The crew of Dutch navy frigate HMS Tromp, currently serving with a European Union anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, picked up and disarmed another 12 pirates on Sunday.

The pirates launched an attack on the frigate before realising it was a military ship, according to the Dutch defence ministry on Sunday.
Two of the pirate’s three boats were destroyed and the 12 were given food, water and fuel and returned to the remaining boat.
The HMS Tromp has been responsible for picking up and disarming 44 pirates over the past weeks, the ministry said.
At the end of last year Dutch marines from the HMS Evertsen were forced to free 13 Somalia pirates because no country would prosecute them.