MV Danica White explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Name: | MV Danica White | | Ship Owner: | Partrederiet Invest Vi[1] | | Ship Operator: | H. Folmer & Co., Copenhagen | | Ship Registry: |  Nakskov | | Ship Launched: | 1985 | | Ship Identification: | -
- Registration number: D 2995
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| Ship Type: | Bulk carrier | | Ship Tonnage: | 997 gt1,563 dwt | | Ship Length: | 61.55m (201.94feet) | | Ship Power: | 588kW | | Ship Crew: | 6 |
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The Danish-owned cargo ship
MV Danica White was hijacked and maneuvered into Somali waters on 1 June 2007. On 3 June 2007,, a engaged the pirates, firing machine-gun bursts at the skiffs in tow behind the Danish ship, but failed to stop them.
[2] Following 83 days in captivity, the crew of five and the ship were released after the owner, H. Folmer & Co, paid a ransom of 723,000
United States dollars, which was negotiated down from $1.5 million.
[3] [4] Notes and References
- Web site: Fakta om Danica White . Folmer.dk . da . 14 July 2014.
- News: Barbara . Starr . U.S. warship can't stop pirates off Somalia . CNN . 6 June 2007 . 22 April 2008.
- News: DANICA WHITE Pirate attack and hijacking on 1 June 2007 . . 16 November 2007 . 14 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215431/http://www.dma.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/OKE/List-marine-accident-reports-per-year/danicawhiteoversat.pdf . 23 September 2015 .
- Web site: Danica White hijacker among arrested pirates . 16 October 2013 . Shippingwatch.com . 14 July 2014.
