MV Longchamp

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| Ship name = MV Longchamp
| Ship owner = Bernhard Schulte Ship Management
| Ship operator = MC Shipping
| Ship registry = Bahamas
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| Ship tonnage = 4,316 deadweight tonnes
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| Ship crew = 13
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'''MV Longchamp''' is a German owned chemical tanker. It was hijcked by seven armed [[Somali pirates]] on January 29, 2009, while carrying a cargo of [[vinyl chloride]] monomer.<ref>{{cite news |title= Pirates hijack German-owned ship in Gulf of Aden|author= |first= |last= |authorlink= |author2= |author3= |author4= |author5= |author6= |author7= |url= http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/29/pirates.ship.hijack/index.html
|format= |agency= CNN |newspaper= |publisher= |location= |date= 29 January 2009}}</ref>
<ref>{{citeweb|title=Pirates seize tanker with 12 RP sailors|work=Global Nation|date=2009-01-31|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20090131-186624/Pirates-seize-tanker-with-12-RP-sailors|accessdate=2009-01-30|author=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Piracy in Somalia}}
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[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2009]]