Modern Pirates

[Test Pilot]

I think that article was a joke...

Aaaaaaaaaagh!

[ZULU]

and on the notion of fish- big shoals of eisc's dont actually respect international boundaries

the most commonly referred to term is the horn of africa which these countries are in close proximity. The reason i included uganda is that it has had a very troubled pasg and to an extent present, hardly contributing stability to its coastal neighbours

[hedgehog]

I am such a nice guy

I will beleive you

whereas others who are not as nice as me- wouldnt and say you made a bollox out of it.

But as I said I am a nice guy and dont think like that.

Now lets get back to the pirate thread me hearties.

[BANDIT]

As far as I am aware the largest irish registered trawler fishes of the coast of Ghana under some form of an EC trade agreement, \As for the Somali pirates there is some truth in the claim regarding foreign trawlers but its the Somalis themselves who have raped the place for years , some of the bigger Somali warlords have trawlers registered and fishing out of Mombassa
As regards the main base in Eyl well its the samller guys in the fibreglass boats who fish for shark ( fin) and lobsters and guess who has the lobster processing plant in Eyl , the president of Puntland, Farole who is up to his neck in all sorts of shit.
As regards fast boats etc, the seas are often very heavy for months at a time so bouncing alomg at such speeds is probably not possible, Somalia is becoming the next Afghanistan and nobody is really doinfg much to prevent it.

[Jungle]

I think some of you are ready for a vacation; check this out:

Welcome to Somali Cruises

It's like a safari, only better

"Safari" is the Swahili word for adventure and that's just what we have in store for you.

We sail up and down the coast of Somalia waiting to get hijacked by pirates. We encourage you to bring your 'High powered weapons' along on the cruise. If you don't have weapons of your own, you can rent them on the boat.

It is very relaxing to use a .50 cal HMG on a bunch of drugged-up idiots on a boat...

[Dogwatch]

EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracks down Pirate attack group

13/11/2009 16.23 UTC

On Thursday 12 November, the EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracked down and apprehended the pirate attack group responsible for the recently reported attacks 500 miles north west of the Seychelles.

After previous attacks were reported on 10 and 11 November, and in particular the attempted hijacking of the BW Lion, the French warship Floreal was tasked to sanitize the area of the attacks. A EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol aircraft from the Seychelles found the pirate attack group and guided the Floreal onto their position. The Floreal found the pirate mother ship and two attack skiffs some 500 miles north west of the Seychelles and 650 miles east of Hobyo, a pirate stronghold on the coast of Somalia.

The pirates tried to dispose of weapons, ladders and other pirate paraphernalia but the Floreal was able to seize weapons, grappling hooks and other equipment that left the ship in no doubt as to their intentions to carry out pirate attacks. French ship Floreal has taken the suspected pirates into custody.


This photo provided Friday by the French Army shows French soldiers arresting suspect pirates off Somalia, Thursday Nov.12, 2009. The French Defense Ministry said Friday Nov. 13 2009 that the Floreal surveillance boat, backed by a Luxembourg maritime surveillance plane, intercepted a pirate ship and two skiffs 650 nautical miles (about 750 statute miles) east of Hobyo, Somalia. The French sailors also seized assault rifles, rocket launchers and other weaponry during Thursday's operation which was part of the EU anti-piracy mission in the region. (AP / French Army / ECPAD)


FNS FLOREAL

[Test Pilot]

Interesting to see that the RIB crew have no protective gear.

[golden rivet]

Interesting to see that the RIB crew have no protective gear.

deirdres old life boat painted white... so thays who the claw sold it to

[zone 1]

with new guns on the p 51 and p52 up on the funnel deck roisin class would they be suitable to anti piracy work on the Somali coast just wondering.....

jesus things are hard down there could we see us sending one of our roisin class to help out in the future i see the sweds are down there now....

