somali pirates.....attack french navy frigate..........what do you do for dumb?

sloopskipper says on Oct 7, 2009, 16:17:

I read that it was not a frigate, but rather a lightly armed cargo/fuel tanker, but it did give chase (at a blazing 20 knots) but was still able to capture the pirates.

Kudos to the French Navy!

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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dwmte7 says on Oct 7, 2009, 16:27:

just read this instant on yahoo, it was a "flagship" showed a picture, looked a bit strange, didn't have guns all over the place but still looked serious. and the yokuls from somalia all standing at attention in their little row boat with their hands in the air. so funny. about eight of them. what a yuk.
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patriarch

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sloopskipper says on Oct 7, 2009, 16:30:

It's strange for a tanker to be a "flagship" for any operation. It's usually a first line man 'o war, a battleship (in the past) or a heavy cruiser, or a carrier.

In this case you'd expect the operation command would be, at least, on a frigate, not a tanker.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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Aji1 says on Oct 7, 2009, 16:47:

JAJAJA, natural selection in process...love it! This sounds like the morons that try to rob a bank and write the stick up note on the back of their electricity bill. Thanks for the laugh.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

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billyb says on Oct 7, 2009, 17:25:

"It's strange for a tanker to be a "flagship" for any operation."

We are talking French navy after all.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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RAAAY says on Oct 7, 2009, 17:37:

The real surprise is that the French didn't surrender.


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It's useless to argue with ignorance...

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dwmte7 says on Oct 7, 2009, 18:16:

touche' raaay.

patriarch

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RAAAY says on Oct 7, 2009, 18:44:

A few oldies...............


Q; How do you get a Frenchman out of a bathtub?
A: Throw in a bar of soap.

Q: Why does Nike like the French Army?
A: They are a big buyer of running shoes

Q; How do you confuse a frenchman?
A: Put him in a round room and tell his to piss in the corner

It's useless to argue with ignorance...

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miamimike says on Oct 7, 2009, 21:55:

That Ship was a Combo Cargo/Underway Oiler Vessel. You can see the Fuel Hoses suspended from the Booms on the main Deck.It refuels other vessels underway while steaming at full speed 20 knots. They gave a pretty good accounting of themselves. How dumb could those Banditos have been to attack an armed Navy Ship? Dumbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

"You can take the Banana Out of the Republic but you Cannot take the Republic Out Of The Banana"

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dwmte7 says on Oct 8, 2009, 03:18:

it's that old story, mike................you can cure a lot of things, but what can you do about dumb?

patriarch

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sloopskipper says on Oct 8, 2009, 14:10:

miamimike says on Oct 7, 2009, 21:55: flag

"That Ship was a Combo Cargo/Underway Oiler Vessel."

Here's one of the Colombian Navy's oilers, ARC Cartagena de Indias, in Viejo San Juan.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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dwmte7 says on Oct 8, 2009, 15:20:

maybe those somalis could handle the sequestre of the colombian ship.

patriarch

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sloopskipper says on Oct 8, 2009, 17:29:

Think the Colombian Navy'd kick ass? (SIMON?)

They crew looked a pretty fit bunch, but I don't remember the armament. She's a former German Navy ship, and I also saw her moored in Cartagena.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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miamimike says on Oct 8, 2009, 18:20:

SS--nice Pic, wish I could see a broadside view. I worked on an Underway Oiler in the Merchant marine. Sending the fueling hose/probe to the recipient ship is quite an operation while steaming at full speed. Not to mention most of the time the ships are rolling & yawing at the same time you are hooking up and refueling while steaming ahead making an already difficult operation more difficult..

"You can take the Banana Out of the Republic but you Cannot take the Republic Out Of The Banana"

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sloopskipper says on Oct 8, 2009, 18:54:

Mike I have some old slides from refueling our 2100 class tin-can (from carrier, I think), underway in the Med., and it was often a pair of cans refueling together, with a drag race at the end. We usually won when we cranked up 60,000 hp turbines which shook us all up to full-foward, flank speed of 26+ knots. That's a lotta shit to push an almost 30 year old 2100 ton ship ( circa 1943) to that speed.

I have been wanting to transfer those slides to digital and you now prompt me to do that (but I must find them).

I might have a broadside from an accidental shot, capturing the Cartegena in home port in Colombia. I must look. That was not really possible in San Juan, due to security on the docks, although I went aboard and a training sub-oficial gave me a tour.

