Huh, pirates in the English Channel?
Fro the London Evening Standard:
Police are responding to an "incident" on board an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight amid reports of an attempted hijacking.
A Coastguard helicopter was spotted circling the vessel off the coast of Sandown on Sunday afternoon.
The ship is a crude oil tanker named the Nave Andromeda, according to the Isle of Wight Radio.
The Liberian registered oil tanker is said to have given out a mayday call at 9am....
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Quite a distance from Penzance, must be lost.
