Pirates
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EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa visits EU NAVFOR
On 23rd January 2012, EU NAVFOR Operation Commander Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts welcomed Mr. Alexander Rondos, the recently appointed EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa to the Operation Headquarters in Northwood for a briefing on the EU NAVFOR mission and discussed future close cooperation. Rear Admiral Potts welcomed the...
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EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracks down Pirate attack groupNovember 13, 2009 – 17:23
On Thursday 12 November, the EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracked down and apprehended the pirate attack group responsible for... Find out more |
EU NAVFOR Norwegian warship Fridtjof Nansen searches for pirate attack skiffs in the Gulf of AdenNovember 12, 2009 – 17:27
On the morning of 12 November, east in the Gulf of Aden, two merchant vessels were attacked by pirates. There... Find out more |
EU NAVFOR transfers seven suspected pirates to KenyaNovember 9, 2009 – 15:20
On 27 October 2009 a French Fishing Vessel was attacked by pirates in two attack skiffs. Her embarked military Vessel... Find out more |
Seven suspected pirates detained in Indian OceanOctober 28, 2009 – 09:16
In the afternoon of October 27th 2009, 350 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Somalia a French Fishing Vessel was attacked... Find out more |
Pirates attack two ships in Indian Ocean – one is hijacked and one evades attackOctober 22, 2009 – 10:53
On the early morning of October 22nd 2009, 400 nautical miles east of Mombasa, Kenya, pirates attempted to hijack MV... Find out more |
EU NAVFOR stopped suspected pirates in Indian OceanOctober 20, 2009 – 19:59
On the early morning of October 20th 2009 EU NAVFOR German warship FGS Bremen stopped 3 skiffs in the Indian... Find out more |
Suspected pirates handed over to SpainOctober 12, 2009 – 15:46
On Sunday 11 October the two suspected pirates taken into custody by EU NAVFOR Spanish warship CANARIAS were handed over... Find out more |
EU NAVFOR Spanish warship CANARIAS arrests two suspected piratesOctober 4, 2009 – 17:21
Late in the evening of 3 October, two of the suspected pirates who gained control of the Spanish tuna fishing... Find out more |
Suspected pirates released by EU NAVFORSeptember 14, 2009 – 17:01
Following the detention of the skiff and suspected pirates by the EU NAVFOR German warship BRANDENBURG on 7 Sep 09, when... Find out more |










