MV Sun Express

	A UH1N Twin Huey helicopter provides cover as Marines board the MV Magellan Star during a board and seizure.
History
Name	Sun Express since 2012; Previously Magellan Star, Conmar Cape, Judith Borchard, Gracechurch Star. Built as Pioneer Albatross.;
Port of registry	Antigua and Barbuda
Laid down	5 December 2000
Launched	28 March 2002
Completed	2002
Identification	IMO number: 9242572; Call sign: V2OE7; MMSI number: 304408000 ;
Notes	Classed by Germanischer Lloyd since 2002.
General characteristics
Class and type	Container ship
Tonnage	6,277 GT; 3,249 NT; 7,933 DWT;
Length	133.53 m (438.1 ft)
Beam	18.70 m (61.4 ft)
Draught	7.223 m (23.70 ft)
Capacity	735 TEU
Crew	19

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.

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