When Pirates Mistook a Warship for a Cargo Ship | January 2012

In January 2012, the Spanish Navy Replenishment Ship called the Patino was conducting escort duties for merchant vessels in the Indian Ocean. One night, the Patino was waiting off the coast of Somalia for a Cargo ship when the unexpected happened; a group of pirates attempted to board the warship.
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[@tehs3raph1m]

Not only did they board a warship, but they boarded a warship who was on anti piracy mission. Golden.

[@bingus_number1]

God:So how did you die Them:Well it’s complicated

[@mightyocelot]

skills

[@RiderBlitz1.0]

Yep, golden it is

[@paulwilliams2663]

They didn't board

[@kosukesseno3394]

not smart 😕

[@damelyngdoh2370]

When you don't level up but still go for the boss

[@naturalgoldenjazz]

XD

[@justsomeguywithoutabeard8306]

lmaoo

[@robertoeijs]

A player of FromSoftware

[@Ghost-jq2bg]

Golden comment

[@MaDrung]

@@robertoeijs Dark Seas 4.

[@dl0g09]

Pirates: "We here to rob you" Spanish warship: "And we here to arrest you"

[@SizeThickPlz]

Pirates: "Oh, well we disagree." Spanish: "Helo opens fire." Piraters: "We respectfully surrender. We didn't mean to attack you, we just wanted to rob merchants." Spanish: "Quite brave, or quite stupid. Anyways, off to prison."

[@talleywa5772]

Pirates: "I think we have the wrong ship." Spanish Marines: "We respectfully disagree."

[@basteagui]

Ah, the old pirates versus the powerful Spanish fleet. We hadn't seen that one in a few centuries

[@michaels.1964]

NAHH LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@epiccowboymemes2042]

@Robert Sears Proof?

[@RoyCyberPunk]

@@epiccowboymemes2042 He is full of 💩 they obviously didn't and even if they had then all the navies of this planet would have hunted his pirate warship down and sent it into Davey Jones Locker.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@epiccowboymemes2042 The British Empire

[@darthwiizius]

@@andresmartinezramos7513 🤣. Funny and true, case closed M'lud.

[@anibaldk]

I love the pirates defense: "Sorry...we meant to rob other people, not you" 🤦🏻‍♂🤦🏻‍♂🤦🏻‍♂

[@jerry3790]

They were honest. Probably would’ve been worse hadn’t they been

[@slaughter2517]

@@jerry3790 pirates and honest?u must have not know about atrocities they would commit if they found a women on board ,i once saw bandits executing their victims in a video can only be described as extremely brutal like similar to cartel ones

[@jerry3790]

@@slaughter2517 I was referring to being honest in context of their trial.

[@turkeyman631]

That is America in a nutshell. Criminal good, police are bad! (Until I need them for something)

[@volodyanarchist]

@@turkeyman631 America? Is Somalia in America according to you? Or is Spain in America? Or perhaps Indian Ocean is? And the final question: North America or South America?

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Seven pirates vs 180 marines. Most humiliating curbstomp ever.

[@WalterModel45]

Sailors, not "marines" Those ships just have small groups of naval infantery to the helo, fast boats and some basic infantery to protect the ship

[@commanderboom2626]

⁠@@WalterModel45they say in the video that there were approximately 180 Spanish marines in addition to the ship’s crew.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

​@WalterModel45 180 marines plus however many sailors from the crew of the ship. All part of the Navy.

[@Pheonix-gb6qu]

"So, what you in here for?" "I was a pirate and we mistaked a warship for a cargo ship"

[@Amitttttttttttttttttt]

"Understandable"

[@jerishigan6567]

Pirates: “uh…is it normal for a cargo vessel to have a helicopter?”

[@SkygirlGamingChannel]

Pressumably it has a hangar to protect it of the rough sea. I dont think proper cargo ships have a chopper, but theres for sure some to for example fly sick crewmen home or similar missions.

[@ImDembe]

Been out for days in bad sea and attacked when it was dark + i bet the overall smartness among sea pirates are below average.

[@infovers]

@@ImDembe intelligence

[@Pon1bcd]

@@ImDembe well they were smart enough to attack during rough conditions. Not smart enough to identify it was a warship. But if it is true that they’ve been out on sea, 3-4 days they would’ve seen the warship escorting the cargo ship.

[@ohauss]

@@Pon1bcd Only if they had been in the immediate area when the ship was being escorted. Given that it was in the morning, who knows where they were the day before.

[@mccabber24]

Nobody expects the Spanish Replenishment Ship Patino!

[@CardinalBiggles01]

Well, surprise was certainly amongst their weapons.

[@JelMain]

Postman Patino, then, with his dread pirate cat.

[@johnkoenig326]

(Insert comfy chair joke here)

[@D0CI87PC]

Well played, Sir.

[@RuminatingWizard]

I should have known I wouldn't be first with this but still I... didn't expect it.

[@Vdetty]

This is the definition of "Call an ambulance. But not for me."

[@TentaclePentacle]

pirate: "I am the captain now!" Spanish:: "Spain has been dealing with pirates for over 300 years."

[@sputnikalgrim]

Imagine the look on their faces when they realized they were attempting to board a warship.

[@nachobroryan8824]

The dead pirate didn't have time for that.

[@Its_Hero]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ no u

[@goldenhate6649]

@@nachobroryan8824 they were lucky it was Spanish and not American. Americans have no chill.

[@daquaviousbingleton9763]

@@goldenhate6649 you’re talking about the Spanish navy there buddy 😅

[@Network126]

@@goldenhate6649 You mean the Chinese have no chill! A Chinese warship would've instantly lasered those pirates into dust or something!

