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- Piracy off the Somali coast has threatened international shipping since the beginning of Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s. This list documents those ships attacked in 2009: for other years, see List of ships attacked by Somali pirates. (en)
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- Pirates fired upon New Legend of Honor. The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg and the British frigate stopped the attack with the help of their helicopters. The pirates escaped. (en)
- Among the captured sailors held hostage were eleven Tuvaluans and one Fijian. A ransom of US$15 million was demanded. The government of Tuvalu indicated that it was incapable of paying, and expressed concern for its citizens. In August 2009, the ship was released after a ransom of two million dollars, according to the pirates on the ship, was paid. (en)
- A Panamanian cargo ship was attacked by Somali pirates. The attack was repulsed by water hoses. A rocket-propelled grenade failed to explode when it landed in the captain's cabin. (en)
- Somali pirates attacked BW Lion when she was northeast of the Seychelles and off the coast of Somalia. The ship's crew managed to evade the attack. (en)
- The 64,000-tonne Maltese-flagged Panamax Anna was attacked by six pirates in a boat, north of Bosasso, Puntland, but managed to escape. The ship has the same owner as MV Irene, captured the following day. (en)
- The Dutch Antilles-flagged ship Samanyolu was attacked by pirates but fired a flare at them, setting the pirate boat on fire. The Danish intervened and arrested five pirates. They were to be tried in Rotterdam. (en)
- The captain of Kriti Episkopi saw the pirates and took evasive action. When this did not work, he hailed a nearby European Union ship. Pirates in three speedboats approached Kriti Episkopi twice with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades and tried to board. However, the pirates were driven away the crew, who aimed high pressure fire hoses and sprayed them. While the crew was fighting off the pirates, EU aircraft took off from the nearby Taskforce 150 and arrived to help. The air support remained by the cargo ship and scared off the pirates while a frigate came to escort the ship. (en)
- Pirates captured the Greek freighter Irene. HMCS Winnipeg tried to intervene but was too far to reach the freighter in time. Exactly five months later, the ship was released following payment of a $2 million ransom. (en)
- Pirates attacked the vessel near Mogadishu harbor. During the hijacking attempt, the Syrian captain was killed and several crewmen wounded. Somali police and African Union peacekeepers rescued the ship. (en)
- The Dutch frigate repulsed an attack by seven pirates on the petroleum tanker Handytankers Magic. The frigate tracked the pirates back to a "mother ship", which turned out to be a kidnapped Yemeni dhow and freed 20 captive fishermen. The seven pirates were captured without a fight, but released as the Dutch did not have the legal authority to detain them. This release came under serious criticism, and the Dutch Navy admitted it has made a mistake, and that procedures could be changed. (en)
- An attack on the 80,000-ton Norwegian tanker MV Front Ardenne failed after the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship intervened. The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg and the American frigate gave pursuit, as the pirate skiff fled toward the Somalia port of Bosaso. Winnipeg shut its lights and was able to outmaneuver the pirates. Several warning shots were fired, the pirates stopped, were boarded and disarmed. Even though a rocket-propelled grenade was found on board, the pirates were let go as the Canadians did not have legal authority to detain them. (en)
- Pirates captured two Egyptian fishing boats in April. In August, the captive fishermen overpowered their captors, killing and wounding several and capturing others. The unharmed crew then sailed the ship to Yemen. (en)
- The 22,500-ton Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon was attacked by pirates who used two small boats, in the area about from the Yemeni port of Mukalla. This was the first time the Turkish frigate TCG Giresun joined the anti-piracy forces. The destroyer joined international naval forces at the Gulf of Aden two weeks previous. Giresun and the Danish warship HDMS Absalon immediately responded after receiving the emergency from the Vietnamese cargo ship. Helicopters from the Turkish and Danish warships prevented the pirates from taking over the Vietnamese ship. (en)
- The two ships were traveling together when two small boats began chasing. The ships sped up and outran them. (en)
- The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg intervened to rescue a civilian ship under fire by a pirate skiff. A boarding team was sent to conduct a weapons inspection, but the would-be pirates "threw items overboard". A Spanish ship also participated in the rescue. (en)
- Said to be carrying wheat and vehicles to Mogadishu, the vessel was released without a ransom being paid. (en)
- An Iranian factory fishing ship was captured by pirates off the coast of Puntland in an apparent vigilante action. These pirates seem to be local villagers from the area that captured the ship without the authority of the Puntland government. The reasons for the capture seem to be based on illegal fishing activities and the destruction of local fishermen's nets and equipment. Later, the Iranian authorities condemned the Somali pirates. (en)
- Somali pirates attacked Maersk Alabama some east of Somalia. The attack was repelled when the crew returned fire at the pirates. (en)
- Pirates tried to capture the Liberian-registered Safmarine Asia. The intervened and thwarted the attack with its helicopter. Nivôse tracked the pirates overnight and at dawn apprehended 11 pirates and intercepted a "pirate mother ship", which turned out to be a -long boat with fuel supply. (en)
- An Indian tanker, MT Abul Kalam Azad, managed to repel two pirate skiffs with the help of the two helicopters dispatched from the Malaysian warship and an unnamed Saudi Arabian warship. It was then given a frigate escort. (en)
