| Anti-Shipping Activity Warning Messages |
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| Date of Occurrence: 10/17/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-37 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
26/15/00 N 56/8/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNIDENTIFIED GUNBOAT |
| Victim: |
FIVE BROOKS |
| Description: |
|
| THE M/V FIVE BROOKS WAS ATTACKED AT 0225 LOCAL
TIME WHILE OUTBOUND FROM KUWAIT TOWARDS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AN
UNIDENTIFIED GUNBOAT WAS OBSERVED IN THE AREA. SEVERAL CREW WERE
REPORTED KILLED. THE SHIP WAS ANCHORED AND ON FIRE IN 26-18N 056-16E
AT LAST REPORT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 10/01/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-38 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
57 |
| Geographical Location: |
3/45/00 N 8/47/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
| Victim: |
FREIGHTER |
| Description: |
|
| A REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED INDICATING THAT A
SMALL FREIGHTER, POSSIBLY OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY REGISTRY,
HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA FOR VIOLATING
THAT COUNTRY'S TERRITORIAL WATERS. THE VESSEL WAS REPORTEDLY
RELEASED AFTER PAYING A FINE OF APPROXIMATELY $15,000.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 09/04/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-36 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
21/48/00 N 16/59/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
POLISARIO FRONT GUERRILLAS |
| Victim: |
PUENTE CANARIO |
| Description: |
|
| SPANISH FREIGHTER PUENTE CANARIO WAS FIRED
UPON AROUND MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME ON 04 SEP 86 LEAVING ONE CREW MEMBER
DEAD AND ONE INJURED. THE GUNMEN, BELIEVED TO BE GUERRILLAS
BELONGING TO THE POLISARIO FRONT, ATTACKED THE FREIGHTER 4 NAUTICAL
MILES WEST OF CABO CORBEIRO (CAPE CORVEIRO) 21-48N 016-59W NEAR THE
MOROCCO-MAURITANIAN BORDER USING MACHINE GUNS AND MORTARS. THE
ATTACKERS WERE IN A RUBBER BOAT. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ATTACKS ON
SPANISH TRAWLERS AND SHIPS IN THIS AREA. SEE SPECIAL WARNING 69. XXX
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/21/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-33 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
POLISARIO FRONT GUERRILLAS |
| Victim: |
ANDES |
| Description: |
|
| FISHING BOAT CAME UNDER MACHINE GUN FIRE FROM
UNKNOWN ATTACKERS OFF THE MOROCCAN COAST. BOAT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND
ONE CREW MEMBER KILLED. NO LOCATION OF INCIDENT AVAILABLE.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/20/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-35 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
91 |
| Geographical Location: |
14/12/00 N 120/21/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
THIEVES |
| Victim: |
SS LOUISE LYKES |
| Description: |
|
| AT 2300 LOCAL TIME ON 20 JUL 86, IN 14-12N
120-21E, THE SS LOUISE LYKES IN VICINITY OF MANILA BAY AFTER
DEPARTING SUBIC BAY, BOARDED BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S) WHILE SAILING
APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES AT SEA. NO DISTURBANCE OF CARGO FOUND,
HOWEVER, SEVEN (7) ON DECK MOORING LINES WERE TAKEN. NO INJURIES
REPORTED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/01/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-34 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
23/42/00 N 16/6/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
PATROL VESSEL |
| Victim: |
TITO UNCRIAK |
| Description: |
|
| SOVIET FISHING REEFER SHIP ATTACKED BY SMALL
PATROL VESSEL WHILE 11 MILES OFF AD DAKHLA. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/30/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-28 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
54 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
TURKISH NAVAL FORCES |
| Victim: |
CITY OF LIMASSOL. |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTHEAST AEGEAN SEA. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING
RHODES (36-15N 028-05E) THE GREEK CRUISE LINER, CITY OF LIMASSOL,
BOUND FOR KASTELLORIZON (36-09N 029-35E) WAS APPROACHED IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS BY FIVE TURKISH DESTROYERS. REPORTEDLY, ONE OF
THE TURKISH DESTROYERS ORDERED THE GREEK CRUISE LINER TO MOVE OUT OF
THE AREA BECAUSE LIVE AMMUNITION EXERCISES WERE IN PROGRESS. THE
TURKISH DESTROYER (WHICH WAS 1 TO 2 KILOMETERS FROM THE GREEK CRUISE
LINER) THEN FIRED TWO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; ONE FORWARD (ABOUT 10
METERS FROM THE BOW OF THE GREEK CRUISE LINER) AND ONE AFT OF THE
GREEK CRUISE LINER. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/15/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-29 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
ANRO AUSTRALIA |
| Description: |
|
| PIRATES ROBBED THE MASTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN
RO-RO/CONTAINER SHIP, ANRO AUSTRALIA, OF $3,000 AND PERSONAL ITEMS.