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

The pirates calculated the risk. Too bad they were bad at math.

[@vermicelledecheval5219]

Its not even maths there but just self preservation... Some goofs 😂

[@M.Aaltonen]

Looks like I have somethin in common with those pirates

[@jasonbourne1596]

@@vermicelledecheval5219 Self preservation works better when you do it right. Attacking a war ship with your 7 men on a skiff is just bad for self preservation.

[@dciccantelli]

They should thank their lucky stars it wasn't a Russian warship. The outcome would have been much different for them (and not in a good way....).

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

@@dciccantelli the Russians would have released them all without charges… into the sea, if you catch my drift.

[@danieldiegotamai797]

Never interrupt your enemy when it´s making a mistake. Napoleon brilliant as always.

[@Nissan-S15]

Pirate : "Yo why is one container pointing towards us?"

[@paisuk6566]

Another pirate: #### it not container it 20mm gun and it a warship RUN

[@ottovonbasedmark]

i would pay heaps of money just to see the looks on their faces. not only the pirates, but also the crew of the patiño: „this is not really happening right now. they didn’t just try to board us with 7 men, did they?“

[@kevinmach730]

I would have paid more to see the looks on their faces as they were hanged

[@mikcon63]

I'd like the imagine the guy manning the Cannon would have looked like a kid on Christmas morning.

[@karamlevi]

😂😂😂😂💩

[@richardschofield2201]

I like heaps of money. What look on my face should I make?

[@SirPano85]

@@mikcon63 I hope not, it's everytime sad to kill a person and if he did like You say he probably is a psyco

[@AlejandroOjedaN]

This is hilarious! How rude of the Spanish warship not to identify itself clearly. 😂

[@PlayrayGamer]

"Did you just assume their agenda??"

[@alx252]

They started identifying as soon as they where in proper communication distance...

[@karalmom5669]

How rude of the pirates to not identify the warship correctly!!!1!!1!!11!

[@catt8111]

When the ship launched an attack helicopter, they must have collectively crapped themselves.

[@lei-2439]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"

[@levisanchez7143]

"No amount of sea shanties will save you now!" -Spanish Marine, probably.

[@hiredmurderer6228]

"Uh, guys, since when the cargo boys use berets and camo?" - A pirate last words

[@hudsonslim3169]

Kudos to the pirates! They failed to board a Spanish warship but their attempt to board a Spanish prison went spectacularly well.

[@WoodWorxGuy]

They are probably grateful! 3 meals a day for 13 years.

[@jakethebritishpatriot]

@@WoodWorxGuy very true tbf

[@dbyers3897]

They are probably better off & will attempt to stay in Spain after release. The desperation of these people is impressive & shows what people will do to try to survive. I'd be curious to know how much financial aid for Somalia would cost versus the costs of the multi-nation anti-piracy operation. I believe even the Chinese navy has participated.

[@Nope-en9bo]

@@WoodWorxGuy You have no idea how true this is. The living conditions offered by the prison they'll go to is probably "high quality" for them. No one would willingly be miserable pirates if they could have a sustainable source of...well, everything.

[@TalkingHands308]

@@WoodWorxGuy Compared to their living conditions in Somalia, definitely a step up...

[@danieljackson654]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Excellent words.

[@draftprospectnumber1490]

also applicable to sports like basketball, never call a timeout when your opponent making mistakes or not scoring points

[@linkfromzelda1002]

Sun Tzu said that, not Napoleon.

[@franciscorodriguez2457]

Of course and kill them all and damp them overboard

[@simonmultiverse6349]

@@linkfromzelda1002 Yep, Napoleon knew of Sun Tzu and Napoleon was quoting Sun Tzu.

[@robertleftwich1122]

@@simonmultiverse6349 ~~At that time wouldn’t the enemy be dead ?

[@scrat3695]

the pirates thought process: "CAAAPTAAAIINN" "Yep, yeah?" "LOOOOOK!"

[@JessiContingenC]

Lmao great reference

[@brianwest2775]

It's sad that such brave dedicated men didn't (or couldn't) put that dedication towards doing something good.

[@allanshpeley4284]

Nah they're just scumbags.

[@douglas752]

so true

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

Yeah... I just was like "How good those 7 guys would do as marines themselves"

[@baghazukhov152]

Hunger is a VERY potent motivator.

[@scotth6814]

@@baghazukhov152 So are greed and drug addiction.

[@Monkechnology]

Pirates: "Look at me, I'm captain now" [gets shot by a spanish sailor] Capitán: "someone make a note of that man's bravery"

[@GabrielTobing]

Lol XD

[@krh5081]

This may be the funniest thing I read all day.

[@Vindkast]

HA!

[@joeblow26]

You're in the custody of the United States now and your friends are all dead

[@alexanderthegreatoz5945]

wait, wasn't this from pirates of Caribbean

[@1LEgGOdt]

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon I find it ironic with how the Spanish Navy was doing something that they haven’t done in centuries since the fall of the Spanish Empire and their once Mighty Navy… Anti Piracy Patrols.

[@15241]

I mean, they did anti piracy patrols even on the days of the spanish empire, just not like today

[@anonymusum]

It is indeed. And this time the pirates weren´t even British.

[@friedhelmmunker7284]

@@anonymusum 😂👍

[@officermeowmeowfuzzyface4408]

And then Hollywood tried making nords "barbarians," when the word comes from the Barbary Coast.

[@turnip5359]

"never eat hot dog when on floor" - some guy

[@adamfowler350]

How hard did these soldiers laugh after this? They even threw their boarding ladder upon the ship deck LOL

[@jessiehogue.]

