GreenLight121 wrote;
NATO has been running convoys through the area for years... they haven't been getting a lot of press because they haven't been that effective... ships have been taken by pirates from convoys!
If this is the case then the RN aren't aware of it! According to
Navy News the RN operate warships deployed to the region as singletons and not as part of a convoy protection system (see latest issue, March 2011).
Assuming you are correct, I very doubt they are on the same basis as convoys were organised during 1941/42. They certainly are not systematic.
As for the popular press, success stories have never been 'good' news! The more negative the story is, the greater the press appeal.