SBS commandos were preparing to storm a hijacked container ship near Margate.
Stowaways struck in sight of the Kent coast after sailing from Nigeria.
Trouble flared early that morning when the migrants were discovered on the Italian vessel as it headed into the Thames Estuary aiming to dock at Tilbury, Essex.
They were locked in a cabin but then escaped and threatened the ship’s 27 crew with iron bars and other makeshift weapons they picked up on board.
The crew retreated to the bridge at around 9am and bolted the doors, before raising the alarm.
Police, coastguard and marine units were on stand-by before the SBS was called in.
With the stand-off nearing its 12th hour, Theresa May sanctioned the crack commandos squad to storm the stricken Grande Tema.
Around 25 members from X Squadron of the Special Boat Service — sister regiment to the SAS — were choppered on to the South East coast from their Dorset HQ yesterday evening.
Tracking of the 770ft (235m) ship showed it going round and round in the rough North Sea between Margate in Kent and Clacton in Essex.
Paul Kyprianou, a spokesman for Italian shipping company Grimaldi Lines which owns the ship, said last night: “There are four stowaways, armed with bars.
“They want to get to the shore. The crew have locked themselves on the bridge. They are safe. There are no injuries.
“The master is in continuous contact with the UK authorities.”
The four were demanding the vessel be anchored near shore so they can jump ship and swim, he added.
The 71,543-ton Grande Tema is licenced to carry extremely hazardous cargo, which could be toxic, flammable or explosive.
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Sources say this would form a very small part of the load.
It had been making a routine 4,400-mile, 11-day trip from Lagos, Nigeria. The stowaways are thought to have boarded there or during three stops on the West African coast.
Essex Police said: “We are not treating this as either a hostage, piracy or terror-related incident.”
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