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The conclusion of Operation Ocean Shield occurred on 16 December 2016. The final operation was led by Danish pilots in an attempt to map the Somali coastline and the gulf of Aden. The Danes' task was to map the inlets, camps and large cities of the coast for an intelligence report.
Italy participated in NATO's counter-piracy operations in the Horn of Africa through Operation Ocean Shield from 2009 to 2016. Italian naval vessels, including the ITS Mimbelli and ITS San Marco, were engaged in this mission to deter and disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, and off the coast of Somalia.
The MV Sinar Kudus hijacking was a maritime event that began on 16 March 2011 with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship MV Sinar Kudus 456 nautical miles (845 km; 525 mi) east of Somali coast. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the Indonesian Navy on 1 May 2011. [2]
The Somali pirates mainly targeted the Gulf of Aden because most vessels traveling towards the Suez Canal were there. However, with CTF 151, the Chinese, Russians, and Operation Atalanta all concentrated in that area, pirates were compelled to look elsewhere. [ 21 ]
Location of Somalia. Medieval times ... 2009 C.E. – ongoing Operation Ocean Shield; March 23, 2010 C.E. Action; ... Situation in Somalia in February 2009, following ...
The MV Beluga Nomination incident [1] was the capture and attempted liberation of a German freighter from Somali pirates by the Seychelles Coast Guard and Royal Danish Navy in January 2011. A few days after the taking of MV Beluga Nomination , a Seychelles patrol boat and a Danish flexible support ship , HDMS Esbern Snare , encountered the ...
Somali leaders claimed 312 people had been killed — including citizens and militia — and 814 wounded. Bowden’s reporting in his book, Black Hawk Down, places those figures even higher ...
The SY Quest incident [2] occurred in February 2011 when Somali pirates seized the American yacht SY Quest (s/v Quest) and four United States citizens. The United States Navy ordered the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and three other ships to free the hostages. All four hostages were shot by their captors.