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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/navy-frees-somali-pirates-hostages.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall has rescued five hostages and their fishing vessel from the clutches of Somali pirates" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-navy-frees-somali-pirates-hostages.jpg" alt="A naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall has rescued five hostages and their fishing vessel from the clutches of Somali pirates"/></a></p>
<p>British sailors have freed five hostages who were held captive by Somali pirates for three months.</p>
<p>A naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall discovered the Yemeni hostages after searching the pirates&#8217; sailing boat in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence said.</p>
<p>The boarding crew also found and destroyed weapons including rocket propelled grenades, and three skiffs used to launch attacks.</p>
<p>HMS Cornwall&#8217;s commanding officer, Commander David Wilkinson, said: &#8220;Our presence in the area has had a hugely significant effect on the lives of five Yemeni fishermen, who have been freed from over three months of pirate captivity and can now return to their families.</p>
<p>&#8220;In addition we have restored a merchant vessel to legitimate use on the high seas and my highly trained team has conducted a very slick boarding operation which has ensured that this pirate vessel is no longer able to operate.</p>
<p>&#8220;This demonstrates the reassurance and security offered by the presence in these waters of HMS Cornwall and other warships from Combined Maritime Forces.&#8221;</p>
<p>HMS Cornwall was alerted by a South Korean merchant vessel which spotted the Somali dhow acting suspiciously.</p>
<p>The British frigate arrived at the scene with a boarding team supported overhead by a Lynx helicopter.</p>
<p>HMS Cornwall is the Command Platform for Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, the counter-piracy mission of multi-national naval partnership Combined Maritime Force (CMF).</p>
<p>The rescue came as Norwegian shipping magnate Jacob Stolt-Nielsen faced criticism for suggesting pirates captured off the Horn of Africa should be sunk with their skiffs or executed on the spot.</p>
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