- The South Korean destroyer responded to a distress call from MV Puma, which was being chased by a boat with five pirates, about off the coast of Yemen. The Danish ship zig-zaged to avoid the pirates and launched a flare at them to delay them. The Korean ship sent its Lynx helicopter and the pirates turned back when it threatened to fire. Puma was traveling from Singapore to Germany. (en)
- Pirates fired at the cruise ship MSC Melody with an automatic rifle and attempted to board at around 11:35 pm local time. After all passengers were escorted to their cabins, the ship's crew, which included a small Israeli security detail, attempted to fend off the pirates using a fire hose and, after that failed, by pistols. The pistol fire was successful in forcing off the pirates, although they continued to fire at the ship for ten minutes before leaving the area. The ship was approximately 325 km north of the Seychelles when attacked. The Spanish auxiliary military vessel Marques de la Ensenada escorted MSC Melody through the Gulf of Aden. (en)
- The pirates attacked the ship, but failed to get aboard. The ship sustained damage to the bulkhead and was escorted to Mombasa, Kenya, by USS Bainbridge. (en)
- A Russian-owned cargo ship, with a crew of 22, was hijacked while sailing to Slovenia loaded with a cargo of coal. The previous day the ship issued a distress call to . Helicopters from HMS Northumberland and were despatched with the US Navy declaring no threat. After the ship was captured, the Royal Navy seized a skiff believed to have been used in the attack. RPG munitions were offloaded into the sea along with cans of petrol and the skiff destroyed. Its hijacking was partially documented in the Sky TV programme Ross Kemp in Search of Pirates. (en)
- The oil tanker MV Longchamp and its crew of 12 Filipinos and one Indonesian was captured when the ship was at a distance from patrolling ships. The crew is believed to be safe, even though a gunshot was heard over the ship's radio. (en)
- Pirates captured the Lebanese freighter MV Sea Horse. According to a Somali elder, once the pirates learned that the ship was going to India to pick up food aid to bring back to Somalia, they freed the vessel. (en)
- A small fishing vessel was attacked off the Somali coast, with a crew of four Kenyans and three Indian sailors. The pirates attacked the vessel which was anchored at the Kenyan harbor of Kiunga, from the Somali border. Three people of Somali origin came in a fast skiff during the night and boarded the ship, kidnapping the three Indian crew members and mysteriously leaving the Kenyan crew unharmed. The pirates also left the ship unharmed and did not remove it from its anchorage. The ship belongs to a Kenyan company known as the Southern Engineering Company, which is part of the Alpha Group, known to be fishing illegally in Somali waters. It is possible that the kidnapping was a revenge attack targeting the company and its fishermen, also possibly involving the Kenyan sailors who may have been working with the kidnappers. (en)
- Rescued in the Gulf of Aden by a Russian warship. Two motor boats attacked the Dutch ship, but were chased off by the Russians after firing two rocket-propelled grenades at it and the Russians. (en)
- Two pirate boats pursued Atlantica off the coast of Yemen. The vessel engaged in evasive manoeuvres and escaped unharmed. (en)
- A cargo ship belonging to the Greek Albamare City shipping company was seized in the Gulf of Aden as it was transporting steel from the Black Sea to South Korea, along with its crew of 24. Three of the crew members are Greek, including the captain. The remaining crew consist of 1 Ukrainian, 3 Romanians, and 17 Filipinos. (en)
- The ship noticed a suspicious fishing boat and radioed nearby naval vessels while increasing speed. The other boat switched off its light and left the area. (en)
- Pirates attacked a Japanese cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden that was able to escape by zigzagging away from the pirates. The pirates were in two small vessels and fired off automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before escaping. The 18-man Filipino crew were unharmed in the attack. The ship was heading to the Kenyan port of Mombasa when the attack occurred. (en)
- The empty oil tanker Qana was heading to Aden when it was captured by pirates. Special forces from Yemen stormed the ship using helicopters and recaptured it. Seven pirates were captured and three were killed. Four more were captured the following day. During the firefight, five Indian crew members were injured. The ship was from the Yemeni coast when it was captured. (en)
- About off the coast of Yemen, the cargo ship S Venus was moving through the Gulf of Aden when a small boat with several pirates started to pursue it. The ship sent a distress call to a nearby French that was part of an international task group sent to Somalia to help stop and deter piracy. The approaching frigate scared off the pirates, but several hours later they tried again to approach the ship. That time, the French frigate captured and boarded the boat. French forces then arrested eight men. They also found a rocket launcher, assault rifles and several boarding ladders on the pirates' vessel. According to a French spokesperson, the eight men captured would be taken to Somalia for their trial. (en)
- The Canadian frigate was escorting another vessel when it received a distress from Pacific Opal, an Indian-crewed vessel. Two skiffs were approaching it. HMCS Winnipeg sent a Sea King helicopter to investigate, and the three skiffs retreated. (en)
- The ship was captured east of Socotra Island near the Gulf of Aden, and later used to hijack , a UK-owned car carrier. (en)
- captured with 2,000 tons of coke between Yemen and Puntland, with 8 Ukrainian crew. (en)
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- Piracy off the Somali coast has threatened international shipping since the beginning of Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s. This list documents those ships attacked in 2009: for other years, see List of ships attacked by Somali pirates. (en)
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- List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009 (en)
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