MV Moscow University hijacking

MV Moscow University hijacking
Part of Piracy in Somalia
Date5–6 May 2010 (1 day)
Location
Gulf of Aden
Result

Russian victory

  • Tanker recovered
  • All 23 hostages safely rescued
Belligerents

Russian Navy

 Australia

 Somali Pirates
Commanders and leaders
Ildar Akhmerov
Lt.Col Oleg Kistanov
(Commander of Russian marines)		 Unknown
Strength
1 AP-3C Orion
1 destroyer
20-25 Russian Marines		 1 captured tanker
11 pirates
Casualties and losses
None 1 killed
10 captured and set adrift (died later; per Russia)
Total: 11 dead

On 5 May 2010, Somali pirates hijacked MV Moscow University, a Liberian-flagged Russian tanker, in the Gulf of Aden. Her crew was freed by the Russian Navy destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov the following day.

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