'I learnt in the special forces just how vulnerable our ships are to terrorist hijack'

 

There’s something about drifting through the sea at night that makes me feel unearthly, as if I’m not quite part of this planet. The water and sky are so black it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. It’s a sensation I remember well from my 11 years in the Special Boat Service (SBS), the elite unit of the Royal Navy, closely aligned with the SAS, which is trained to recapture ships from the grip of pirates, drug dealers and terrorists....

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/learnt-special-forces-just-vulnerable-ships-terrorist-hijack/