NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.S. Navy was tracking a hijacked Japanese tanker off the coast of Somalia on Thursday with the aim of removing the attackers from the ship.
The Navy came to the vessel's aid this week when a warship destroyed pirate skiffs tied to the Japanese boat.
Naval personnel also boarded a North Korean vessel to treat crew members and pirates wounded during an uprising that returned the ship to its rightful control. One hijacker was killed, and the others remain detained on board, including three with gunshot wounds.
In the second paragraph, I want to know what's a vessel's aid.
In the third paragraph, I want to know the meaning of boarded a north korean vessel, rightful control.
2007-11-01 08:21:56 · 5 answers · asked by Amr R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
They mean coming to help the captive crew on that ship - that is "coming to the vessel's aid."
They mean removing the hijackers so the crew and owners control their own ship again - that is "rightful control."
2007-11-01 08:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as for the second paragraph, its referring to the japanese tanker. It says later in the first paragraph "Japanese tanker off the coast of Somalia on Thursday with the aim of removing the attackers from the ship." The key words are tanker and ship. When it says "The Navy came to the vessel's aid" they are talking about the Japanese tanker. Boarded a north korean vessel means they just got on board of the north korean boat. As for rightful control, its talking about how when something is hijacked, its not under control of the main people. Think of 9/11. The plane was hijacked, meaning people got on and took control. This article is talking about a hijacked Japanese boat that they took back control of.
Hope this helped.
2007-11-01 15:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by xx Call me Lolo xx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
came to the vessel's aid ... came to the ship and helped
They came aboard the North Korean ship and took control away from the pirates and returned control to the North Koreans who were the rightful controllers of the ship.
2007-11-01 15:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The navy people got on the ship and rightful control means the people who should actually be one ship
2007-11-01 15:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by Celtic-Candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boarded- got on the ship
vessel's aid-assisted the ship which was in need of help
rightful control-Navy took control of the ship while boarded, but gave back control after assisting the injured.
2007-11-01 15:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by usaisthebestest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