MV Sun Express
A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure. | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Port of registry | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Laid down | 5 December 2000 |
| Launched | 28 March 2002 |
| Completed | 2002 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | Classed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 133.53 m (438.1 ft) |
| Beam | 18.70 m (61.4 ft) |
| Draught | 7.223 m (23.70 ft) |
| Capacity | 735 TEU |
| Crew | 19 |
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. At the time it was captured by pirates the ship was traveling from Bilbao, Spain, to Singapore with a cargo of anchor chains.