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href="/wiki/Action_of_3_March_2009" title="Action of 3 March 2009">3 March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2009_raid_off_Somalia" title="April 2009 raid off Somalia">9 April</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_19_May_2009" title="Action of 19 May 2009">19 May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_7_September_2009" title="Action of 7 September 2009">7 September</a></li></ul> <p><b>2010</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_5_April_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 5 April 2010">5 April</a></li></ul> <p><b>2012</b> </p> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">12 January</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>On 12 January 2012 <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy in Somalia">Somali pirates</a> attacked the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Spanish Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">replenishment oiler</a> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_oiler_Pati%C3%B1o" title="Spanish oiler Patiño"><i>Patiño</i></a> after mistaking her for a large merchant ship. The pirate <a href="/wiki/Skiff" title="Skiff">skiff</a> hit <i>Patiño</i> with automatic fire before being repelled, damaged by return fire and captured after a brief chase by the vessel's helicopter. The encounter took place off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> and ended with the death of one pirate and the capture of six others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Action">Action</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attack_on_Spanish_oiler_Pati%C3%B1o&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Patiño</i> had been deployed on the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> for her second tour as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Atalanta" title="Operation Atalanta">Operation Atalanta</a> since November 2011, when she departed from her home port of <a href="/wiki/Ferrol,_Spain" title="Ferrol, Spain">Ferrol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Patiño</i> was the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the EU naval forces in Somali waters.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 03:30, on 12 January 2012, while at anchor after escorting a <a href="/wiki/World_Food_Programme" title="World Food Programme">World Food Programme</a> ship with humanitarian aid to <a href="/wiki/Mogadishu" title="Mogadishu">Mogadishu</a>, Somalia,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a sentry aboard the Spanish vessel gave the alert when he spotted a skiff alongside <i>Patiño</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s hull, with the obvious intention of boarding the ship. The skiff was manned by seven individuals, who opened fire on the Spanish unit with <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pirates apparently mistook the warship for a <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">freighter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Patiño</i> was hit on her hull and funnel<sup id="cite_ref-lug_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lug-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by 50 rounds in the ensuing gunbattle, which lasted up to two minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-gal_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spanish vessel returned fire with her light armament, but when the pirates continued the aggression, the Spanish sailors proceeded to "neutralize" the threat with what the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Ministry_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Ministry of Defence">Spanish Ministry of Defence</a> described as "self-defense fire",<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which forced the skiff to flee.<sup id="cite_ref-lug_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lug-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The motor boat was then chased by one of <i>Patiño</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/SH-3_Sea_King" class="mw-redirect" title="SH-3 Sea King">SH-3 Sea King</a> helicopters for 3,000 yards (2,700 m), warned by megaphone and eventually stopped after a last burst across her bows from the helicopter's machine gun. During the pursuit the attackers threw overboard three ladders, two bags and seven rifles. The Spanish personnel captured six men of whom five were wounded, three of them seriously. The pirates declared that a seventh member of the crew was killed in the exchange of fire and that his dead body fell to the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aud_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aud-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The skiff, damaged by gunfire, was confiscated by the Spanish authority.<sup id="cite_ref-lug_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lug-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attack_on_Spanish_oiler_Pati%C3%B1o&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eloy Velasco, the judge in charge of the <a href="/wiki/Audiencia_Nacional_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Audiencia Nacional of Spain">Audiencia Nacional of Spain</a> ordered the arrested men taken to <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> for questioning under charges of piracy, possession of illegal weapons, damage to government property, and assault on members of the security forces. Velasco considered that the attack in international waters came under Spanish <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> since the assault was carried out against Spanish citizens and no current agreement with a third country prevented a Spanish trial.<sup id="cite_ref-aud_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aud-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An alternative trial location had been <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, following a May 2009 arrangement with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> granting Kenyan jurisdiction over acts of piracy committed in the Indian Ocean. However, in 2010 Kenya's High Court had ruled that the Kenyan government should put on trial only those subjects captured inside its territorial waters. This was overturned by the Kenyan Court of Appeal in October 2012, by which time the Spanish trial for <i>Patiño</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s pirates had already commenced.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During their trial in Spain, all six men pleaded not guilty, claiming they were fishermen who had approached <i>Patiño</i> for assistance at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013 the men were convicted of attempted piracy by a Spanish Court and sentenced to eight years in jail. One man, Hamoud Elfaf Mahou, received an additional four-and-a-half-year term after also being convicted of belonging to an identified criminal organization.