FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Here are details of ships held by Somali pirates:

* SOCOTRA 1: Seized on Dec. 25, 2009, in the Gulf of Aden. The Yemeni-owned ship had six Yemeni crew.

* ICEBERG 1: Seized on March 29, 2010. Roll-on roll-off vessel captured 10 miles from Aden. Crew of 24.

* OLIP G: Seized on Sept. 8, 2010. Maltese-flagged merchant vessel with 18 crew - 15 Georgians, three Turks.

* CHOIZIL: Seized on Oct. 26, 2010. South African-owned yacht hijacked after leaving Dar es Salaam. One crew member was rescued by an EU anti-piracy task force but two others were taken ashore as hostages and have not been heard from since.

* ALBEDO: Seized on Nov. 26, 2010. Malaysian-owned cargo vessel taken 900 miles off Somalia as it headed for Mombasa from UAE. Crew of 23 from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran.

* ORNA: Seized on Dec. 20, 2010. The Panama-flagged bulk cargo vessel, 27,915 dwt, owned by the United Arab Emirates, was seized 400 miles northeast of the Seychelles. Somali pirates rescued 19 crew members of the Orna after their hijacked ship caught fire last June.

* FAIRCHEM BOGEY: Seized on Aug. 20, 2011. The empty chemical oil tanker with its 21 crew was seized south of Salalah port in the Gulf of Oman. The 52,455 dwt Marshall Islands-flagged tanker is managed by Mumbai-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management.

* LIQUID VELVET: Seized on Oct. 31, 2011. The Marshall Islands-flagged Greek-owned chemical tanker was sailing from Suez and heading to India when it was seized in the Gulf of Aden. The 11,599 dwt, owned by the Greek firm Elmira Tankers, was carrying 22 people on board.

* ARIDE: Seized November 2011. The fishing vessel was captured 65 miles west of Mahe. The two Seychelles crew are being held hostage by Somali pirates.

* ENRICO IEVOLI: Seized on Dec. 27. Ship-owner Marnavi said that the 16,631-tonne chemical tanker had been seized by pirates off the coast of Oman in the Arabian sea. The tanker had 18 people on board including six Italians, five Ukranians and seven Indians. The vessel is carrying a cargo of caustic soda and had left the United Arab Emirates bound for the Mediterranean.

Sources: Reuters