Originally Posted by Daily Express 16 Oct 2011
BRITISH forces have foiled Somali pirates for the second time in days as their new aggressive policy gains momentum. Royal Marines from HMS Somerset boarded a large fishing dhow being used as a “mothership” base for launching armed raids on merchant shipping.
It was revealed yesterday that the frigate’s captain, Commander Paul Bristowe, ordered the attack after Somerset’s helicopter had shadowed the suspect vessel in the Indian Ocean 100 miles off the Somali coast. The boarding party rescued the Pakistani crew being held hostage by the Somali gang, who had seized the vessel. The pirates surrendered and were transferred to a US warship...