The Blue Marlin . A ship capable of carrying more than 70,000 tonnes on its deck, or one and a half times the Titanic. Built in 1999, it was the largest and most powerful boat in its category until 2012. To its credit, impressive operations, such as the transport of the USS Cole, an American destroyer hit in 2000 by a suicide attack, or that of a radar station platform from Texas to Alaska, in 2005. “A real sea mastodon 225 meters long. Nobody should have dared to attack it because it is so impressive, ” comments an expert in the maritime sector. And yet: in May 2019, this impressive sea monster was attacked by pirates off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.
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"MAYDAY, MAYDAY" . Panicked by this assault, the captain of the boat, owned by the Dutch group Boskalis, sends a distress signal via the adapted international frequency, VHF 16. Nearby, another cargo ship, the Costa Rican Star , intercepts the call and the transmits
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