The military operation on NaveAndromeda tanker has been successfully completed. There were 2 Royal Navy wildcat helicopters and 2 Navy Merlin Mark 4 helicopters and a SBS team deployed for the operation. Crew all safe in the citadel. The ship came from Lagos in Nigeria. It was the intention of the 7 detained Nigerian stowaways to ask for asylum on arrival in the U.K.
The Nave Andromeda is surrounded from all sides. Photo British Navy.
