4 British sailors rescued in Gulf of Aden: naval coalition

• A South Korean warship rescued four British sailors stranded in the Gulf of Aden.
• Their ship’s engine failed, according to a multinational naval partnership.
• The ship rescued three of the sailors and contacted a nearby merchant vessel for help.

A South Korean warship rescued four British sailors who were stranded in the Gulf of Aden after their ship’s engine failed, according to a multinational naval partnership announced Wednesday.

The navy destroyer “responded after Combined Maritime Forces… was notified of a distress call from the stranded mariners,” according to a statement from the CMF naval coalition.

The ship rescued three of the sailors and “contacted a nearby merchant vessel to provide medical assistance” to the fourth, it said, adding that the rescue took place on Sunday.

The four Britons were transferred to Oman on Monday “for additional medical care and repatriation”, the statement added.

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The CMF published a photograph of the rescue showing personnel providing assistance next to the sailing vessel, which had been transiting the Gulf of Aden.

“This rescue is the true manifestation of professionalism and close coordination between international partners,” Pakistan Navy Commodore Ahmed Hussain, commander of an counter-piracy task force that works under the CMF, said in the statement.

The CMF is made up of 34 nations, and its ships patrol 3.2 million square miles (8.3 million square kilometres) of international waters, including important shipping lanes.

It is headquartered in Bahrain.

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