Greek navy probes incident on Norwegian ship

The Greek navy sent armed forces on Monday to investigate an incident aboard a Norwegian cargo ship which could be an attack by pirates or a mutiny, a defence ministry source said. The navy sent a frigate, a helicopter and a special forces team to the scene in Greek territorial waters south-west of the town of Pilos on the Peloponnese peninsula, the source said. "The captain of the Norwegian vessel has sent a coded signal to Greek authorities which signifies that pirates have boarded his vessel," the source said. "Then the Norwegian consul asked for Greece's assistance."
But the source said a mutiny was also a possibility.
In Oslo, the Norwegian Shipowners Association said it had heard of the incident but its information was contradictory and it was too unclear to make any comment on. "It is a very small ship," association spokeswoman Marit Ytreeide said.