THE ATTACK OCCURRED ABOUT 13 MILES OFF HORSBURGH LIGHTHOUSE
(01-19.8N 104-24.4E), THE EASTERN ENTRANCE TO SINGAPORE. THE SHIP
WAS CRUISING AT ABOUT 8-9 KNOTS. 19 JUN 86: THE SINGAPORE MARINE
DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED SHIPOWNERS AND MASTERS TO EXERCISE GREATER
VIGILANCE AND IMPLEMENT EXTRA WATCHES BETWEEN 1800 AND 0600 HOURS
(WHEN THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE PIRATES WILL STRIKE) TO WARD OFF
PIRATES IN THE STRAIT OF MALACCA AND SINGAPORE. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/09/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-30 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
22/19/00 N 16/41/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
ASSAILANTS |
| Victim: |
IRENE PATERAS |
| Description: |
|
| GREEK BULK CARRIER, IRENE PATERAS, BOUND FOR
SARDINIA FROM ROSARIO, GROUNDED WHILE UNDER ATTACK BY LOCALS OFF THE
COAST OF SPANISH SAHARA. DISABLED, THE VESSEL WAS REFLOATED AND
TOWED TO GILBRALTAR. UPDATE: APPARENTLY THE SHIP RAN AGROUND FIRST
AND THEN WAS FIRED UPON FROM SHORE IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BARBAS
(22-19N 016-41W). |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/05/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-26 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
57 |
| Geographical Location: |
15/12/00 S 12/9/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
KAPITAN VISLOBOKOV / KAPITAN CHIRKOV |
| Description: |
|
| NAMIBE, ANGOLA. SOVIET SHIPS KAPITAN
VISLOBOKOV AND KAPITAN CHIRKOV WERE DAMAGED BY EXPLOSIONS AS THEY
DISCHARGED CARGO IN NAMIBE (15-12S 012-09E). NO CASUALTIES WERE
REPORTED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 05/23/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-22 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
8/32/00 N 13/20/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
BLANDIE |
| Description: |
|
| FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. ABOUT 50 PIRATES
ATTACKED FRENCH SHIP BLANDIE AS IT WAITED IN THE SIERRA LEONE HARBOR
TO DISCHARGE CARGO OF FLOUR. NOTHING WAS STOLEN. A FRENCH CREW
MEMBER OF THE BLANDIE WAS REPORTEDLY STABBED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 05/16/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-32 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
23/42/00 N 15/56/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
SAHARAN GUERRILLAS |
| Victim: |
NEJMA-5 |
| Description: |
|
| WESTERN SAHARA. PORTUGUESE FISHING VESSEL,
NEJMA-5, (SAILING UNDER MOROCCAN FLAG) WAS ATTACKED BY PRESUMED
SAHARAN GUERRILLAS ON AN UNIDENTIFIED PATROL VESSEL, FIRING HEAVY
ARMS AND ROCKETS, CAUSING GRAVE DAMAGE. ONE CREWMEMBER WAS KILLED
AND THREE INJURED. THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE OFF THE COAST OF DAKHLA
(23-42N 015-56W). |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 05/07/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-31 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
51 |
| Geographical Location: |
8/30/00 N 13/14/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
MAERSK BELLA |
| Description: |
|
| FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. CONTAINER VESSEL,
MAERSK BELLA, ATTACKED BY PIRATES OFF THE COAST OF FREETOWN, SIERRA
LEONE. THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTACK BY PIRATES ON THIS SHIP THIS YEAR.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 05/01/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-27 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
73 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES / MOSLEM REBELS |
| Victim: |
INTER-ISLAND TRADE VESSELS |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. SOURCES INDICATE THAT
PIRATES AND MOSLEM REBELS IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES HAVE HIJACKED
SOME 530 MOTOR LAUNCHES IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS. THE VICTIMS HAVE
PRIMARILY BEEN BOATS USED TO CARRY PASSENGERS AND LIGHT CARGO IN
INTER-ISLAND TRADE. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 04/26/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-17 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
28/41/00 N 48/47/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
KUWAITI GUNBOAT |
| Victim: |
ALLIED ONE |
| Description: |
|
| THE VESSEL ALLIED ONE WAS REPORTEDLY FIRED ON
AND BOARDED BY A KUWAITI GUNBOAT AT 0130 LOCAL TIME ON 26 APR 86.