We could have kicked those Samali's asses. We not only had 40mm, torpedos, and ASROC, but also 3 double mount 5"38 caliber, computer aimed, rapid fire cannons, with a range of more than 5 miles.

But so much for "ancient/past glories".

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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miamimike says on Oct 8, 2009, 20:56:

SS--if you google USNS Hassayampa you will see the Oiler I worked on. My Copy and Paster isn't working too god tonight. It even shows a Pic of The Captain I worked under, Capt Josh Johnson, is in some of the Photos of the first link I viewed. . It was a great Ship and unlimited Overtime, some weeks underway, I worked 36-40 hours OT. Made a lot of $$$ and payed a lot in Taxes. lol

If you were on a circa 1943 Oiler, unless it was retrofitted, it probably had those dangerous Slack-wire Hose Rigs. Man I hated those Rigs when the Ships started Pitching and rolling. When those Steel Cables Snapped from too much tension, they cracked like a 10 gauge Shotgun and God help anyone in the path of the Cable as it whipped back, it didn't happen often, but when it did, look out.

"You can take the Banana Out of the Republic but you Cannot take the Republic Out Of The Banana"

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dwmte7 says on Oct 9, 2009, 07:16:

i don't understand why every darn ship that plys the seas isn't armed to the teeth.

patriarch

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vinod says on Oct 9, 2009, 08:27:

The captured pirates should be exiled to South Georgia Island.

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dwmte7 says on Oct 9, 2009, 11:33:

vinod....namaste'....................i think all of these international terrorists...all of them from any country, should be put in chain gaings and sent at the behest of the hague to the clearing of the world's mine fields. clearly, many will be lost, but the world and terrorists specifically need to see that there is a punishment and it ain't life in prison with three 'hots' and a cot. it's the mine fields and daily there will be a news special that "three mine field clearers were blown to bits today" and nine others on the chain were injured and lost limbs. there needs to be a recognizable punishment for these souls who trod on humanity and murder and cause meyhem with abandon. i'm not joking. the world now is full of mine fields, many of which are the works of terrorists. let these international criminals be sentenced to clearing of them. and let the' who goes where' be decided by the hague so that other terrorists cannot with justtification, retalliate to the criminals country as the punishers.
douglas

patriarch

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jonny305 says on Oct 9, 2009, 22:40:

at least oneboat of pirates was caught!!

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kingfish5515 says on Oct 10, 2009, 05:50:

How can this be. Could not 5 or six child pirates with bb guns overwhelm the entire french navy??? Wonder if the white flag was up on the french ship and they were trying to negotiate with the pirates,, or maybe the pirates did not realize it was a french ship and just gave up thinking they were the US navy?? Who knows..... Remember the joke about french tanks,, built with 5 speed transmissions, 1 forward and 4 reverse!! KF

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vinod says on Oct 13, 2009, 08:41:

Douglas....on South Georgia Island, left to the elements there, those terrorists would not be getting "3 hots and a cot". They would be hard pressed to survive on seal blubber.

Then there are the South Sandwich Islands too. They are even farther south than South Georgia.

But I like your idea also.

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dwmte7 says on Oct 13, 2009, 11:42:

i don't even know where the islands you mention are. the mines that have been laid all over the world are the work of terrorists internationally and they should be the ones to clean them up. hazardous you might point out; cruel and unusual punishment as well.................what about the horrors these various groups and individuals have visited on countries and peoples around the world. chain them together and wish them well they're just reaping what they've sewn.
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patriarch

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vinod says on Oct 13, 2009, 13:40:

South Sandwich Islands are about 1400 KM east by southeast from the Falkland Islands.

That would be a good place to send those who survive the mine clearing.

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dwmte7 says on Oct 13, 2009, 14:30:

they'ld be eatin by GOD knows what if they didn't freeze to death first. incarceration in a clothing optional environment? i'd rather they get life in the mine fields.

patriarch

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billyb says on Oct 13, 2009, 19:23:

"Remember the joke about french tanks,, built with 5 speed transmissions, 1 forward and 4 reverse!!"

And the forward gear was only for when the enemy got behind him.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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dwmte7 says on Oct 14, 2009, 05:11:

they should just order those tanks with 'neutral' only and they can just sit there, pondering the best and worst scenarios.

patriarch

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billyb says on Oct 14, 2009, 06:37:

Their newer models come equipped with backup lights standard..

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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