Back Faina (Schiff) German اموی فاینا Persian MV Faina Finnish MV Faina ID 파이나호 Korean MV Faina Malay Faina (schip, 1978) Dutch MV Faina Romanian Фаина (судно) Russian Фаїна (судно) Ukrainian
 MV Faina as observed from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf.
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Waterlux AG[1] |
| Operator | Tomex Team[1] |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Lödöse Varv AB |
| Yard number | 179 |
| Launched | 21 December 1977[2] |
| Completed | May 1978[2] |
| Identification | IMO number: 7419377[1] |
| Fate | Scrapped Chittagong 6 December 2014[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | KM* L3 |
| Tonnage | 10,931 GT |
| Displacement | 13,650 long tons (13,870 t) |
| Length | 152.5 m (500 ft 4 in) LBP |
| Beam | 18.01 m (59 ft 1 in) (moulded) |
| Draught | 6.72 m (22.0 ft) |
| Depth | 13.35 m (43.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines[2] |
| Speed | 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[2] |
| Crew | 21 |
MV Faina (Ukrainian: Фаїна) was a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship operated by a Ukrainian company that sailed under a Belize flag of convenience,[3][4][5] owned by Panama City-based Waterlux AG, and managed by Tomex Team of Odesa, Ukraine.[1]
On 25 September 2008, the ship was captured by Somali pirates allegedly under the orders of piracy kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan, in the twenty-sixth such attack in 2008.[6][7] The Faina's crew (at the time of capture) consisted of 17 Ukrainians, three Russians and one Latvian. On 28 September, Viktor Nikolsky, first mate on the Faina, said that Vladimir Kolobkov, the ship's Russian captain, had died from a hypertension-related stroke.[8][9][10] On 5 February 2009 it was announced that a ransom of US $3.2 million had been paid to the pirates, and the ship was released the next day.[11]
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- ^ a b c d e f "Vallmo". Miramar Ship Index. R.B.Haworth. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
- ^ "Confusion looms over ownership of seized Ukrainian military cargo". Xinhua News Agency. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ "Faina". Vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ Center for Investigative Reporting (January 2004). "Hiding behind the flag". Frontline World. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ "Pirates call all the shots". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ James Bridger (4 November 2013). "The Rise of Fall of Somalia's Pirate King". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Pirates Demand Ransom Of Millions". Sky News. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey (28 September 2008). "Tensions Rise Over Ship Hijacked Off Somalia". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ Hassan, Mohamed Olad (30 September 2008). "Pirates say they celebrated Muslim holiday on ship". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- ^ "Somali pirates 'free arms ship'". BBC News. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
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