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MV Pacific Opal

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	PacificOpal9.JPG
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	*Hatasia (1993-2006)
owner	*First International Capital Ltd Group, Monrovia (as completed)
registry	Liberia (as Hatasia)
builder	Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries, Inchon, Korea
yard_number	S-197
launched	23 October 1993
completed	December 1993
identification
status	Active
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage	*
length	601 ft
beam	105 ft
draught	40 ft
speed	15.5 kn
capacity	325,977 barrels of fluid

Pacific Opal (2006-)
Tankers Pacific Management

'*MT Pacific Opal''' (ex-*Hatasia'') is a chemical tanker built in 1993 and currently owned by Tankers Pacific Management Singapore.

Event off Somalia

On 4 April 2009 three skiffs were spotted approaching the ship while sailing through the Arabian Sea. The Pacific Opal radioed for help from the nearby HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) which launched a Sea King helicopter to assist, following its arrival the pirates retreated from the ship. The ship was approached by two skiffs on 5 April 2011, while sailing off the coast of Somalia Heading for Mombasa from the Persian Gulf. The Skiffs with pirates, proceeded to then attack the Pacific Opal. The Pacific Opal sent a mayday, which was received by an EU NAFOR vessel that was patrolling in the Indian Ocean at the time.

The skiffs, one attacking the port side and the other the starboard side, retreated after the on-board security team had fired flares and warning shots. The vessel was fired upon by the skiffs before they retreated and headed off toward the mother ship which was 10 miles off in the distance.

The pirates, along with their mother ship and skiffs were then detained by the EU NAVFOR Finnish warship FNS POHJANMAA on 6 April. The Pirates were later released on 21 April because the Finish Navy were unable to prosecute them.

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