Anti-piracy plan; world ROUND-UP.VULNERABLE cargo ships off the coast of Somalia may be given their own armed guards by an EU task force being sent to combat the surge in piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. . The British naval commander in charge of the operation, rear admiral Phillip Jones, said the EU's warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter. flotilla would seek to place "vessel-protection detachments" on board some ships transporting food aid to Somalia. The EU mission includes four ships and two maritime reconnaissance aircraft and will replace the four-vessel Nato flotilla that has been conducting anti-piracy patrols. |
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