has been prevented and not a single ship under escort of Indian Navy has fallen prey to pirates.
