Danish Ship Hijacked Off Somalia

AP via SFGate ^ | 6/2/7

[JSteff]

“French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship was hijacked but was unable to intervene”

Of course not.

[george76]

a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship was hijacked but was unable to intervene because it could not enter Somali waters.

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amazing

[JSteff]

My daughter is an officer on a DDG and she said they ran anti-piracy training all the time.

No pirates attacked any ship within 100 miles of them. I think the pirates know we are not kidding. We WILL take forceful action on any pirates that would dare to challenge our shipping.

Now the French.......

[grey_whiskers]

He said a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship was hijacked but was unable to intervene because it could not enter Somali waters.

Anti-Frog Sarcasm Torpedo ^TM ARMED. FIRE!!

What happened? They ran out of white flags?

Or are they afraid of more "youths" rioting if they do anything?

Cheers!

[Ragnar54]

The Danes should have advertised the fact that they had alcohol on board.

[Dumpster Baby]

"Pirate ship off the port bow!"

[GATOR NAVY]

I’m curious as to how far off shore this Danish ship was. The piracy warning for the coast of Somalia has been out for a while now. But I was there last year for 2 1/2 months and there’s always those who think it’s not going to happen to them. We saw it.

As far as those slamming the French, they are part of CTF 150, as were we when I was there. For whatever reasons, CTF 150 has decided the 12 nautical mile territorial water limit is sacred. We were not allowed to cross even when in hot pursuit.

I’m guessing the DDG yesterday was detached from CTF-150 before their mission so as to avoid the multi-national ROEs.

[GATOR NAVY]

See my #27.

[Tainan]

A load of IKEA furniture soon to be on sale.....cheap!

[george76]

The ROE’s do not allow hot pursuit ?

The Danish ship only had a crew of five : is it normal to be so close to the coast line ?

[eleni121]

It’s the Amish...

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It could be yes, but it might be that other aggressive group, a little known sect called the seagoing piratical Methodists.

[eleni121]

A couple more of these in these waters should be enough to blast them to kingdom come:

USS Winston Churchill

[GATOR NAVY]

The ROE’s do not allow hot pursuit?

They did not last year and it appears they still do not. As far as how far off the coast the Danish ship was, I had that question too. It would be total lunacy for a ship with that size crew to be within 200 miles of the Somali coast.

[endthematrix]

It was a 200ft cargo ship. I don’t see them even getting close to shore.

[BIGLOOK]

Frogs taste like chicken.

The question of 'Hot pursuit' has come up. The ROE for US and NATO warships in international waters are fire if fired upon and that includes protecting merchant marine from acts of piracy. Danger invites rescue.

[B4Ranch]

> I’m guessing the DDG yesterday was detached from CTF-150 before their mission so as to avoid the multi-national ROEs.<

You are probably correct.

[GATOR NAVY]

The ROE for US and NATO warships in international waters are fire if fired upon and that includes protecting merchant marine from acts of piracy.

The whole thing is we're not talking about international waters. I was there within the last year and I'm telling you what the ROE were. CTF 150 does not enter Somali territorial waters to pursue pirates.

[rfp1234]

Pirates of the Arab-bean!!!

[BIGLOOK]

George, the skipper of the Danish merchant was probably cutting fuel costs or keeping to a time schedule shaving close to the Horn.

Gator, copy your input but have to ask.....Who's going to stop a rescue mission? The Somalian Navy.....or maritime lawyer?

[GATOR NAVY]

Who's going to stop a rescue mission?

Obviously no one in Somalia could stop us if we wanted to pull off a rescue mission. Early last year we knew the exact positions of two or three Taiwanese and Korean fishing vessels whose crews were being held hostage by pirates. When we (enlisted types) asked why we couldn't do anything, we were told basically that because Somalia was such lawless country it was all the more important that someone (like CTF 150) recognize they had some sort of sovereignty. Otherwise, any other nation in the region could use our actions as an excuse to do what they wanted in Somalia.