MV Sun Express

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A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure.
History
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Name
  • Sun Express since 2012
  • Previously Magellan Star, Conmar Cape, Judith Borchard, Gracechurch Star. Built as Pioneer Albatross.
Port of registryFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda [1]
Laid down5 December 2000 [2]
Launched28 March 2002 [2]
Completed2002 [1]
Identification
NotesClassed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002. [1]
General characteristics
Class and typeContainer ship [1]
Tonnage
Length133.53 m (438.1 ft) [2]
Beam18.70 m (61.4 ft) [2]
Draught7.223 m (23.70 ft) [2]
Capacity735  TEU [2]
Crew19 [2]

MV Sun Express is a German-owned container ship registered under the flag of convenience of Antigua and Barbuda. A U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance team boarded the ship off the coast of Somalia on 9 September 2010, reclaiming control from pirates who had seized the ship and taken the crew hostage. [3] [4] At the time it was captured by pirates the ship was traveling from Bilbao, Spain, to Singapore with a cargo of anchor chains.

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The raid

Just before dawn, the U.S. team from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force launched the assault from aboard the USS Dubuque (LPD-8), an amphibious transport ship. It was the first time U.S. military forces off Somalia had staged an action to board a commercial vessel in which pirates were on board with hostages, said a U.S. Navy spokesman. [5]

Grounding

On 3 November 2012, Conmar Cape ran aground off Subic Bay whilst on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Hong Kong. [6] She was refloated between 16 and 18 November. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Magellan Star (9242572)" . Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy . Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Magellan Star (110075)". Vessel Register for DNV. Germanischer Lloyd . Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "US Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia". Archived from the original on 12 September 2010.
  4. ↑ U.S. Forces Take Ship From Somali Pirates, New York Times, 9 September 2010
  5. ↑ Staff, the CNN Wire. "U.S. forces board pirate-captured vessel, seize control - CNN.com".{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ Voytenko, Mikhail (9 November 2012). "German boxship Conmar Cape aground off Subic Bay". Fleetmon. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Voytenko, Mikhail (18 November 2012). "German boxship Conmar Cape taken to Keppel Shipyard for repairs after grounding, Philippine". Fleetmon. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

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