JFK-1 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Six pirates try to board a warship crewed by 180 Spanish marines. Now whose bright idea was that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I recall a story about the pirates high jacking a Saudi ship and demanding a huge ransom - the Saudis paid up in cash However the Saudis knew where the pirates village was and let them take the cash back to the village then sent their air force to blow the village and the cash to smithereens - nae luck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairneyhill Jambo Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 This was doing the rounds on Facebook a while ago. A US navy boat being attacked. They fire off a few warning rounds then just hammer it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, Cairneyhill Jambo said: This was doing the rounds on Facebook a while ago. A US navy boat being attacked. They fire off a few warning rounds then just hammer it. Except it isn’t. It’s an exercise to test the technology of the remote fire guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) My favourite pirate story.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-22391155 Edited October 17, 2022 by Tommy Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 16/10/2022 at 21:38, Cairneyhill Jambo said: This was doing the rounds on Facebook a while ago. A US navy boat being attacked. They fire off a few warning rounds then just hammer it. I've seen stormtroopers with better aim than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_jim2001 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: I've seen stormtroopers with better aim than that! The gunner🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Jambo_jim2001 said: The gunner🤔 Stevie would get bullseye every time...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_jim2001 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_jim2001 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: Stevie would get bullseye every time...... Stevie's photo of Michael Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1874robbo Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 It amazes me that these cargo ships carrying millions worth of goods don’t employ their own army to protect their ships and let half a dozen wee tossers in a rickety old boat take over their ships and demand huge ransom fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 hours ago, 1874robbo said: It amazes me that these cargo ships carrying millions worth of goods don’t employ their own army to protect their ships and let half a dozen wee tossers in a rickety old boat take over their ships and demand huge ransom fees. The ship owners don't own the cargo which is likely insured, to a certain extent, by them. Cheaper than having a standing armed force, for most shippers, I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I did a cruise through Suez Canal to Dubai and when we left Israel we had some extra passengers - mercenary security with their “toys” as the Captain put it - when we reached pirate seas the ship sailed in complete darkness with all curtains drawn and outside lights off - for 2 nights you weren’t allowed on open decks in the dark which were patrolled by the security with machine guns - it was interesting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 13 hours ago, 1874robbo said: It amazes me that these cargo ships carrying millions worth of goods don’t employ their own army to protect their ships and let half a dozen wee tossers in a rickety old boat take over their ships and demand huge ransom fees. 6 hours ago, davemclaren said: The ship owners don't own the cargo which is likely insured, to a certain extent, by them. Cheaper than having a standing armed force, for most shippers, I imagine. They frequently do actually, but it's typically private security firms rather than formal military/paramilitary-type security. I've been on ships transiting around the Nigeria/Angola region - better called Pirate Alley to be fair, and we had armed men on the bridge and patrolling the decks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, trotter said: They frequently do actually, but it's typically private security firms rather than formal military/paramilitary-type security. I've been on ships transiting around the Nigeria/Angola region - better called Pirate Alley to be fair, and we had armed men on the bridge and patrolling the decks. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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