SUPPOSEDLY A SEARCH WAS MADE FOR SMUGGLERS BUT NONE WERE FOUND.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 04/23/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-21 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
13/00/00 N 42/45/30 E |
| Aggressor: |
ETHIOPIA |
| Victim: |
BAND AID STAR |
| Description: |
|
| ASSAB, ETHIOPIA. FROM 23 APR TO 05 MAY 86, THE
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT SEIZED CARGO OF BLANKETS AND DRUGS FROM WEST
GERMAN MV BAND AID STAR. VESSEL WAS RELEASED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 04/08/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-20 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
27/00/00 N 34/29/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
ALASKA II |
| Description: |
|
| AN EXPLOSION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, HEARD AND FELT
ON VESSEL'S STARBOARD SIDE, SANK GREEK M/V ALASKA II IN 27-00N
034-29E. NINE OF THE ELEVEN CREW WERE RESCUED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 04/04/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-18 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
73 |
| Geographical Location: |
6/00/00 N 125/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
ODYSSEE |
| Description: |
|
| SIX HOURS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM GENERAL SANTOS,
PHILIPPINES (6-06N 125-10E), LUXURY YACHT ODYSSEE WAS BOARDED BY 12
PIRATES USING THREE HIGH-SPEED MOTOR LAUNCHES. CASH ($71,000) AND
PERSONAL BELONGINGS WERE STOLEN. THE CREW OF FOUR FROM THE ODYSSEE
WERE SET ADRIFT IN A RUBBER RAFT AND PICKED UP 5 APR 86 BY THE COAST
GUARD. REPORTEDLY NO ONE WAS INJURED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 03/18/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-15 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
52 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
TUNISIA |
| Victim: |
M/V WILDRAKE |
| Description: |
|
| NOTE: SOURCE OF INFORMATION DOES NOT PROVIDE A
GEOGRAPHIC POSITION. WILDRAKE REPORTEDLY SEIZED 60 KM NORTH OF
TUNIS. TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES SEIZED THE M/V WILDRAKE, A NORWEGIAN
DIVING/MAINTENANCE/SUPPORT VESSEL, WHILE UNDERTAKING SALVAGE
OPERATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE MANAGERS OF THE M/V
WILDRAKE STRESSED THE FACT THAT THE VESSEL HAD BEEN WORKING IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS. NO EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN BY THE TUNISIAN
AUTHORITIES FOR THE SEIZURE. M/V WILDRAKE WAS DETAINED AT THE
QUAYSIDE AT BIZERTA. THE WILDRAKE'S CARGO WAS CONFISCATED AND THE
SHIP RELEASED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 03/16/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-23 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
63 |
| Geographical Location: |
5/00/00 N 73/30/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
MALDIVIAN AUTHORITIES |
| Victim: |
L'ATAIR |
| Description: |
|
| SINGAPORE REGISTERED VESSEL L'ATAIR REPORTS
BEING ARRESTED BY FORCE WHILE ON PASSAGE THROUGH THE KARDIVA CHANNEL
AND SUBSEQUENTLY FINED BY MALDIVIAN AUTHORITIES FOR ENTERING THE 12
MILE ZONE WITHOUT PERMISSION. KARDIVA CHANNEL IS ALSO KNOWN AS
KAASHIDOO CHANNEL. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 02/14/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-8 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
63 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
HAMMURABI |
| Description: |
|
| SRI LANKAN POLICE REPORT THAT CONTAINER VESSEL
HAMMURABI WAS BOARDED BY PIRATES, ARMED WITH DAGGERS AND SWORDS, AS
THE VESSEL WAS RIDING AT ANCHOR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLOMBO,
