Good use for Pirates, fish food.
Anybody know if the Russian ship they hijacked was a flag ship?
No. I believe it was a Liberian flagged vessel, IIRC.
They hijacked a tanker and the Russians sent an Udaloy Class destroyer to retake the ship.
I would add though, it was an entirely Russian crew, and it was Russian cargo (oil) on its way to China.
Definitely not Russian flagged, I believe Liberia, flag of convenience.
I read in another post here on FR earlier this week that the tanker was actually flagged in another country (I think it was Lithuania).
Posters were talking about how this would guarantee that no more Russian ships would be attacked. It was pointed out that this ship was not Russian flagged and that the name of the ship on the bow was in English. This adds a little more danger into the pirate mix since they won’t know if they are grabbing a ship that will get them killed or not.