Spanish patrol boat rescues ship's crew from pirates
Thursday, April 11, 2019 @ 3:27 PM
A SPANISH patrol boat rescued a Nigerian merchant ship which had been kidnapped by pirates in the Guinean Gulf, reports the ministry of defence.
The P-71 Serviola is based on the west African coast and was carrying out security operations on Tuesday when its crew located the ship, which was navigating 'erratically' and without transmitting via the Automatic Identification System (AIS).
Spanish Naval officials radioed the ship's crew, who confirmed they had been hijacked four days ago.
The pirates had shifted away when they saw the Spanish Navy craft, although it was likely they would return once the coast was clear.
According to the Nigerian captain, nobody on board the merchant ship had been harmed during the four days they had been under siege.
Read more at thinkSPAIN.com