MV Sun Express

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title: "MV Sun Express" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2002-ships", "ships-built-in-hamburg", "maritime-incidents-in-2010", "maritime-incidents-in-2012"] topic_path: "general/2002-ships" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Express" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	US Navy 100909-N-5133N-135 A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the motor vessel M-V Magellan Star during a board and seizur.jpg
image_caption	A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure.
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	*Sun Express since 2012
flag
registry	Antigua and Barbuda
laid_down	5 December 2000
launched	28 March 2002
completed	2002
identification	*
* <ref name	"equasis"/
notes	Classed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002.
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	Container ship
tonnage	*
*<ref name	"gl"/
length	133.53 m
beam	18.70 m
draught	7.223 m
capacity
crew	19
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|section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = US Navy 100909-N-5133N-135 A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the motor vessel M-V Magellan Star during a board and seizur.jpg | image_caption = A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure.

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name =*Sun Express since 2012

• Previously Magellan Star, Conmar Cape, Judith Borchard, Gracechurch Star. Built as Pioneer Albatross. | flag = | owner = | operator = | registry = Antigua and Barbuda | route = | ordered = | builder = | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 5 December 2000 | launched = 28 March 2002 | completed = 2002 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification =*
• Call sign: V2OE7

| fate = | status = | notes = Classed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002.

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Container ship | tonnage =*

| displacement = | length = 133.53 m | beam = 18.70 m | height = | draught = 7.223 m | draft = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = | propulsion = | speed = | capacity = | crew = 19 | notes = '*MV *Sun Express''''' is a German-owned container ship registered under the flag of convenience of Antigua and Barbuda. A U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance team boarded the ship off the coast of Somalia on 9 September 2010, reclaiming control from pirates who had seized the ship and taken the crew hostage. At the time it was captured by pirates the ship was traveling from Bilbao, Spain, to Singapore with a cargo of anchor chains.

The raid

Just before dawn, the U.S. team from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force launched the assault from aboard the , an amphibious transport ship. It was the first time U.S. military forces off Somalia had staged an action to board a commercial vessel in which pirates were on board with hostages, said a U.S. Navy spokesman.

Grounding

On 3 November 2012, Conmar Cape ran aground off Subic Bay whilst on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Hong Kong. She was refloated between 16 and 18 November.

References

References

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3. "US Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia".
4. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/world/africa/10pirates.html U.S. Forces Take Ship From Somali Pirates], New York Times, 9 September 2010
5. "U.S. forces board pirate-captured vessel, seize control - CNN.com".
6. Voytenko, Mikhail. (9 November 2012). "German boxship Conmar Cape aground off Subic Bay". Fleetmon.
7. Voytenko, Mikhail. (18 November 2012). "German boxship Conmar Cape taken to Keppel Shipyard for repairs after grounding, Philippine". Fleetmon.

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