[Hunted]

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In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Wednesday June 3, 2009, sailors and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, intercept and board one of two pirate vessel during counter-piracy operations in coordination with a Spanish martime patrol aircraft, in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, Tuesday June 2, 2009. The two pirate vessels which were found to be carrying extra barrels of fuels, grappling hooks, and a cache of weapons including rocket propelled grenades, machine guns and ammunition, were subsequently sunk by gunfire.

In this handout image supplied by the MoD Crown Copyright, Skiffs are destroyed after The Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Portland (F79), while conducting counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden as part of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Task Force 151, intercepted and boarded two suspicious skiffs preventing a possible pirate attack on June 2, 2009 in the Gulf of Aden. In coordination with a Spanish maritime patrol aircraft, Portland identified, pursued and subsequently conducted a boarding of the two vessels where they were found articles that indicated the skiff had been involved or was about to conduct an act of Piracy, and were clearly not those of an innocent fishing vessel.

HMS Portland destroys the smaller skiff with her 30mm guns and machine guns [Picture: LA(Phot) Alex Cave]

[salem]

im so glad someones mentioned this. my dads merchant navy captain, he was on a ship that was attacked by pirates bout 20 years ago. unfortunately i told my class mates ( bout 9 yrs old ) FATAL MISTAKE , no one believed me !!!! lol, ppl just didnt think they existed any more !!! got the piss taken out of me for about a year!!!

[Hunted]

I bet you can kick their ass now

[salem]

haha , while tempting to do the 'told you so' speach to those people i will keep dignified and silence and keep my smugness to myself ! lol

[firedog25]

Fuck them, blow them out of the water on sight. If they want to play rough, let's show them rough.

[Netch]

I wanna be a pirate ! Jaaaarw!

[Hunted]

A few pic's from today, looks like they are still at it.

Dutch Marines landed on the German freighter the MV Taipan, which had been hijacked by Somali pirates. The Dutch team met no resistance as they rescued the 15-man crew and captured 10 pirates.

GULF OF ADEN (April 10, 2010) The burned out hull of a suspected pirate skiff drifts near the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland while operating approximately 330 nautical miles off the coast of Djibouti, was fired upon and returned fire disabling a skiff manned by suspected pirates. Ashland deployed a visit, board, search and seizure team to rescue the suspects from the sea. USS Ashland is part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently supporting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) and Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) Operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

[TheVrist]

i wanna be a pirate =(

[DTXBrian]

This reminds me of that group of pirates that attempted to attack a US Navy Frigate...

I mean, seriously...

[Eris Killton]

*toes curl*


hot!