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014 the prosecution successfully appealed the length of sentences, arguing that the piracy constituted an actual rather than attempted attack on the ship. 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href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2005">2005</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Breeze" title="Star Breeze">Seabourn Spirit</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2006">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cape_St._George" title="USS Cape St. George"><i>Cape St. George</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gonzalez" title="USS Gonzalez"><i>Gonzalez</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_18_March_2006" title="Action of 18 March 2006">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongwon-ho_628" title="Dongwon-ho 628"><i>Dongwon-ho</i> 628</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2007">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_Danica_White" title="MV Danica White"><i>Danica White</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_3_June_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 3 June 2007">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Al_Marjan" title="MV Al Marjan"><i>Al Marjan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Golden_Nori" title="MV Golden Nori"><i>Golden Nori</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_28_October_2007" title="Action of 28 October 2007">incident</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Hong Dan">Dai Hong Dan</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan_incident" title="Dai Hong Dan incident">incident</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2008" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MY_Le_Ponant" title="MY Le Ponant"><i>Le Ponant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Iran_Deyanat" title="MV Iran Deyanat"><i>Iran Deyanat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr%C3%A9_d%27As_IV_incident" title="Carré d'As IV incident"><i>Carré d'As IV</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MT_Stolt_Valor" title="MT Stolt Valor"><i>Stolt Valor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Faina" title="MV Faina"><i>Faina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Yasa_Neslihan" title="MV Yasa Neslihan"><i>Yasa Neslihan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Stolt_Strength" title="MV Stolt Strength"><i>Stolt Strength</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Powerful" title="MV Powerful"><i>Powerful</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Action_of_11_November_2008" title="Action of 11 November 2008">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Karag%C3%B6l" title="MV Karagöl"><i>Karagöl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Sirius_Star" title="MV Sirius Star"><i>Sirius Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Delight" title="MV Delight"><i>Delight</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FV_Ekawat_Nava_5" title="FV Ekawat Nava 5"><i>Ekawat Nava 5</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Biscaglia" title="MV Biscaglia"><i>Biscaglia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Astor" title="MS Astor"><i>Astor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Nautica" title="MS Nautica"><i>Nautica</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MV_Astoria" title="MV Astoria">Athena</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_S_Venus" title="MV S Venus"><i>S Venus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Hansa_Stavanger" title="MV Hansa Stavanger"><i>Hansa Stavanger</i></a></li> <li><i>Tanit</i> (<a href="/wiki/April_2009_raid_off_Somalia" title="April 2009 raid off Somalia">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Tygra" title="MV Tygra"><i>Maersk Alabama</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Maersk_Alabama_hijacking" title="Maersk Alabama hijacking">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Qana" title="MV Qana"><i>Qana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009#April" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009"><i>Irene</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Almezaan" title="MV Almezaan"><i>Almezaan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2009#April" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009"><i>Sea Horse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Safmarine_Asia" title="MV Safmarine Asia"><i>Safmarine Asia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Liberty_Sun" title="MV Liberty Sun"><i>Liberty Sun</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MSC_Melody" class="mw-redirect" title="MSC Melody">MSC Melody</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Horizon-1" title="MV Horizon-1"><i>Horizon-1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2010" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2010#January" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010"><i>Pramoni</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Iceberg_1" title="MV Iceberg 1"><i>Iceberg 1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Asian_Glory" title="MV Asian Glory"><i>Asian Glory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Almezaan" title="MV Almezaan"><i>Almezaan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Samho_Dream" title="MV Samho Dream"><i>Samho Dream</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Yasin_C" title="MV Yasin C"><i>Yasin C</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Moscow_University" title="MV Moscow University"><i>Moscow University</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Oceanic_(1963)" title="SS Oceanic (1963)"><i>Oceanic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Sun_Express" title="MV Sun Express"><i>Magellan Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Izumi" title="MV Izumi"><i>Izumi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_York" title="MV York"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2011" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2011">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_Samho_Jewelry" title="MV Samho Jewelry"><i>Samho Jewelry</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Dawn_of_Gulf_of_Aden" title="Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden">incident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Irene_SL" title="MV Irene SL"><i>Irene SL</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savina_Caylyn" title="Savina Caylyn"><i>Savina Caylyn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Guanabara" title="MV Guanabara"><i>Guanabara</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MV_Sinar_Kudus_hijacking" title="MV Sinar Kudus hijacking">Sinar Kudus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_by_Somali_pirates_in_2012" title="List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2012">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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