Danish warship rescued crew from Beluga Nomination
The Danish warship Esbern Snare rescued two crew members from the German owned heavy lift carrier Beluga Nomination, which last week was hijacked by Somalia pirates in the Indian Ocean far from Somalia. During the transfer to Somalia’s coast the ship was attacked by a patrol boat from the Seychelles Coast Guard. Two crew members managed to flee Beluga Nomination in one of the ship’s lifeboats. Esbern Snare searched for the lifeboat for two days before it was recovered some 300 nautical miles off the African coast. The two men rescued told Esbern Snare’s crew that one crew member was killed during the attack and that several pirates also were killed.