| MV Beluga Nomination incident | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Piracy in Somalia, Operation Ocean Shield, Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa | |||||||
 HDMS Esbern Snare | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Denmark Seychelles | Somali pirates | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 support ship (frigate) 1 patrol boat | 2 freighters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
1–2 killed 1 freighter damaged | ||||||
| 4 civilians killed | |||||||
The MV Beluga Nomination incident[1] was the capture and attempted liberation of a German freighter from Somali pirates by the Seychelles Coast Guard and Royal Danish Navy in January 2011. A few days after the taking of MV Beluga Nomination, a Seychelles patrol boat and a Danish flexible support ship, HDMS Esbern Snare, encountered the pirates and engaged in a failed rescue operation.[2]
- ^ "Piracy Report: The Industry's choice – Something to live for or something to die for?". 30 January 2011.
- ^ "Entführtes deutsches Schiff: Tödliches Feuergefecht um gekaperte "Beluga Nomination"". Der Spiegel. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.