*"Oh, fu-"* -The pirates, a moment before the Warship crew returned fire.

[@ptick16]

Being flown to Spain to stand trial for their crimes must have been a luxurious vacation for these pirates. Being fed at least 3 times a day, medical care, decent living conditions (compared to what they probably had to endure in their homeland), and given clothing. They likely couldn't believe their luck.

[@FR4NKY666]

luck? prison is prison dude

[@fordmustang7269]

Plenty of people have purposely committed crimes to be thrown into jail if they have nothing and are homeless I’ve seen it. They go to jail and they are around people. Warm They have bed food guaranteed.

[@rsfakqj10rsf-33]

@@FR4NKY666 In prison, you’re at least kept alive

[@biggierocc1935]

@@FR4NKY666 It's a Spanish Prison Prisons are generally better anywhere else than they are in America

[@pugasaurusrex8253]

@@biggierocc1935 +100 social credits

[@vgrg7841]

Way to go Spain.🇪🇸🚢⛵💂‍♂️✝️🪖🗡️🛡️🇪🇸 Just like the old days. Been quite a while since they've been through something like that.

[@bananapeelsandwich]

This is the definition of "you picked the wrong house fool".

[@240pixel]

I would've love to see the faces of the pirates when they realized this is not a civilian crew they are trying to intimidate.

[@ProsperityEngine]

The moment you realize that your 7 men are trying to take by force a military ship with 180 soldiers on board itching to kill you😥

[@jimmer1047]

I just so happen to have a photo.......🌚

[@TheJoeyboots]

😮😭 Something like this I imagine

[@raleighkellyc9375]

oh yeah me too

[@swedishmeatballs7818]

@@jayk3551 did you not watch the video?

[@matodiniv]

Pirates: [expecting to board a defenseless bountiful cargo ship] Patino: *"NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH NAVY"*

[@oscardelucas994]

*Spanish theme from pirates of caribean plays*

[@alejandroe3616]

Ironic how instead of the Spanish popping out of nowhere, it was the pirates instead lmfao 😭

[@jasoncaulkin9830]

Good One 😄

[@wildbikerbill6530]

@@oscardelucas994 I thought it was a variation of Monty Python's "Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition".

[@ianoceallaigh7107]

Only because it is...

[@SpaceOddity4214]

They must be really desperate. Three days out in those rought seas? In that tiny thing? Jail time must feel like an upgrade at this point😮

[@DrBoneright]

"I wouldn't have picked your pocket if I knew you was a cop!" LOLOL

[@campbella2796]

The worrying feature of this is surely the ability of a small boat to approach a warship quite undetected in rough seas.

[@HiroNguy]

The skiffs used by these criminals are small and the height of the waves actually can hide them from radar and IR, as explained in the vid.

[@TheColonialGamer131]

If your interested in learning more about that. Look up “Iranian Gunboats” it’s Somalian speedboat tactics but with 10x the amount of boats & they all have missiles/torpedos

[@garthdonovan5373]

Exactly magnetic mines

[@vadfarkas14]

​@@TheColonialGamer131 indeed. With good enough coordination those things could wreak havoc and cause serious damage to any warship or even sink them. Look at Millenium challenge 2002. During that wargame BLUFOR initially lost and entire fleet of warships including but not limited to sixteen warships: one aircraft carrier, ten cruisers and five of Blue's six amphibious ships. Essentially crippling the force's ability to continue the conflict.

[@samisuhonen9815]

Yes, big warships have to be careful around coasts and islands due to this. Coastal vessels being very cost effective and dangerous to big warships is nothing new. That's why for example, the Finnish defense force navy uses exclusively coastal vessels. They have no desire to go into open ocean. They would much rather navigate their island heavy coast and torpedo/missile down huge Russian destroyers and cruisers.

[@erintyres3609]

I met a relative of Captain Phillips, and he told me that cargo ships traveling the coast of Africa now have armed soldiers aboard. Any pirates who try to take a cargo ship today are at a huge disadvantage, with trained troops shooting down at them.

[@dahasolomon7314]

As a somali I've noticed that the international media fails to cover that some of these "pirates" are just normal fishermen who are mistaken for pirates and then shot at. I've heard a few of these stories. Trigger happy privateers are abroad most of these ships instead of soldiers so you can imagine the abuse of power that is possible. I mean it's not like there will ever be an investigation.

[@KarangWedatama]

@@dahasolomon7314 I doubt a lowly fishermen use high speed boat, if I was a privateers I will shoot at a speed boat when they ignore my warning shot, a mere fishermen would use a fishing boat or a traditional boat

[@shubhamparashar1852]

@@dahasolomon7314 ah yes. You all are fishermen. Like the peaceful community who did 9/11.

[@legion_prex3650]

@@dahasolomon7314 of course, so it is.

[@dahasolomon7314]

@@KarangWedatama The pirates and the fishermen use the same types of boats. But it's pretty easy to tell them apart because one is just fishing and the other is actively chasing you down. What I'm talking about is that mercenaries aboard these ships can be very unhinged. Mercenaries are more prone to sadistic misuses of power like for example Russian mercenaries active in Syria or the infamous American group Blackwater.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

I have laughed for an hour just reading the comments. Bravo por España!

[@a1ryu233]

"What could possible go wrong" said the pirates . ""EVERYTHING""

[@robrick9361]

That's like a thief walking into a police station thinking it's a bank.

[@azurelectrium1100]

No thats like a bank robber walking into a prison

[@bostonrailfan2427]

actually it is…literally trying holdup the security force whose bare essentials would destroy your ship in a second let alone mow down the entire crew

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Funny!

