Indian Naval Ship Sukanya , deployed on anti - piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden under the operational control of the Western Naval Command , thwarted a multiple - boat attack by pirates on Thursday and rescued 26 Somali crewmembers .
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Indian Naval Ship Sukanya , deployed on anti - piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden under the operational control of the <m> Western Naval Command </m> , thwarted a multiple - boat attack by pirates on Thursday and rescued 26 Somali crewmembers .
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Last updated on : November 11 , 2011 19 : 04 IST
Indian Naval Ship Sukanya , deployed on anti - piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden under the operational control of the <m> Western Naval Command </m> , thwarted a multiple - boat attack by pirates on Thursday and rescued 26 Somali crewmembers .
The ship was escorting a group of five merchant vessels through the internationally recognised transit corridor at 9 : 25 hours on Thursday when officers onboard detected a group of five boats approaching the merchant vessels .
The warship immediately changed its route and challenged the pirates ferrying the suspicious vessels
The pirates tried to reverse the course of the boats and tried to flee .
Two managed to give the Indian Navy a slip , but the other three boats were intercepted .
During the operation , six AK 47 rifles , 12 magazines and about 300 rounds of ammunition were found and confiscated .
In addition , a host of other equipment such as grapnels were also confiscated .
This is the fifth successful anti - piracy operation conducted by Sukanya , in the course of her ongoing patrol mission in the Gulf of Aden , which commenced in September .
So far , the Indian Navy has confiscated 14 AK 47 Rifles , 31 magazines and 923 rounds of ammunition from pirates .