I have to admit-this is one time I would have been rooting for the pirates.
Posted on 05/14/2011 12:26:50 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
The notorious Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s flagship, the Steve Irwin, ran the gauntlet of Somali pirates recently as the ship and crew transited the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea.
In an effort to fool the pirates the Steve Irwin used a camouflage paint job with a large “77” placed on the bow, even fooling a U.S. military Blackhawk helicopter that mistook the vessel for a Dutch warship.
Sea Shepherd was hoping that the pirates would make the same mistake, but three skiffs supposedly approached Steve Irwin and tailed the vessel for a few miles. The pirates appeared to be uncertain and backed off to check out a nearby container ship.
The Sea Shepherd’s Captain, Captain Lockhart MacLean, notified naval authorities in the area and warned of the container ship that the skiffs were approaching.
The skiffs eventually backed off and both ships.
Via Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
I have to admit-this is one time I would have been rooting for the pirates.
Which ones???
Amen to that!
As funny as it would be to see these Vegan.. Save the whales..idiots be captured by REAL pirates...I wouldn’t want the US NAVY or anyone else to have to use any man-power or tax money to try and save these Dummies...
Nice!
I’ve been hoping that the Japanese whalers would mount little 3 inch naval guns on their vessels and take the Sea $hi+he@d$ out from a few miles away.
Please note that while I do not favor whaling, I favor left wing pirates even less.
” even fooling a U.S. military Blackhawk helicopter that mistook the vessel for a Dutch warship. “
I highly doubt that.
The Seahawk probably flew near, looked at them, and then laughed their butts off.
“Hey, let’s mess with them some” -heard from the cockpit.
My wife and I watched a few of these shows together, that is until we each realized we were routing for opposite sides.
I always wondered why Johhny Depp wanted to play a gay pirate.
Ha!
Darn.
He's fond of hanging out on the poop deck?
Because he’s light hearted and happy?
That boat wouldn’t be carrying anything of direct value to the Somali pirates, but it might make a useful “mother ship” to expand their empire of ARGGGGGGGGH. Careful what you wish for.
sea scum Eco-terrorists versus somali Pirates...
I’m going to have to give that one some real thought.
I doubt that too. This is the Dutch frigate that we operated with off Somalia in 2006. As you would expect, it looks nothing like the Steve Irwin.
(I saw that container ship too-later, after the fire was out. Do a search on Hyundai Fortune.)
Because he didn’t need to act?
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