[@MatthewCampbell765]

Actually something that once happened that's kind of similar: A group of bankrobbers once tried to rob a bank...as it turned out, the bank in question was the nearest bank to the FBI headquarters...and it was payday.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Big robbing the donut store vibes

[@Freelix2000]

"okay, we're boarding the defenseless cargo ship now." ... "huh, they got some guns." ... "fuck that's a lot of guns"

[@jvmiller1995]

"And a bloody helicopter! What the hell! " Hell I bet the the war ship did not kill the one thrown overboard! Instead he was the one that identified it as a easy target and his own crew threw him overboard after they fled.

[@kungszigfrids1482]

@@jvmiller1995 Interesting theory.

[@TedApelt]

The crew of the Patino was surprised? They weren't the only ones! The quote at the end says it all.

[@hiredmurderer6228]

Spanish Navy: Ah, just like in the old times...

[@scaryback]

Let’s be honest, a Spanish prison is like winning the lottery for these guys..

[@bylu6712]

Exactly what I thought

[@adriann2649]

13-17 years in prison 🤔 lottery? and after what? Ahh sure. Be old guy in an unknown country and living on the street. Is there snow in Somalia? Great Lottery :) No hay "pagas" para estos "inmigrantes".

[@bylu6712]

@@adriann2649 What? Your English is so terrible you're barely comprehensible

[@adriann2649]

@@bylu6712 y tu español qué tal está??? Dime cuantos idiomas hablas y ya luego te quejas que me parece que el inglés no se parece en NADA al español, el italiano, el francés, el portugués... Ah y no se habla ese idioma en ningún país EUROPEO xD

[@bylu6712]

@@adriann2649 Ты никому не нравишся

[@expandedhistory]

This has to be one of the greatest, “no you” moments in History.

[@akiakato9516]

Those pirates took a fat L from the warship

[@Boeing-ER-yj8nn]

And the greatest "YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL!!!"

[@charliewhelan8677]

The fact that the Spanish only managed to kill one pirate shows remarkable restraint and professionalism.

[@nekotranslates]

How does it? A pirate is no more than a thief. And pirates love going below the waves like in the movie. The sea is their tomb afterall.

[@SizeThickPlz]

You clearly never have been on a ship in rough seas. I have. You know nothing.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

A former world empire like the British.

[@diggerrob6356]

Or piss poor marksmanship!

[@worldtravels2763]

Spanish storn troopers haha

[@LifesGuardian]

This is awesome! For real though, this needs to be standard operation for that area. For every merchant vessel passing through the area, at least 1 similar looking military vessel. Better yet, have marines stationed on all vessels going through. Either through arrest or attrition you'd see pirate activity decline greatly as there's just not enough reward for the risk involved.

[@abraham2172]

Pirate activity already declined greatly due to the EU missions and other measurements. Its not that big of a problem anymore.

[@trevorperry3081]

This is actually really scary if you think about it. That skiff was in contact with the Patino's hull before the lookout called the alert. If it'd had explosives instead of men in it, there would have been a lot of dead and wounded sailors from that ship. The USS Cole comes to mind.

[@nuagetama1405]

Sadly this is a problem for any modern navy in peace time. Any unidentified vessel could come in contact with an extremely big warship, even an aircraft carrier (This happened to the french nuclear aircraft carrier Charle de Gaulle in November 2021 for example) because in peace time they aren't allowed to open fire before identifying a real threat. A surprise attack on your most crucial warships just before declaring war is a really serious threat to many navy around the world and one of their biggest weakness.

[@lofihotbeats5805]

Spanish American war vibes

[@dubious6718]

@@nuagetama1405 Doubt American warships would care about such "laws" and would fire warning shots towards the approaching vessel.

[@cy85041]

@@dubious6718 American warships aren't authorized to fire warning shots, unless doctrine has changed in the last decade since I got out. They can only issue warnings over loudspeaker and ship's whistle, then if those aren't heeded, they can open fire if the offending vessel is in their exclusion zone (I don't remember exactly what it was called)

[@bartonbone8559]

That's the thing though, the pirates were looking to take the ship and its cargo for ransom, as opposed to the USS Cole where they were looking strictly to cause damage and death.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

[@Lupus_Indomitus]

@Robert Sears yeah. that would have been a giant OH SHIT, WE MESEDD UP. love to have sen that.

[@chan6565]

Wow Napoleon, u r still alive? Damn

[@sagittariusa7662]

@Robert Sears Maybe they should have an education system that is mandatory for all Somali children and um take them away from their families, transitioning starting at age 6. "But Somali families need their children." For unpaid labor and when that labor cannot suffice, they join gangs and become pirates or child soldiers. "But children need their families." That is why they only come during the weekends and return to mandatory education. You can be homeschooled, but your parents have to be wealthy. Also children really don't need their families. They need guidance, which they can get from anyone who is willing and proper.

[@tcglasscox]

Amen! 😀

[@bobblue_west]

What a pity the Sea King Heli' didn't just finish them off and let the garbage sink to the bottom. Now they have to feed the scum for 17 yrs.

[@M-20-100]

When pirates have balls bigger than their boat.

[@deblucero4685]

Priceless. Loved it and would love to see the movie if they ever make one

[@gmchingon]

Same. It would have to be a comedy.

[@jonnym4670]

if you ever thought you were bad at your job look at these guys

[@razorbackblood06]

Well these guys have an IQ of probably around 60.. so being smarter than them is not really much to be proud of or anything. There are probably downies smarter than those scumbags.

[@barbados3592]

I think they did a pretty good job all things considered.

