INS Kalpeni
Last Friday, the Indian Navy picked up as distress call from the container ship MV Vancouver Bridge, which was under attack by pirates in the Indian Ocean, about 600 nautical miles off the Indian coast. When spotted by an Indian patrol aircraft, the pirates broke off the attack and retreated to a “mother ship,” the Vega 5, a fishing vessel hijacked on December 28, 2010. On Saturday night, the Indian Navy’s newest fast attack craft, INS Kalpeni, intercepted the Vega and after a brief firefight captured 61 pirates and freed the Vega’s crew of 13 who had been held as hostages since the ship had been hijacked.
Navy apprehends 61 pirates in 2 day operation
The battle against piracy in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea may be changing. This week Japan announced that it would try four suspected pirates being held by the US Navy after they were captured attempting to hijack the Japanese owned tanker 
Happy 100th birthday to Con Thode, New Zealand’s first and only submarine commander in World War Two and long-time sailing master for the 
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Piracy in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean can be wildly profitable and is relatively risk free. If a pirate is caught by any of the multinational naval task force, chances are that they will simply let the pirate go free. So I suppose it isn’t surprising that that not only has the scope of piracy expanded to encompass the Indian Oceans and Arabia Sea, but now it also appears that the pool of pirates is also becoming multi-national. In addition to Somalis, Yemenis are also getting into the act.