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Meanwhile, IN the Channel, an oil tanker is believed to have been hijacked by stowaways from Nigeria.

@"BIAD" , is it still the Special Boat Service that "addresses" issues like this ?

In a world where the mainstream media have very little to do with reality, there is -even within their circles,
a hint of what Governments really are coming to terms with in regards of invading parties wishing to deal out
terrorism towards their enemies.

If the SBS were involved,  then terrorism against a country was either assumed or known.

How the dramatic raid unfolded:

*Reports emerged of a oil tanker being 'hijacked' off the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon
*The captain had sent a mayday signal at 10am after fearing for the lives of himself and his crew
*Seven stowaways reportedly smashed glass on board and threatened to use flares as weapons
*The tanker zig-zagged in the English Channel before dropping anchor
*SBS commandos swooped on the tanker and seized the stowaways

The Sun:



The Nave Andromeda.

Questions:
If these seven Nigerian stowaways were merely illegal cargo being brought to Britain for cheap labour, why
revolt and threaten the plan?

The drive to overtake the crew and utilise the ship indicates a strong desire to be in control. The standard
perception is that illegal migrants are at the mercy of the transport logistics and accept the conditions that
are presented to them.

I understand that panicking over an unknown reason, may cause these men to take over a large vessel,
but the realities of steering an oil tanker and eventually docking it must have been realised by the stowaways
at some point.


My personal conclusions are either the stowaways were either too dumb to understand the reality of their
situation and just accepted that -at the very least, they would arrive in Britain --even though they'd be under
arrest...

Or we're not aware of the true facts and this tanker held men with a scheme to do harm. The 'zig-zagging' is
a hint that something was wrong and the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was quoted to have added:

"...Along with the SBS squad, a team of Royal Navy divers was deployed in one of the Royal Navy helicopters
in case the vessel had been mined - but it had not."  -BBC:

This sounds to me that the oil tanker was also perceived as a threat... a possible weapon.
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Edit:
NAVE ANDROMEDA (IMO: 9580405) is a Crude Oil Tanker that was built in 2011 (9 years ago)
and is sailing under the flag of Liberia.

It’s carrying capacity is 74999 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 8.2 meters.
Her length overall (LOA) is 228 meters and her width is 32.24 meters.

Where is this vessel going to?
The vessel is currently at port SOUTHAMPTON, GB after a voyage of 19 days, 16 hours
originating from port LAGOS ANCH, NG. [Nigeria]
Link: