| Battle of Minicoy Island | |||||||
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_and_INS_Chetlat_(T70)_cruise.jpg) Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 India | Somali pirates | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Arun Bahuguna | Usman Salad[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 patrol vessel | 1 trawler | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
10 killed 15 captured 1 trawler sunk | ||||||
| 20 hostages rescued | |||||||
The Battle of Minicoy Island was a single ship action in January 2011 between Indian naval forces and Somali pirates, during Operation Island Watch. Pirates in the former Thai fishing trawler Prantalay 14 resisted and attacked the Indian Navy patrol vessel INS Cankarso and, in a long surface action off Minicoy Island, the Indians sank the hostile ship and rescued twenty captives.[2]