Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden

Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden
Part of Piracy in Somalia, Operation Ocean Shield, Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Date 20 January 2011 Location 300 miles southeast of the port of Muscat, Oman, near the Gulf of Aden 14°42′N 56°54′E / 14.7°N 56.9°E / 14.7; 56.9 Result Malaysian victory
Belligerents
Royal Malaysian Navy PASKAL	Somali pirates
Commanders and leaders
Comm. Nazri Sharif Lt. Cmdr Mohd Maznan Mohd Said Lt. Noor Asri Roslan Lt. Jason Solomon John	Ahmed Othman Jamal   Abdil Eid Hasan
Strength
MT Bunga Mas Lima 1 attack helicopter 21 MISC-RMN Reserves 14 PASKAL operators with elements from GGK and PASKAU	1 skiff boat 7~18 pirates
Casualties and losses
None	3 wounded in action/captured 4 captured
Civilian casualties' No widely agreed-on figure.
class=notpageimage| Approximate location of rescue operation[1]

Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden (Malay: Operasi Fajar 8)^[2] was a naval operation carried out by the Royal Malaysian Navy against pirates in the Indian Ocean on 20 January 2011. In response to the hijacking of MV Bunga Laurel, the Malaysian Shipborne Protection Team deployed an attack helicopter and 14 members of the naval counter-terrorism group PASKAL in two rigid-hulled inflatable boats to retake the vessel and rescue the crew. After one night of trailing the tanker, the Malaysian forces successfully retook the ship by force on 20 January 2011, resulting in the wounding of three and the capture of four out of 18 pirates, and all 23 vessel crewmembers rescued.