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Pirates attacking German ship captured off Somalia

Quote:In the attack on the German ship, pirates apparently mistook German FGS Spessart supply vessel for a commercial ship when they opened fire on it on Sunday afternoon, U.S. Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nate Christensen said.

The German sailors returned fire and pursued the skiff while also calling in for support. Several naval ships — including a Greek and a Dutch frigate, a Spanish warship and the USS Boxer — sped to the area while a Spanish marine aircraft and two U.S. Marine Cobra helicopters joined the pursuit.

Five hours later, Greek sailors reached the pirate skiff, boarded it and seized the seven suspects and their weapons, including assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the Greek navy said. The suspects were disarmed and transferred for questioning to the German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz where they remain Monday, pending a decision on whether they will be legally prosecuted, Christensen said.

Talk about idiots.

It is refreshing to see many of the worlds Navies banding together to "deal with the problem" over there.

And for some odd reason I have a feeling that they are enjoying their "hunting parties"...

(04-03-2009 10:15 AM)Argogen Wrote: [ -> ]It is refreshing to see many of the worlds Navies banding together to "deal with the problem" over there.

And for some odd reason I have a feeling that they are enjoying their "hunting parties"...

You bet they are. Most of the time Navies don't see a great deal of action outside of a war, and even more rare is ship-to-ship action. Naval captains and crews drool at the chance of going toe-to-toe with an enemy ship, even if it is vastly inferior and posing little or no threat to them.

Nice to see our Navies working together to fight a common enemy.

Also, the Dutch have a navy? How big is it, 5 ships (Sorry MrsP, just had too )