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  • Advice for British nationals on staying safe when travelling by sea

  • First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The IPO has helped broker an agreement to help search engines and creative industries work together to stop consumers being led to copyright infringing websites.

  • On 30 November RFA Fort Victoria’s helicopter identified a whaler-type vessel, fully loaded with fuel and carrying what appeared to be pirates…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that the UK is to provide the Director and fund the construction of the new Regional Anti-Piracy Prosecutions Intelligence Co-ordination Centre (RAPPICC) based in the Seychelles.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Royal Navy has come to the aid of a Spanish fishing vessel under pirate attack in the Indian Ocean this week.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British warship HMS Montrose came to the aid of the German-owned ship MV Beluga Fortune yesterday after she had been attacked by armed pirates in the Indian Ocean.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, deployed as part of an international naval task force operating in the Somali Basin, has located, boarded and destroyed a pirate vessel found to be carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • While on anti-piracy patrol in the Red Sea, Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth recently diverted her course and sped to the aid of a merchant ship that had come under pirate attack.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Only four days into her latest NATO counter-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, British Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose has disrupted a group of suspected pirates.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, currently deployed as NATO's counter-piracy flagship, has destroyed two boats after intercepting a group of suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A dhow pirate mother ship involved in attacks on merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean has been stopped and boarded by ships from the Royal Navy operating in the Indian Ocean.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Marines based onboard a Royal Navy warship destroyed a boat yesterday that was being used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to attack merchant ships.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Following his posting as Commander of the UK Counter-Piracy Task Group, Captain Gerry Northwood, Royal Navy, has written in The Times newspaper about how concerted efforts are helping reduce attacks on merchant vessels.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Marines aboard HMS Sutherland have been practising their pirate vessel boarding techniques using 'rapid roping' from the frigate's helicopter in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government