[@zoots15]

Those dudes have more balls than brains and nothing to lose

[@bigsmall246]

@@barbados3592 the most important part of being a pirate is knowing which ship to board, and they sucked at it

[@MrBilbobaggins77]

actually good , kudos to them more than 3 days in a tiny boat and rough sea

[@bobbylee9727]

Congratulations to the Captain for training and maintaining a well prepared crew. I hope this sends a message to sea pirates.

[@jaybee9269]

It was 10 years ago. If I had to sail there I’d have an armory.

[@MrSourceMan]

The funny thing is, incidents like this and armed guards being present on other cargo ships has largely curtailed pirate attacks.

[@svenm7264]

I saw the video title and thought "that was probably the last mistake they ever made"

[@Trollportphosphat]

To these couple of guys this was a message, but to all other pirates it was just another small pirate boat going missing in rough sea, so nothing out of the ordinary.

[@quasimodo8959]

"Sea pirates"? Are there "land pirates"?

[@dx1450]

Imagine the surprise of those pirates when they realized they were being fired upon from the ship they tried to board.

[@IrOnCuRtAiN61]

Ahh, the "You picked the wrong (war)ship, fool!" moment. 😎

[@jeffma7507]

I love how the captain gives the pirates credit for their “supposed” bravery out at sea 😂

[@jeffma7507]

@Apollo -1 its not the point lol, the captain tried to over look the fact that a bunch of Mercs tried to ambush a military vessel.

[@lewisner]

@Apollo -1 if the pirates put their mind to it they might have joined the Spanish navy and made something of themselves

[@scotthill1600]

@Apollo -1 yet another one, how did the US come into this comment section about Spanish warships & Somali pirates💀🤡 like I said in another comment I could mention Antarctica melting & the first comment would be ab that the US sucks at Antarctic exploration. I’d love to know as much ab other countries as everyone knows ab the US but hey everyone only ever mentions the US. Guess when your biggest fish in the pond they gotta talk ab you, I’d be mad too

[@scotthill1600]

@Apollo -1 eh basically anybody would lose the war when the enemy just hides & uses guerrilla tactics, I’m just surprised the US hasn’t learned that by now, I take solace knowing they have killed thousands of terrorists, the Taliban gets new high ranking memebers every few years bc they old one gets killed💀 can’t remember who was the most recent the isis or taliban leader that got killed in 2020? If I remember right?

[@scotthill1600]

@@ph5023 thanks for the info

[@jannieboy58]

Like breaking into a prison thinking it’s a bank 😂

[@josiahpowick1553]

lego movie vibes

[@javierherrera7276]

😂😂

[@Filip_Wessman]

Which has actually hapened. Or rather, they made the bank job then fled the heist crossing some random walls. Prison walls. In the 60ies or 70ies.

[@javierherrera7276]

@@Filip_Wessman 🙄

[@silvergreylion]

Yeah, or a courthouse.

[@interesting_characteristic23]

The definition of “fucked around and found out.” 😂

[@handsomeclem208]

Well spoken, Sir!

[@fyoutube9410]

This needs a movie.

[@linton5117]

Imagine being a pirate, boarding this ‘unarmed’ merchant vessel only to be met with the bullets of Spanish marines, only then to realise you’ve just tried to seize a warship of one of the worlds most powerful navies…

[@thecybranchild1768]

I think it would have been even funnier if it was a American carrier, but I cant imagine mistaking one for a cargo ship but I could be wrong.

[@wadesheckles5420]

Replinishment ships are just cargo ship that ships for the military

[@dynad00d15]

"It's at this moment he knew he f*cked up" :D

[@rogerbeatty9436]

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[@rogerbeatty9436]

@@wadesheckles5420 Jeremy .

[@AlejandroPRGH]

The Spanish Penal Code has, or used to have, under the crime of piracy, a heavier penalty for "the pirate captain or skipper". That must be the reason why one of them got more years.

[@analoguegeek]

Youll never forget the day you almost caught captain jack spa... :BARS CLINK:

[@calypsohandjack9278]

Behavior in prison could have something to do with it as well. I'm sure Somali pirates didn't integrate well with the Spanish prisoners

[@sierralarars]

@@analoguegeek Thanks. You’ve got the Lonely Island Jack Sparrow song stuck in my head now.. I suppose it’s better than the Bezos song that was stuck in my head for most of today o.o

[@lewisner]

So if you look like Johnny Depp you are screwed ?

[@adamabele785]

If he was identified as somebody who fired directly at a person means it is aggravating as attempted murder. We do not know, what damage they caused and if they injured somebody, that is also aggravating. But you are right, if he is the one who hired the others or had the command, then he is the leader, also aggravating.

[@blackc1479]

Textbook example of "don't start nothin'....won't be nothin'". I would have loved to see the look on their faces when the helo got airborne.

[@cedricdlamini3314]

Just tryna live my life with the same confidence of the pirates.

[@eliasblum753]

I spent a couple of weeks on board the Patiño. I was in the Royal Navy and based on the Spanish ship during a NATO exercise. Great lads and lasses. Very professional sailors. I was impressed.

[@SeekDestroy-sk1mo]

What do you think about Somali pirates tho? Did they get what they deserve?

[@robinharwood5044]

The Spanish Navy is at lest as old as the Royal Navy. Plenty of tradtion to build on.

[@vodkavodka8903]

thank you for your service

[@SeekDestroy-sk1mo]

@@robinharwood5044- they were great when the ships were made of wood not so much anymore. America dominates the seas.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

I am quite sure sure there is a weapons locker on board. Hmm a command ship, maybe got armed marines also. Whoopsy.

