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International-UN-NGOs
Weekly Piracy Report - 15 to 21 February 2005
2005-02-23
16.02.2005 at 2240 LT at Chittagong 'B' anchorage, Bangladesh. Ten robbers armed with long knives boarded a chemical tanker from two boats. They seized duty a/b and held him at knifepoint. D/O raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers jumped overboard and escaped with ship's stores. Chittagong port control informed.

15.02.2005 at 1545 UTC in posn: 02:38N - 107:47E, South China Sea. An unlit craft approached a bulk carrier underway. Alert crew flashed aldis lamp in the direction of the craft. A few minutes later craft altered course and moved away.

15.02.2005 at 0505 LT at Adang Bay anchorage, Indonesia. Three robbers armed with iron rods boarded a bulk carrier from hawse pipe. They broke open forepeak locker and stole ship's stores and a liferaft. Duty a/b raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers escaped in their boat.
Posted by:Pappy

#2  Ten robbers armed with long knives boarded a chemical tanker from two boats.

I'm sure, like all self-respecting pirates, they carried them gripped in their teeth.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2005-02-23 6:27:37 PM  

#1  An unlit craft approached a bulk carrier underway. Alert crew flashed aldis lamp in the direction of the craft.

"What's he saying, matey?"

"R-U-N--O-U-T--N-I-N-E--P-O-U-N-D-E-R-S"
Posted by: Mike   2005-02-23 6:44:40 AM  

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