pirates seize ship

[DeepSeaApnea]

Originally Posted by ILDiver

I think the innocent crew onboard is what is preventing a sinking of the ship.

So it is clear that Segal is the only answer!

I can tell you for sure that they could give 2 shits about that crew. 30 tanks for 30 crew members, I think they would sink it and save their dignity then risk losing 30 tanks to african rebels.

[ILDiver]

Yes, but if they send in Segal, they get the crew safely and a firey explosion!

[jay cluskey]

ive kicked segals arse many timeshe cant fight sleep

[trux]

The British navy killed two Somali pirates, and captured several others, after the attempted hijacking of a Danish cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.

News | Africa - Reuters.com

The Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with heavy weaponery and 20 members of its crew are still held by pirates. Pirates also hijacked another ship this week - despite heavy international military presence in the area, yesterday they captured a Turkish tanker with 14 crew members on board.

[Adrian]

There's a great article on pirates in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/wo...tml?ref=africa

It gives a good insight into these modern pirates. I'd also like to mention the fantastic photography by Jehad Nga. I'd love to figure out his technique!

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by trux

Somali pirates seized another ship - this time a Spanish fishing boat with 26 people on board. Spain sent a naval frigate into the area. I hope for safe return of the kidnapped fishers, and wish that the pirates face the same fate as the ones who seized the French yacht.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Spain in hostage hunt off Somalia

Those Spanish fishermen certainly get around. No wonder the fishermen were getting so worked up to get EU relief on their fuel (didn't one or two Spanish/French fishermen die during the protests?) - sounds like they are travelling great distances. [Wonder if it was the same one that trawled the prime tourist beaches of S. Devon this Summer?]

[jay cluskey]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

Those Spanish fishermen certainly get around. No wonder the fishermen were getting so worked up to get EU relief on their fuel (didn't one or two Spanish/French fishermen die during the protests?) - sounds like they are travelling great distances. [Wonder if it was the same one that trawled the prime tourist beaches of S. Devon this Summer?]

if this is the case lets send some frigates after the spanish trawlers as they are pirates too

[spaghetti]

And then came the day of the italian Navy to make the b@st@rds run!
defence.professionals | defpro.com
and here's our beautiful ship:

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by jay cluskey

if this is the case lets send some frigates after the spanish trawlers as they are pirates too

Alternatively, maybe we need some pirates, I mean privateers, operating from UK shores?

[hyeparis]

Russians send finally a warship - the Neustrashimy. But it is not enough. It is a failed state so either the international community sends enough warships they police waters all the time , which is very unlikely, or they re-build that the state, which is also unlikely given all the failed efforts before.

[Adrian]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

Alternatively, maybe we need some pirates, I mean privateers, operating from UK shores?

We already have them, from most countries; they are called "banks" in modern day parlance!

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by Adrian

We already have them, from most countries; they are called "banks" in modern day parlance!

Oh, silly me, I thought they were Bandits.

Shiver me timbers, the Indian Navy blew some pirates up today:
India blows up pirate boat - New Zealand's source for World News on Stuff.co.nz
(They've had to deal with pirates before. I met a retired Admiral from the Indian Navy a few years ago, nice chap.)

BTW Spaghetti, is that rather neat looking Italian Navy ship. No doubt hi-tech, hydro-dynamic & made of carbon fibre & finest hardwoods!

The Indian ship is pretty trick looking too though:

[spaghetti]

[quote=Mr. X;742569
BTW Spaghetti, is that rather neat looking Italian Navy ship. No doubt hi-tech, hydro-dynamic & made of carbon fibre & finest hardwoods!
[/QUOTE]

It's the HMS XXV Gold, of the Mr. Carbon destroyer class

However there's something dive-related in the ship I posted above. The ship is named to Luigi de la Penne, a brave WWII naval diver. He was an officer of the legendary italian Gamma men, or "Frogmen".
In particular, he made a perilous dive into the Alexandria Harbour and sunk the british warships Queen Elizabeth and Valiant, by placing timebombs under the keel. Unfortunately, Italy was on the wrong side in that war, and of course I'm happy that the Allied won. Anyway, De La Penne was a loyal officer but not a fascist. Indeed, after the fall of the italian fascist regime in 1943, De La Penne was asked to join the allied front and accepted, therefore he accomplished more brave actions with a british-italian mixed force of naval divers.
A truly legendary person in diving history:
Luigi Durand de la Penne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Almostafish]

As we see this thread is descending into Argghh and Shiver mi timbers.. This is one of the fundamental problems with modern piracy is everybody thinks of Jack Sparrow and the whole Hollywood romantic portrayal of them.

Pirates are bastards who kill people like my self and my wife for commercial gain. They are well funded and normally have members in high government places making prosecution difficult and pointless.

Give me a Dillon, a few packs of ammo and every pirate in the world..

[BatRay]

They were always like that. The only difference nowadays is technological improvements. It's like the Hollywood romanticizing of cat burglars as really cool, when in fact they are sick, sick people.