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
Date20 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

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  Surrendered
Abdil Eid Hasan  Surrendered
Strength
MT Bunga Mas Lima
1 Super Lynx 300
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.
Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden is located in Middle East
Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden
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.

  1. ^ K. Ashraf Kammed; Sharidan M. Ali; Shaun Ho; Zuhrin Azam Ahmad (22 January 2011). "M'sian tanker and crew saved from pirate attack in Gulf". The Star. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Ops Fajar Ke-9 Bunga Mas 5 Bermula". BERNAMA. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.