[@silvergreylion]

Imagine the conversation on the bridge: "Captain, we're being boarded by pirates." "What?? Seriously?" "Yes sir, we're being boarded by pirates." "Why the fuck would they.." *sigh* "Ok, try not to kill them. We need to ask them why."

[@DwayneIsKing]

Ngl, this is pretty hilarious 😂. I picture them freaking out ,yelling, and cursing in their language after realizing the mistake and taking fire themselves 💀

[@jesusisalive3227]

I'm glad to hear they did not just patch them up and send them on their way like usually happens!

[@allistairneil8968]

Los piratas: Sorry, we thought you guys were just a normal cargo ship. Los marineros: Ahh, comprendo mi amigos, no problemo. We very impressed by your tenacity!

[@Ocker3]

The Captain was very generous in his description of them, and I think is also alluding to how motivated the pirates are because of terrible economic conditions at home.

[@dutchrjen]

@@Ocker3 Now they're living in a western prison for years with free room and board. Probably better conditions than they had.

[@allistairneil8968]

@@Ocker3 ¿Really? Poor Somali Pirates are forced into risking their lives for three days at sea, just so they can kill Tom Hanks and his merry men mercilessly and toss their own dead overboard. Wow, I never thought about it like that. They must be nice guys. And there I was thinking they were a bunch of ockers only interested in lots of money.

[@majalca03]

Your Spanish is impressive. Did you learn it from Dora the Explorer?

[@christarant2538]

No wonder we still have Gibraltar 🇬🇧

[@Laz_Arus]

Pirates: "We didn't mean to attack the warship" Judge: "Oh. Ok then. Case dismissed!" 😲

[@pitadriti9767]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😛🤣

[@bvillafuerte765]

It is Spain, not England.

[@duggydugg3937]

******* DA bragg

[@WalterModel45]

In spain you got more prision for a piratery act thant for homicide For real Homicide, 12-15 years

[@PaulDziomba]

That would have happened in Philadelphia.

[@chrismcnemar6705]

The pirate was so ready to get up there just to say "I'm the captain." Ended up saying "I'm sorry sir." 🤣

[@qryzchan4071]

imagine staying in that rough condition for 3-4 days just to hear that dreaded boss music...XD

[@roverboat2503]

That also happened to RFA Wave Knight off Oman. I was on it at the time. Around 11 o'clock at night the 'Quickdraw' pipe came over the ship's tannoy. We all stood to and found three fast pirate boats, lit up like New York, attempting to get us in a pincer movement. All we did was squirt some 20mm with tracer in their general direction. For some reason they then decided to high-tail it in the opposite direction at the rush!

[@knobeljoseph11]

What year? i was aboard the USS Mason on deployment in Aug 2019 and refueled with you guys off the coast of oman and i dont recall hearing about pirate attacks during that time. Glad you gave the pirates hell though, i'd imagine you would've ripped them up if they got in range of those miniguns yall carry!

[@HistoryGe3k]

Why not wait until they came into effective weapons range and just tear these boats apart? You were just wasting ammo and giving the pirates the opportunity to attack other boats in the future.

[@itsjohndell]

@@HistoryGe3k Word

[@Tyler_J_Cook]

@@HistoryGe3k Believe it or not but most militaries in developed countries follow very political rules of engagement, whether you agree on it or not, Lone Survivor would be a really good but harsh example of what I mean by that.

[@roverboat2503]

@@knobeljoseph11 Hi there. It was in 2009. In those days the pirates used to wander all up the Omani coast as at the time no one was allowed to sink them. Most depressing from our point of view. That same year the Wave Knight was present when a British couple was kidnapped by pirates and we weren't allowed to open fire. Allegedly so we didn't endanger the couple, but in reality we had to get direct permission to open fire from London and permission wasn't given. It wasn't long after that that attitudes changed. In 2011 the RFA Fort Victoria had an open brig built under the flight deck for storing the pirates we captured. They were then transported to Kenya for trial.

[@roberthuntley1090]

I can remember a similar story, a decade or more ago, about a group of pirates that attacked a 'merchant ship' carrying French special forces. Needless to say, it didn't go well for them. At least in that case, the ship was supposed to look unarmed.

[@peterbaker3429]

That actually resulted in a film being made about the affair. Can't remember the title but a damned good film.

[@megapet777]

@@peterbaker3429 any chance you could remember the film?

[@adenmitchell7633]

@Mrfixit Quickly nah

[@howardtreesong4860]

Imagine boarding a ship and it has a detachment of the French Foreign Legion on board. It could positively ruin your entire day.

[@danielyoung1899]

Tom hanks captain Phillips

[@michaellewis4632]

I love how they said accidentally they know damn good and well what they where doing

[@miguelitoaniceto5882]

We have pirates but no traditional pirate punishments. I say they should be made to walk the plank. 😂

[@tor13128]

4:31 When tremendous will and determination and hardwork puts you in a situation 100x worse.

[@bird2624]

Imagine how shit their life conditions have to be for them to go to this lenght just get get a living wage

[@sh4ne01]

@@bird2624 wage? They are fucking stealing.

[@charlesatanasio1622]

@@bird2624 They were stealing, and quite likely murdering as well.

[@raimundohott9716]

Something the 2 commenters seem to ignore is that if they had decent living conditions they wouldnt have been doing this. Most criminals are a cause of their social conditions not that they are just born to kill

[@KenEvangelista]

@@raimundohott9716 Doing crime is a fucking choice. Not something that is thrown to you by the society you live in. They CHOSE to do pirating. They know what happens by the end of it. You don't experience hardship in life and say "Hm, time to steal from people". You either work properly to earn, or choose the evil, worst, and most stupid mistake of your life and do this. Poverty is not a reason to do crime. Don't make it look like every poor people is a criminal in the making. Jesus.

