MV Sun Express
A UH -1N Twin Huey monitored from the air commando raid to free the captured Magellan Star
- Judith Borchard
- Grace Church Star
- Pioneer Albatross
Germanischer Lloyd
IMO no. 9242572
The Magellan Star is a moving under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda container ship. The ship by the Hamburg Quadrant Bereederungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG was bereedert (the " shipping company shipping DS " part since 2000 ) which belongs to Dr. Peters Group, headquartered in Dortmund.
History
The ship was from 2000 to 2002 under the hull number 1195 as the lead ship of the Sietas type 169 on the JJ Sietas KG shipyard built GmbH & Co.. The keel-laying ceremony took place on 28 March 2002 on 5 December 2000, the launching. The completion of the ship in May 2002.
The ship was financed through the fund set up by HCI HCI ship ship Fund I.
The ship arrived on 11 May 2002 as Grace Church Star in driving. It was sold by the Maritime Fund in 2005.
Pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, September 2010
Somali pirates hijacked the ship on the morning of 8 September 2010 ( 13 ° S, 50 ° E - 13.38333333333349.966666666667 ). The Magellan Star was with a cargo of anchor chains Bilbao to Singapore go.
The crew of the ship under the Polish captain consisted of six Filipinos, two Russians, two Ukrainians, and Bulgarians. The Magellan Star was the third ship of an escorted at a distance of two nautical miles of U.S. warships convoys. Also, the first ship from the convoy sailing under Maltese flag freighter Olig B, was attacked.
The Turkish frigate TCG GOKCEADA (F -494 ) of the multi-national environment organization to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa received a distress call from the freighter, after which the warship USS Dubuque (U.S. Navy ) a 24 -strong Maritime Raid Force ( MRF ) of the 15th Marine posted Expeditionary Unit ( MEU ) from the United States Marine Corps. The captain had time off the machine and included with the crew in a security room. From there he was able to make an emergency call with a satellite phone. The crew was not found by the pirates. The Somali pirates took during the hijacking of a phone number that was mounted on the bridge for emergencies, contact the shipping company in Germany to ask where the team was and how they could set in motion the machinery. However, it did not receive any answer.
After 20 hours in the hands of the pirates, the ship and the crew were released on the morning of September 9, 2010 at 3:30 local time clock by the boarding team of Dubuque. During the action, among other things, eight helicopters were used. The Marines overpowered the nine kidnappers without exchange of fire. No one was injured. At 6.30 clock the soldiers went with the set of pirates aboard.
During the hijacking, the pirates destroyed the interior, the control system and other parts of the ship. Thus the ship was no longer fully seaworthy after the attack. Accompanied by an American warship drove the Magellan Star to overhaul to Dubai.