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Australian frigate defuses piracy attack

by Sam Collyer — last modified Oct 01, 2009 05:54 PM

AN AUSTRALIAN naval vessel thwarted a suspected attempt to hijack an Antigua-flagged general cargo ship 50 miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden on September 20.

Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba answered a call for assistance from 3846dwt BBC Portugal, which had sighted a boat of armed men travelling towards the vessel.
Surveillance aircraft and a navy helicopter confirmed those on the suspected pirate boat had dumped...

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