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Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: November 26, 2008
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Whoops: turns out the Indian Navy didn’t sink a Pirate Ship last week, they sunk a hijacked vessel instead


The war on Somali Pirates celebrated its first victory last week when news went around the world that the Indian Navy had managed to sink “the mother pirateship” off Somalia. It was a good line, but it turns out the Indian Navy didn’t even come close.

What the Indian Navy sunk was a Thai fishing trawler that had been hijacked by pirates. Oh, and there was at least one innocent crew member on board the boat as well. Fourteen other crew are “missing.”

A Cambodian sailor was rescued four days later by passing fishermen and now recuperating in a hospital in Yemen confirmed the story.

Failing to accept responsibility, an Indian Navy spokesman claimed they were fired upon by the ship and reacted to that, after all its really difficult to spot the difference between a fishing boat and “pirate mothership.”

Ship loads of fail in this case, well one ship load of fail anyway.











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7 Archived Responses to “ Whoops: turns out the Indian Navy didn’t sink a Pirate Ship last week, they sunk a hijacked vessel instead ”

  1. T
    Nov 26, 2008

    Can the author wonder what a “Thai fishing trawler” doing in Bay of Eden way away from it's area of operation?
    Add to this what was there no Thai employees on board?
    Just shows that it was on a illegal fishing round and got hijacked by the pirates.
    The owner is blowing the trumpet because the insurance will not pay him for illegal fishing.

  2. Vijay
    Nov 26, 2008

    OOps the brilliant media. How do you come to the conclusion that the Pirates do purchase ships for their piracy activities. Do you think that it's a legal business in which they make initial investment?

  3. Vijay
    Nov 26, 2008

    Error. Just because it was a Thai fishing trawler at some point of time never means when the IN fired it's still a fishing trawler. At the time it was indeed a Pirate mothership. Use words wisely.

  4. MikeP
    Nov 26, 2008

    So, cutting through the sarcasm, just what does a pirate mothership look like?

  5. SAM
    Apr 19, 2009

    it was later confirmed it was a pirate vessel…the claim by by the owner just to recover insurance benefits…it was just a coincidence that this sailor was found and he was urged by the owner to say this s they can recover the loss…if the pirates had seized there boat then the will only loose money…this is a conspiracy by these people…they thought they can paly with the Indians…thats not true…

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    Jul 6, 2009

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