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Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses

 
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Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
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22/ 04/ 2009

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VLADIVOSTOK, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian crew of a tanker in the Gulf of Aden prevented Somali pirates from boarding their vessel by using onboard fire hoses, a sailors' union spokesman in Russia's Far East said on Wednesday.

The Russian crew was delivering a brand new tanker, the Handytankers Magic, from China to Europe when Somali pirates approached it in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, firing a rocket-propelled grenade that landed on the deck but failed to detonate. The Russian sailors reacted quickly, using powerful fire hoses to deter the pirates.

"The tanker's watch crew noticed a ship with black sails in the Gulf of Aden from which a speedboat had left and was heading straight for the tanker," the spokesman said. "The four pirates in the speedboat were preparing an aluminum ladder to climb aboard the vessel. Captain Yury Suponin ordered the crew to attack the pirates using high-pressure fire hoses."

The pirates managed to fire a grenade-launcher from their boat onto the deck of the Handytankers Magic, however were unsuccessful in the attack as the shell simply fell to pieces, the spokesman added.

The Handytankers Magic was built in China for the Greek company Roxana Shipping and sails under the Marshall Islands' flag.

Suponin radioed the Far East Russian port of Nakhodka to inform the authorities that none of the Russian sailors were injured during the pirate attack.

The tanker has since left the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden and is passing through the Suez Canal on its way to Europe.

Around 20 warships from the navies of at least a dozen countries are involved in anti-piracy operations off Somalia. According to the United Nations, Somali pirates carried out at least 120 attacks on ships in 2008, resulting in combined ransom payouts of around $150 million.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
I don't know if I really trust russian news, but hey, whatever.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
See, the russians were keeping a sharp lookout.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it

is this what they mean when they say psychological warfare?
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
I don't know if I really trust russian news, but hey, whatever.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 661819

yeah, whatever. We're too cool for Russian news. Not like our trustworthy AmeriKan Mainstream Media

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why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it

is this what they mean when they say psychological warfare?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 661065

Yes! and was the tanker really magic? Psyops fer sure
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
See, the russians were keeping a sharp lookout.
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they lucked out too because the grenade didn't detonate...no telling what would have happened if it had.

Anyway I am glad another ship didn't get hijacked.
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they lucked out too because the grenade didn't detonate...no telling what would have happened if it had.

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chances are that an explosion would have ensued

not 100% sure o this one, candy might have come out of it who knows the possibility are endless really
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they lucked out too because the grenade didn't detonate...no telling what would have happened if it had.




chances are that an explosion would have ensued

not 100% sure o this one, candy might have come out of it who knows the possibility are endless really
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 661065

no, a flag comes out that says BANG! Where you been?

Snark.

Who knows how devastating the explosion wold have been to the ship itself, or whom it may have killed or injured, debilitating their ability to fight, is all.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
See, the russians were keeping a sharp lookout.

>>they lucked out too because the grenade didn't detonate...no telling what would have happened if it had.

>>Anyway I am glad another ship didn't get hijacked.
 Quoting: Dread Pirate Roberts

That's true. You can't let them get close enough to launch one. If they do launch one you have to try to firehose it off the deck but there's not much time. Unfortunately those firehoses only have a range of a couple of hundred feet.
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Who knows how devastating the explosion wold have been to the ship itself, or whom it may have killed or injured, debilitating their ability to fight, is all.
 Quoting: Dread Pirate Roberts


since we are in the "what if" department how about what would have happened if a bunch of dead dolphin would have appeared out of the fog and started serving tea to them pesky pirates

i prefer that so i will close my eyes and convince myself of it
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
It's about time a contingent of troops on board one of those vessels sunk their asses with .50 cal.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
Arrr, it's time to bring back Letters of Marque!

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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
oops, I see Ron Paul has already called for it! LOL, last week.
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The constitution apparently gives us the right to grant Letters of Marque...
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It's about time a contingent of troops on board one of those vessels sunk their asses with .50 cal.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 660699


How about some smart shoulder fired missiles.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
These pirates aren't very bright to screw with the Russians.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
It's about time a contingent of troops on board one of those vessels sunk their asses with .50 cal.


How about some smart shoulder fired missiles.
 Quoting: Prof_Rabbit
Yep. Could you imagine the look on their faces when they got that surprise?
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
Arrr, it's time to bring back Letters of Marque!

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 Quoting: Dread Pirate Roberts

Interesting idea
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
These pirates aren't very bright to screw with the Russians.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 568001


yeah

they use fire hoses that shoot water out

imagine the surprise on them pirates face when they got full fire resistant armor just to be splashed by gallons of water
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It's about time a contingent of troops on board one of those vessels sunk their asses with .50 cal.


How about some smart shoulder fired missiles.

Yep. Could you imagine the look on their faces when they got that surprise?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 660699



Or can you imagine the faces expression on them pirates when they all geared up to be fully protected against fire by them fire hoses just to be splashed by gallons of water instead?

the surprise would make them turn around right away
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Arrr, it's time to bring back Letters of Marque!

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Interesting idea
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Yeah...put a Bounty on their heads.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
fire hoses shooting water

them russian have a trick or two in their bags of surprise
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Arrr, it's time to bring back Letters of Marque!

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Interesting idea
>>Yeah...put a Bounty on their heads.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 660699

Even better idea!

If you pay a $20 million ransom, you can easily pay a $1 million/head bounty for the pirates.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it


 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 661065

anti fire hoses ...
I am here to challenge your indoctrinated false belief that flaming queens don't use shovels ...
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Pirates are us Pest service!!!
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why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it



anti fire hoses ...
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What kind of product comes out of them so called anti fire hose?
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
pump burning gasoline though them firehoses on to the pirates.




burnit + 5a
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 661065

Over time the word "hose" has come to mean a tubular device. But originally the word "hose" meant to spray something, shoot fluid. So "hose" is a noun that came to represent that thing that accomplishes what a verb describes.

So a "fire hose" is for "hosing" "fires", like a coal bin is for binning coal or a horse whip is for whipping horses.
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
Arrr, it's time to bring back Letters of Marque!

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Interesting idea
Yeah...put a Bounty on their heads.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 660699


Sounds like a plan to me, babe.

For $1,000,000 per each, there'd be no shortage of pirate hunters, I would think.

Sheet. For a million a pop, I'd go be a pirate hunter myself. I already got my own pirate hunter boat!
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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
why are they called fire hose when water comes out of it

Over time the word "hose" has come to mean a tubular device. But originally the word "hose" meant to spray something, shoot fluid. So "hose" is a noun that came to represent that thing that accomplishes what a verb describes.

So a "fire hose" is for "hosing" "fires", like a coal bin is for binning coal or a horse whip is for whipping horses.
 Quoting: AsperGirl

Here's a fire hose!!!

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Re: Russian tanker crew fights off Somali pirates with fire hoses
what I fail to understand is why these freighters dont spray .50 caliber gatling guns on these pirates and blow these fuckers out of the water ????





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