Royal Marines Retake 3 Hijacked Vessels | October 2011 May 2, 2021 Unipro2013main Featured Military Videos </p> <h2>Italian-flagged Bulk Carrier, the MV Montecristo.</h2> <p> In October 2011, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, R.F.A. Fort Victoria, and the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Frigate, HMS Somerset, were on patrol in the Indian Ocean. Both had a detachment of Royal Marines onboard which, over the course of four days, would be employed to retake three hijacked vessels, among them Italian-flagged bulk carrier, the MV Montecristo.<br /> By the end of the operations, the Marines would have captured just over twenty pirates and freed upto fifty hostages; all without firing a single round in action.<br /> <br /> Credit to : Liveth For Evermore</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