[ZULU]

12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, November 18, 2009


The Associated Press


MOGADISHU, Somalia – With a Spanish warship standing by, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday to Somali pirates, who then freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.
"The government did what it had to do," Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in Madrid. "The important thing is that the sailors will be back with us. The first obligation of a country, of the government of a state, is to save the lives of its countrymen."
Pirates attacked two vessels Monday, capturing the chemical tanker MV Theresa and its crew of 28 North Koreans, the European Union's anti-piracy force said. Pirates also attacked a Ukrainian cargo ship, but it got away after security guards fired on the pirates, the anti-piracy force said.
Somali pirates still hold about a dozen ships with more than 200 crew members, including a British couple who were taken from their 38-foot sailboat last month.
Ali Gab, a self-described pirate, said the hijackers of the Spanish tuna boat Alakrana were paid $3.3 million in ransom, delivered by boat as sailors aboard a warship watched.
The trawler steamed away under the protection of two Spanish warships.
All crew members were reported to be in good health after more than six weeks in captivity.
In April 2008, Spain reportedly paid a ransom of $1.2 million to win the release of another trawler seized by pirates. Pirate attacks have been on the rise. The millions of dollars a successful hijacking can bring is a windfall in impoverished and war-ravaged Somalia.

[ZULU]

By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso, Associated Press Writer – 15 mins ago
NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said.
Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days. Navy SEAL sharpshooters freed Phillips while killing three pirates in a daring nighttime attack.
Somali pirates attacked the ship with automatic weapons early Wednesday about 350 nautical miles east of the Somali coast, but guards on board the craft fired back and thwarted the attempted hijacking.

[ZULU]

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"The captain died last night from gunshot wounds he got during the hijack," the pirate who gave his name as Mohamed said.

"The ship is headed for Haradheere with the dead captain."

The MV Theresa VIII was seized 180 miles northwest of the Seychelles on Monday; it had 28 North Korean crew members on board.

The 22,294 DWT tanker, operated from Singapore, had been sailing to the Kenyan port of Mombasa but turned round after being seized near the Indian Ocean archipelago.

Meanwhile, an attack in the early hours of this morning on US-flagged, Danish-owned container ship MV Maersk Alabama has been repulsed.

Pirates fired automatic weapons on the ship which was sailing 350 nautical miles east from the Somali coast.

See more on the EU's fight against Somali pirates

But the pirates in turn were fired on from an embarked Vessel Protection Detachment and the hijacking was averted - the ship was previously hijacked in April 2009.

Aircraft and naval vessels from the EU protection force under the banner of Operation Atalanta are investigating the situation.

The main tasks of Operation Atalanta are to escort merchant vessels carrying food of the 'World Food Programme', protect vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy.

[Dogwatch]

Spanish fishing vessel Alakrana



A handout photograph made available by Spain's Ministry of Defense of Spanish tuna fishing boat 'Alakrana' sailing the waters of the Indian Ocean on 17 November 2009 and heading for Port Victoria, in Seychelles, where the boat is expected to arrive on Thursday, while escorted by frigates 'Canarias' and 'Mendez Nuñez'. The Somali pirates have freed the 36 members of the crew (7 from the Basque Country, 9 from Galicia, 8 from Indonesia, 2 from Malaisia, 3 from Senegal, 4 from Ghana, 2 from Ivory Coast and 1 from Seychelles) today 47 days after hijacking them off the coast of Somalia.

[Dogwatch]

EU NAVFOR neutralises pirate attack group in Indian Ocean


On November 25th 2009 EU NAVFOR Greek warship HS Adrias neutralised a suspected Pirate Attack Group approximately 260 nautical miles North-East of Seychelles.

MV Eclipse, a France flagged Ro-Ro Cargo Ship was approached the day before by a suspected skiff. An embarked Vessel Protection Detachment fired warning shots to hold off a possible attack. An EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft stationed at the Seychelles was tasked to investigate this approach. The Maritime Patrol Aircraft detected in the position of the earlier approach a suspected motherskiff with an attack skiff in tow.

Greek EU NAVFOR warship HS Adrias, tasked to search and neutralise these suspected pirates, intercepted the suspected pirate attack group with help from another Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

Adrias boarding team secured the two skiffs with in total 9 persons on board. All remaining piracy related paraphernalia, including the excess skiff, was seized.

HS Adrias and the Maritime Patrol Aircraft take part in the EU NAVFOR mission Operation ATALANTA. The main tasks of Operation ATALANTA are to escort merchant vessels carrying food of the World Food Program (WFP), the protection of vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy.

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