CNN Wire: Russian, British ships repel pirate attack on Danish vessel

Russian, British ships repel pirate attack on Danish vessel

 

 

November 12th, 2008

Russian, British ships repel pirate attack on Danish vessel

Posted: 11:45 AM ET

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — A Russian and a British ship Wednesday repelled a pirate attack on a Danish ship in the Gulf of Aden, the Russian navy said.

The Russian patrol ship Neustrashimy and a British frigate, HMS Cumberland, rebuffed the pirates’ attempts to seize the Danish ship Powerful, Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said. He based his information on what the crew of Neustrashimy told the Russian navy.

The British and Russians used helicopters to counter-attack the pirates, who had opened machine gun fire on Powerful and twice tried to seize it, Dygalo said.

From Maxim Tkachenko
CNN