La fragata HMS Chatham de la Royal Navy británica, desplegada dentro de la misión antipiratería de la OTAN en la costa de Somalia, ha hundido dos esquifes tras interceptar un grupo de presuntos piratas. La acción se llevó a cabo en coordinación con un avión de patrulla marítima de la Unión Europea, y mediante el helicóptero Lynx a bordo que descubrió a los esquifes a unos 240km. de las costas de Tanzania el pasado 14 de mayo de 2010.
Los esquifes fueron asaltados en una acción nocturna por una sección de los Royal Marines.
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Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, currently deployed as NATO's counter-piracy flagship, has destroyed two boats after intercepting a group of suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.
In a co-ordinated search with an EU Naval Force maritime patrol aircraft, operating out of the Seychelles, HMS Chatham's Lynx helicopter spotted a larger vessel towing the two attack boats approximately 150 miles (240km) off the coast of Tanzania on Friday 14 May 2010.
After monitoring the vessel through the night, at dawn, in a well planned operation, the pirates were forced to surrender by the overwhelming force posed by HMS Chatham, her Lynx helicopter and fast boats containing the ship's Royal Marines detachment.
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