Crew await ship's hero; PIRATES.A REUNION of a captain with 19 crew he saved by offering himself as hostage has been delayed - after his ship went to halt more pirate attacks. Capt Richard Phillips was set to meet them in Mombasa after being rescued off the Kenyan coast on Sunday. But pirates tried to hijack a US ship carrying aid for Africa with grenades and the USS Bainbridge Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bainbridge, after William Bainbridge, a notable commodore of the early Navy.
A Somali pirate, Ismail, said they wanted to "slaughter Americans" to avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. three deaths by US navy snipers. The French navy captured 11 pirates off Kenya yesterday, preventing more attacks.. CAPTION(S): HOSTAGE Capt Phillips |
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