MV St James Park

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| Ship name = St. James Park
| Ship owner = Philbox Limited
| Ship operator = Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd.,
| Ship registry = [[United Kingdom]]
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| Ship identification = IMO: 9072836. Call sign: MDJP3
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| Ship tonnage = 7,926
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| Ship length = 140 meters
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| Ship crew = 26
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'''St. James Park''' is a [[chemical tanker]].

==Hijacking==
On 28 December, 2009, the MV St. James Park was hijacked by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]] in the [[Gulf of Aden]].
<ref>{{cite news |title= Somali Pirates Seize Two More Ships |author= |first= |last= |authorlink= |url= http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/29/world/international-uk-somalia-piracy.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Navios%20Apollon&st=cse |format= |agency= [[Reuters]]|newspaper= [[New York Times]]|publisher= |date= 29 December 2009 |accessdate= 1 January 2010|quote= }}
</ref> It was traveling from Tarragona, [[Spain]] to Tha Phut, [[Thailand]], with 26 crew members from the Philippines, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, India and Turkey. Its cargo was 13,175 tonnes of EDC ([[1,2-Dichloroethane]]). The [[USS Chosin]] answered a distress call from the tanker. <ref>{{cite news |title= Somali Pirates Seize Tanker, Cargo Ship
|url= http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/29/world/AP-Piracy.html?scp=2&sq=Navios%20Apollon&st=cse |agency= Associated Press |newspaper= [[New York Times]] |date= 29 December 2009 |accessdate= 1 January 2010 |quote= }}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title= Somali pirates hijack British chemical tanker in Gulf of Aden |author= Mail Foreign Service |newspaper= [[Daily Mail]]|date= 29 December 2009 |url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1239138/British-tanker-St-James-Park-seized-Somali-pirates-Gulf-Aden.html
|accessdate= I January 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Piracy in Somalia}}
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[[Category:Piracy in Somalia]]
[[Category:Chemical tankers]]
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