Montecristo crew foiled pirates with message in a bottle
The commander of the Royal Navy counter-pirate task group who was on board the ship that rescued the Montecristo from pirates earlier in the week described how the mission was accomplished.
Speaking to Radio 5 live Breakfast, Captain Jerry Northwood said his crew received a message from the crew that the cargo ship had been attacked by Somali pirates 550 miles away.
After a long journey to reach the ship, the eleven pirates on board put down their weapons and surrended peacefully when they saw the Nato warship approaching.
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13 Oct 2011
- From the section World