T/ British Serenity

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CASO/CASE: British Serenity

DATOS DEL BUQUE ATACADO

01) NOMBRE DEL BUQUE/ NAME OF THE SHIP:
R --> British Serenity

02) NÚM OMI/OMI NÚM:
R --> IMO:9288837

03) BANDERA DEL BUQUE/ SHIP's FLAG:
R --> UK

04) TIPO DE BUQUE/ TYPE OF SHIP:
R --> Mercante (Buque Tanque)

05) TONELAGE BRUTO/ GROSS TONNAGE:
R --> 47210 TAB/GT

06) LUGAR DEL INCIDENTE/ INCIDENT PLACE:
R --> Anchor off Puerto La Cruz

07) DIRECCIÓN DEL ARMADOR/OWNER'S ADDRESS:
R --> BPS Fleet Ops Company Security

08) LUGAR DE ZARPE/ARRIBO/SAILING PORT/ARRIVAL:
R --> Anchor off Puerto La Cruz

09) DETALLES DE LA CARGA/CARGO DETAILS:
R --> Tanker


DATOS DEL INCIDENTE

10) FECHA/DATE: 14NOV2009 - HORA/TIME: 2347 HLV

11) LAT/LON: l: -- º -- ' -- '' N - L: --- º -- ' -- '' W

12) PUNTO DE REF./NEAREST LANDMARK:
R --> Guanta - Puerto La Cruz

13) PUERTO/CIUDAD/PORT/TOWN/ANCHORAGE:
R --> Puerto La Cruz

14) PAÍS/PAÍS CERCANO/NEAREST COUNTRY:
R --> Venezuela

15) ATAQUE DURANTE/ATTACK DURING:
R --> Fondeado/Anchorage

16) VELOCIDAD DEL BUQUE/SHIP'S SPEED:
R --> n/a nudos/kts.

17) FRANCOBORDO/FREEBOARD:
R --> n/a m.

18) CLIMA/MAR:
WEATHER/SEA:
R --> Calm

19) TIPO DE ATAQUE/TYPE OF ATTACK:
R --> Abordaje/Boarded

20) CONSECUENCIAS PARA EL BUQUE, TRIPULACIÓN Y CARGA
CONSECUENCES FOR SHIP, CREW AND CARGO:
R --> The focsle door was open and that they believed some paint had been stolen (thought to be about 3 cans of deck green) and the wolf light from the focsle entrance. It is thought that the padlock had been broken off the focsle door and thrown over the side as it could not be found anywhere on the focsle. They were just petty thieves and there was no serious threat to the vessel or crew as they left the vessel as soon as they realised they had been detected.

21) ÁREA ATACADA DEL BUQUE/SHIPATTACKED AREA
R --> The Focsle


DATOS DE LOS ATACANTES

22) NÚM. DE ATACANTES/NUM. OF ATTACKERS
R --> 03

23) APARIENCIA FÍSICA/PSHYSICAL APPEARENCE
R --> petty thieves

24) IDIOMA UTILIZADO/LANGUAGE SPOKEN
R --> spanish

25) ARMAS UTILIZADAS/WEAPONS USED.
R --> n/a

26) MARCAS DISTINTIVAS/DISTINTIVE MARKS
R --> n/a

27) TIPO DE BUQUE UTILIZADO/CRAFT USED
R --> n/a

28) MÉTODO DE APROXIMACIÓN/APPROACH METHOD
R --> must have approached from dead ahead and then climbed up to the focsle using a graple and rope or some such arrangement, leaving the same way.

29) DURACIÓN DEL ATAQUE/ATTACK DURATION
R --> 30m min./minutes

30) NIVEL DEL ATAQUE/ATTACK LEVEL:
R --> Agresivo/Agressive


OTROS DETALLES/

31) ACCIONES TOMADAS [CAPITÁN Y TRIPULACIÓN]:
ACTIONS TAKEN BY CAPTAIN AND CREW:
R --> The OOW immediately called the Master. When the Master arrived on the bridge one person could be plainly seen on the focsle lowering something over the side, an attempt was made to blow the forward whistle to alert the intruders that they had been detected. The watch AB\'s were instructed to stop at the manifold each side and the general alarm was sounded. On sounding the alarm the intruders were seen to leave the vessel. The OOW attempted to call the port control and was only partially successful he managed to get a response and pass the details but did not get a response to the message.

32) ¿EL INCIDENTE FUE REPORTADO A LAS AUTORIDADES LOCALES Y A CUÁL?
WAS THE INCIDENT REPORTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND WICH?:
R --> Sí/ Yes , n/a

33) ACCIONES TOMADAS POR LA AUTORIDAD LOCAL:
ACTIONS TAKEN BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES:
R --> The OOW attempted to call the port control and was only partially successful he managed to get a response and pass the details but did not get a response to the message. The Master contacted the agent via VHF and asked him to inform the authorities.

34) PERSONAS ABORDO Y NACIONALIDAD/POB AND NATIONALITY:
R --> n/a

35) BREVE DESCRIPCIÓN DE LOS HECHOS/BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACK:
R --> The British Serenity was at anchor off Puerto La Cruz, in ballast with a forward draft of 6.5m, Security level 2 two men in the watch patrolling the deck and the cable washers on. At approx 2347LT (0417Z) 3 intruders were detected on the focsle, the OOW immediately called the Master. When the Master arrived on the bridge one person could be plainly seen on the focsle lowering something over the side, an attempt was made to blow the forward whistle to alert the intruders that they had been detected. The watch AB\'s were instructed to stop at the manifold each side and the general alarm was sounded. On sounding the alarm the intruders were seen to leave the vessel. On mustering, team one were sent forward to assess the situation they reported that Team two were sent around the after end of the vessel to check that all other external doors and padlocks remained in place and secure. It is thought that the intruders gained access via the focsle as at no time did they go to the maindeck. At no time was any boat seen either approaching or leaving the vessel so I believe that they must have approached from dead ahead and then climbed up to the focsle using a graple and rope or some such arrangement, leaving the same way.