map of pirate and hijacking activity off the Somali coast from January to December 2007
2008-11-19:

TO BOARD the Sirius Star, one of the world’s largest oil tankers, Somali pirates had to haul themselves up ropes tied to grapnel hooks the height of London’s Big Ben, with the 330m ship pitching all the while in the tropical swell. Then there was the location, way out in the high seas, 800km off the coast of Kenya. The feat of vertiginous thuggery will be taken everywhere as proof of what is possible; it was the biggest ever catch by any pirate, anywhere in the world.

arr! how about a pirates of the comoros. starring johnny depp?

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