[@Inspired2Teach]

It's amazing that some people think, "I'm sorry, we thought you were defenseless." is an excuse.

[@volodyanarchist]

I do not think this was a defence. Most people in the comments cannot tell the difference between "They said that this has happened" and "They have defended their actions by this". I am sure that they said their names, and it was not "I am innocent because my name is ...".

[@gabiferreira6864]

I didnt see anyone saying that..?

[@samk6051]

Every bully ever

[@aluminumfalcon552]

I wish this was what happened when I was aboard the USNS Lewis and Clark, we were tailed by a nearly identical boat. The result was anticlimactic as they were blasted with warnings from the LRAD and we outran them. Being a military supply ship we were well equipped to deal with them and had much more firepower and manpower, but they never made it closer than a mile before we slipped away. It would have been cool to see what M2 .50 cal machine guns and M203 grenade launchers would do to a boat like that.

[@fireshadowdark5462]

Lukcily you didn't. COuld've hurted, or even killed people. Don't forget almost no one is a bad person. It ALWAYS is because of that persons surroundings and living conditions. (There are a few rare psychopaths who probably are truly bad though.)

[@aluminumfalcon552]

@@fireshadowdark5462 what happened was the best possible outcome for the sake of human lives. It is terrible that they live in such a country that piracy is a way of survival and they don’t have better opportunities to make a good life for themselves. Whatever happened, my involvement would have only been that of a bystander.

[@BlueFlash25]

It's amazing that pirates managed to surprise ambush a warship that was on an anti-pirate mission and almost lived to tell the tale :D

[@norbertfleck812]

At the very beginning of Atalanta Mission some pirates attacked an Indian Destroyer with a RPG7. The grenade left a pencil sized hole in the hull of the warship and a severe dent in the captain's pride. He got the attack answered with a volley from all the ship's cannons. The remains of the pirates nor their vessel were never found.

[@troy3456789]

This response seems reasonable to me. It's a reasonable response given the attack on the vessel.

[@kristoffermangila]

There is no such thing as overkill...

[@saikatsen9875]

It was INS Talwar (Talwar= sword).

[@usamakhan7856]

Any source for this? I can't find anything on the net. Seems like an interesting read.

[@norbertfleck812]

@@usamakhan7856 I read it in the .loyal magazine, a military magazine of the Reserve organisation of the German Bundeswehr (VdRBw).

[@shipmastershadowofintent5249]

Back in early 2000s my brother was deployed with the United States Navy and ran into pirates . Of course his ship was a little more armed with a mixture of flak guns and machine guns and shit. But he said 2 groups of pirates mistakes them for a big cargo ship and it was sorta look over the side and just open fire . He said it happened twice .

[@tigerbatman7881]

Bull crap

[@silverbloodborne9495]

I heard of events like this Those pirate's where so fucking stupid in the early 2000s

[@adamabele785]

@@silverbloodborne9495 No, they were not stupid, they just had not faced armed ships before.

[@SaintNyx]

@@adamabele785 If you attack a navy warship, you’re stupid. It’s not like they didn’t know what guns were, considering they had guns of their own.

[@user-od6gi4lz8t]

They were totally drunk 😂

[@jacoblord735]

These pirates were driven into the ocean by poverty and desperation. I do not condone what they did, however I cannot say I would have behaved differently were I in there shoes. I fell that extending their sentence by they court was unfair. I feel badly for these men and their families.

[@adeepseadiverindoubt]

they were just aggressively concerned about the expiring warranty on the Patino

[@Memorixt]

Just to be exact: a replenishment ship is not a warship, just because it’s belongs to the Navy. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Spanish sent this ship with this purpose willingly, as it easily can be mistaken for a cargo ship (which indeed is: an armed cargo ship from the Navy), so it’s a quite good trap.

[@jeffburnham6611]

For all intents and purposes, the Patino is a small freighter. You're correct, it's not a warship, and its large complement of Marines was likely due to protect the ship from such pirates as it really has no offensive weapons. It's mission was likely to support the real warships operating in the area. I think the pirates got off easy, they should have been tried and then hanged.

[@makoshark40]

Even military replenishment ships are considered a war ship they deliver cargo to places while potentiall getting shot at they have men armed to the teeth all with militarty training theres no civillians on board. And it has guns to shoot at lightly armored vehicles and low flying planes it is by att purposes a warship

[@FernandoJimenez-nl5ij]

Pirates aren't that smart at all ,they thought that was a cargo ship but fortunately it was the oposite ,i think it would be alot better to eliminate pirates uproot ,if the navy and marines change the look of their vessels covering all official displays ,i mean to look like a normal cruiser from outside but realy loaded up inside ,no need to deal with more problems any more ,this is just an idea to erradicate those f...n pirates! that doesn't belong here in this world.

[@Oll1000]

@@jeffburnham6611 You don't hang them. You cut off their hands and send them back to where they came from as a message to other thieves.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

@@jeffburnham6611 he clearly stated that it carries 2x20 m cannons and at least 2 SeaKing helicopters which i presume carry some weapons. (door mounted machine guns) To a small pirate skiff…that’s plenty armed…not to mention 180 armed marines.

[@alexalbrecht5768]

“And with a detachment of 180 Spanish marines onboard.” I can only imagine one of the pirates climbing the ladder just to see all of the pissed off marines getting ready to put him 20,000 leagues under the sea.

[@kimmogensen4888]

yes and one thing is that they had 2x20mm and two helicopters, they had passed them, 7 pirates try to take a ship with 180 marines, it's only in movies it goes well 🙀💥☠

[@larsrons7937]

That's not the whole story. The pirates knew what they were doing (but it went utterly wrong). They attacked the Spanish warship because it looked like the US warship from a previous failed assault, a US resupply ship to the nearby Nimitz class super carrier "USS Carl Vinson" - which launched 4 sorties and blew the pirates' mother ship out of the water. It was on TV all over the world.

[@michealspry2561]

Davy Jones locker.

[@michaeledmunds7056]

@@larsrons7937 That makes them seem more stupid, not less.

[@michaelseanchang]

Conditions at home must have been pretty tough if the pirates were willing to stay out at sea for so long in rough conditions.

[@mixemyth]

So funny how Napoleon's quote at the end was given a very different context.

[@JoJo-vm8vk]

They did the same kind of mistake against a French Navy replenishment ship 🤣 It was also during night. The French ship saw them coming with radar. They pretended to escape (but not too fast). On the morning the pirates had to face to 40mm gun 😅

[@brentblake8306]

Ha, "but not too fast "

[@chrismac7777]

Then the French surrendered

[@arfshesaid4325]

@@chrismac7777 ouch

[@HiroNguy]

@@chrismac7777 Rimshot! 🥁

[@nunyabidnis5407]

I have a French rifle for sale, never fired, dropped once.

[@zegh8578]

It has to be pretty surreal feeling of "game over" to be picked up by a military helicopter, then taken to a foreign country, where you are put through trial for piracy, and sentenced to a decade in prison

[@barryrose8360]

Probably luxurious compared to their lives in Somalia

[@pr1sm55]

They'll probably have way more food and a thousand times better living conditions even in jail + if I am not mistaken get to walk on Spanish soil after they've completed their sentence. It's a win-win for them if you think about it.

[@StudleyDuderight]

That doesn't feed their families back home though. It's sad that illegal commercial fishing pushed fishermen into piracy. Poor decisions all around.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

They'll get released and sent over to the UK on a dinghy

[@spaceman081447]

@zegh8578 RE: ". . . where you are put through trial for piracy, and sentenced to a decade in prison" Didn't they use to execute pirates?

[@joeblow9850]

I have a friend that unloads cargo ships in Long Beach california… The captains now carry whether they admit it or not.. makes me wonder since capt Phillips how many of these “pirates” have gotten a few holes in them and gone for a swim? Glad these captains are taking care of themselves now

[@lasvista2tech]

When you think about it the pirates won, they were transferred to europe and jailed and fed for a decade, saving them from the harsh pirate seas and chaotic conditions in somalia

[@gottathinkupanewone]

It should happen to all pirates. I think every ship that's required to sail in areas known for pirates should have arms enough to fight off an attack like this, or alternately have armed guards to protect the ship.

[@kevincrosby1760]

A ship at sea can pretty much carry anything it wants. The problem is when that ship enters the territorial waters of a country and is thus bound by that country's laws. Most of the "armed contractors" are stationed on so-called "arsenal ships". They meet with the cargo ships in international waters and transfer the armed guards there, then reverse the process just before the cargo ship enters port.

[@katrinapaton5283]

I remember holding an internet conversation with an ex-USMarine who was working as an engineer on a cargo ship. He suddenly apologised and disappeared only to return about half an hour later to relate how he'd had to disuade a group of pirates using an assault rifle kept for that purpose.

[@randytaylor1258]

Nothing like the sting of a 20 mm. hornet to dissuade thugs from being a nuisance. Feed the sharks, boys!

[@trashpanda2312]

most of them have armed guards on board going past Somalia.

[@troy3456789]

It makes more sense to simply shower their vessel with several electric gatling guns. Tough love

[@rdprsty]

"you must be the worst pirate I've ever heard of"

[@dfo990]

but at least we have heard of them now, lol

[@burtpanzer]

When their nets were taken away and they could no longer fish, the leader of the Somali pirates said they didn't want to resort to piracy but felt they had no alternative. So logically, for a fraction of what is spend trying to defend the shipping lanes, if several nations could donate some fishing vessels, perhaps we could end hunger and the pirate threat at the same time.

[@jessiehogue.]

Patino crew: "Call an ambulance! ...But not for us."

[@genocyber4842]

Pirates: sorry, we thought you were a cargo ship 🥺 👉👈

[@jb6027]

A Maritime Darwin Award? Kudos to the Spanish Navy!

[@larsrons7937]

It get's even better. These small boats were not alone in the storm for days, they had a mother ship. This Spanish ship looked very muched like the one from their previous *failed attack on the US resupply ship to the nearby US Nimitz class super carrier "USS Carl Vinson"* - which launched 4 sorties and blew the pirates' mother ship out of the water. The pirates attacked the wrong ship but not by mistake, they knew exactly what they were doing - and it went utterly wrong.

[@tiffanyi5645]

I enjoyed this story. The instant justice was golden

[@deadeyedan444]

I'd like to suggest an audio processor with a deesser to improve the audio.

[@hkchan1339]

Imagine attacking the huge cargo ship and realising its a huge warship 😂

[@jaye3]

They must have been terrified... One of their friends even got killed in the process.

[@lupusplumber2707]

all of it in the video, I don't need to imagine it... you think you're funny nibba?

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

@@jaye3 3-4 actually rest got kicked into prison. Dunno news articles say that

[@jaye3]

@@arghyaprotimhalder5592 According to this video, one of them got killed when they were trying to get onto the ship. That's what I was referring to.

[@dominiklehn2866]

I mean... Technically it IS a cargo ship. Just happens to be a military one