
J.Peter Pham, PhD
On the one hand, it was not much of a fight. Seven Somali pirates, presumably mistaking the German Navy supply boat FGS
Spessart for a commercial vessel opened fire on the Type 704A
Rhön-class tanker as it cruised in the Gulf of Aden Sunday afternoon. German sailors returned fire and, when the attacking skiff tried to withdraw, gave chase while calling in for support.