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Somalia: Pirates

Volume 716: debated on Monday 11 January 2010

Question

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions Royal Navy units have made contact with suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia; and, for each incident, how many suspects were involved, and whether they were armed. [HL524]

Since October 2008 the Royal Navy has carried out compliant boardings on seven suspected pirate vessels. Figures shown below detail the number of suspected pirates involved for each boarding and whether they were armed.

Incident

Total number of suspected pirates

Armed

1

8

yes

2

16

yes

3

8

yes

4

13

yes

5

10

yes

6

6

yes

7

13

yes

Total

74