AWAITING A BERTH. MASTER AND CREW THREATENED AND A 10-TON JACK, A
VHF TRANSMITTER, AND SOME METAL DRUMS WERE STOLEN. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 02/12/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-5 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
93 |
| Geographical Location: |
12/55/00 N 100/35/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
MONTE RUBY |
| Description: |
|
| AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PIRATES BOARDED THE
12,978 DWT PANAMA CONTAINER VESSEL MONTE RUBY WHILE BOUND FROM KOBE
TO BANGKOK. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED OFF PATTAYA COAST NEAR KOH PHAI.
THE ABOVE POSITION IS AN APPROXIMATION. SIX CONTAINERS WERE
PILLAGED. THE BOARDERS WERE HEAVILY ARMED. THIS WAS THE THIRD
REPORTED INCIDENT IN THIS AREA THIS MONTH. THE VESSELS INVOLVED
EARLIER WERE THE MAE NAM BRIDGE, AND THE MARITIME TRIUMPH.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 02/01/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-6 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
57 |
| Geographical Location: |
4/46/00 N 7/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
WORLD PROLOGUE |
| Description: |
|
| THE 29,990 DWT TANKER WORLD PROLOGUE, UNDER
GREEK FLAG, REPELLED BOARDERS USING CLUBS AND CHAINS WHILE WAITING
TO DISCHARGE OFF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA. NO DAMAGE TO SHIP OR CREW
WAS REPORTED. ATTACKERS APPROCHED BY HIGH SPEED LAUNCH AND USED
ROPES AND HOOKS TO SCALE THE SIDE OF THE TANKER. THE NIGERIAN COAST
GUARD FAILED TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/30/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-12 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
53 |
| Geographical Location: |
38/12/00 N 15/34/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
SVALAN / TARNAN |
| Description: |
|
| THE HYDROFOILS SVALAN AND TARNAN SANK IN PORT
OF MESSINA AFTER TWO EXPLOSIONS. A MAGNETIC DEVICE, THOUGHT TO BE A
BOMB, WAS FOUND ATTACHED TO THE KEEL OF ONE OF THE VESSELS, ALONG
WITH A LARGE HOLE IN HER HULL. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/12/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-3 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
24/50/00 N 56/50/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
IRANIAN NAVAL FORCES |
| Victim: |
SS PRESIDENT TAYLOR |
| Description: |
|
| WHILE PROCEEDING TOWARDS FUJAIRAH THE
PRESIDENT TAYLOR WAS CHALLENGED BY AN IRANIAN NAVAL VESSEL AND
ORDERED TO HEAVE TO FOR INSPECTION. THE PRES. TAYLOR WAS IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND REFUSED TO STOP. THE IRANIANS THREATENED
ACTION AND THE U.S. SHIP SUBMITTED TO BOARDING AND SEARCH. THE
ENTIRE EVOLUTION TOOK ABOUT 2 HOURS. NO ONE WAS HURT AND NOTHING
IMPROPER WAS DISCOVERED. THREE CONTAINERS WERE EXAMINED AND THE
VESSEL WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/07/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-2 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
3/35/00 N 100/2/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
SS PRESIDENT JOHNSON |
| Description: |
|
| PIRATES ATTEMPTED TO BOARD THE SS PRESIDENT
JOHNSON IN THE MALACCA STRAIT. AT 0320 LOCAL TIME (ZD MINUS 7) IN
03-35N 100-02E A SMALL CRAFT STOPPED DEAD AHEAD AT ONE MILE DISTANCE
AND TURNED HIS SEARCHLIGHT ON TO THE BRIDGE. THE WATCH OFFICER
ORDERED 10 DEGREE RIGHT RUDDER AND OBSERVED THE BOAT TO TURN INTO
THE JOHNSON, SHINING THE SEARCHLIGHT ALONG THE PORT SIDE AND TRYING
TO INTERCEPT THE PORT QUARTER. USING LEFT RUDDER TO RETURN TO
ORIGINAL COURSE THE SILHOUETTE OF ANOTHER BOAT WITHOUT LIGHTS, ON
THE STARBOARD QUARTER, WAS OBSERVED TRYING TO APPROACH JOHNSON.
