Type of vessel : Chemical tanker
Location Detail : Around 410 NM WSW of Mumbai, India, off Somalia
Type of Attack : Attempted
Narrations : On 14.04.2012 / 0652 UTC, Posn 16 54 N, 065 59 E, Around 410 NM WSW of Mumbai, India)
Seven pirates armed with guns in a skiff approached a chemical tanker underway at high speed. Alarm sounded and armed security team mustered. When the skiff was 0.5 nm from the vessel the armed security team fired warning shots and the skiff aborted the approach. A mother vessel was sighted in the vicinity.
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