Video: Royal Navy Frees Hostages From Pirates

The Royal Navy's HMS Cornwall arrived at the scene with a boarding team supported overhead by a Lynx helicopter after being alerted of a Somali boat acting suspiciously, by a South Korean merchant vessel, the Ministry of Defence said.

HMS Cornwall's commanding officer, Commander David Wilkinson, said: "Our presence in the area has had a hugely significant effect on the lives of five Yemeni fishermen, who have been freed from over three months of pirate captivity and can now return to their families."

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Piracy in the busy shipping lanes off Somalia has flourished since its government collapsed in 1991 and has evolved into a multimillion dollar business with almost daily attacks.

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