A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure.
History
Name
Sun Express since 2012
Previously Magellan Star, Conmar Cape, Judith Borchard, Gracechurch Star. Built as Pioneer Albatross.
Port of registry
Antigua and Barbuda[1]
Laid down
5 December 2000[2]
Launched
28 March 2002[2]
Completed
2002[1]
Identification
IMO number: 9242572
Call sign: V2OE7
MMSI number: 304408000 [1]
Notes
Classed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002.[1]
General characteristics
Class and type
Container ship[1]
Tonnage
6,277 GT[1]
3,249 NT
7,933 DWT[2]
Length
133.53 m (438.1 ft)[2]
Beam
18.70 m (61.4 ft)[2]
Draught
7.223 m (23.70 ft)[2]
Capacity
735 TEU[2]
Crew
19[2]
MV Sun Express is a German-owned container ship registered under the flag of convenience of Antigua and Barbuda. A U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance team boarded the ship off the coast of Somalia on 9 September 2010, reclaiming control from pirates who had seized the ship and taken the crew hostage.[3][4] At the time it was captured by pirates the ship was traveling from Bilbao, Spain, to Singapore with a cargo of anchor chains.
^ abcdef"Magellan Star (9242572)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
^ abcdefgh"Magellan Star (110075)". Vessel Register for DNV. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
^"US Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia".
^U.S. Forces Take Ship From Somali Pirates, New York Times, 9 September 2010
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Global Information
Antigua and Barbuda[1]