NEITHER SMALL CRAFT COULD EXCEED JOHNSON'S 23 KNOTS AND SOON FELL
BACK. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/01/1986 |
Reference Number: 1986-19 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
95 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
NORTH KOREA |
| Victim: |
KAISEI MARU NO. 55 |
| Description: |
|
| NORTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES SEIZED THE JAPANESE
FISHING VESSEL KAISEI MARU NO. 55 IN JAN 86 FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING
NORTH KOREAN MILITARY BOUNDARY. KAISEI MARU NO. 55 AND HER CREW WERE
RELEASED ON 17 APR 86. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 12/28/1985 |
Reference Number: 1986-1 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
24/45/00 N 57/45/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
IRANIAN NAVAL FORCES |
| Victim: |
HORNELAND |
| Description: |
|
| NOTE: POSITION QUOTED ABOVE IS AN ESTIMATE
BASED ON NEWS REPORTS OF 125 AND 130 MILES EAST OF THE STRAIT OF
HORMUZ WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE POSITION IS APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE STRAIT IN THE CENTER OF THE GULF OF OMAN PURELY FOR
REFERENCE PURPOSES. THE IRANIAN NAVY INTERCEPTED THE DANISH FLAG
CARGO SHIP HORNELAND AND DIVERTED IT TO A SOUTHERN IRANIAN PORT
BECAUSE IT WAS OSTENSIBLY CARRYING EXPLOSIVES DESTINED FOR IRAQ. THE
IRANIAN NAVY COMMENTED, IN THE IRANIAN MEDIA, THAT THE IRANIAN NAVY
HAD NOTICED RECENTLY THAT SHIPS CARRYING SUSPICIOUS CARGO TO IRAQ
ARE CHOOSING ALTERNATE ROUTES IN ORDER TO AVOID IRANIAN PATROLS.
WITH THIS IN MIND, THE IRANIAN NAVY HAS EXPANDED ITS PATROL AREA
DEEP INSIDE THE GULF OF OMAN UP TO 400 KM (220NM) OUTSIDE THE STRAIT
OF HORMUZ. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 10/25/1985 |
Reference Number: 1986-4 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
MARIANNA |
| Description: |
|
| PIRATES ATTEMPTED TO BOARD THE GREEK TANKER
MARIANNA IN THE MALACCA STRAIT NEAR THE ISLAND OF NOORD NATUNA EIL
AT 0800 LOCAL TIME AND, WITHOUT WARNING, OPENED FIRE ON THE VESSEL
WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. THE MASTER IMMEDIATELY ORDERED FULL SPEED
AHEAD (ABOUT 17 KTS) AND WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL HARD TO PORT AND
THEN TO STARBOARD WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE ATTACKERS FROM BOARDING THE
VESSEL. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED APPROXIMATELY 100 BULLET
HOLES. THE LOCATION OF NOORD NATUNA EIL IS UNKNOWN BY THAT NAME TO
DMAHTC. IT MAY REFER TO KEPULUAN NATUNA BESAR VICINITY WHICH IS
APPROXIMATELY 04-00N 108-00E. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THE SHIP WAS
BOUND FOR SINGAPORE AND BORNEO. |
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