2005 Cruise Ship Pirate

A LUXURY cruise ship with 22 British tourists aboard survived an attack by Somali pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades yesterday as it rounded the Horn of Africa.

2005 cruise ship pirate. A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers. The pirates were in two small boats and were carrying machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade when they attempted the attack on Seabourn Cruise Lines Spirit about 535 am. In 2005 Somali pirates fired AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades at the luxury cruise ship Seabourn Spirit in an unsuccessful highjacking attempt.

The crew of a 9775-gross-ton 440-foot-long passenger cruise ship successfully evaded a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia early on the morning of Nov. They can go a lot faster than one might think. Published Nov 9 2005 1201 AM by The Maritime Executive.

One boat fired upon. The faster cruise ship managed to escape and used a. Two small boats toting automatic machine guns and a grenade launcher assaulted the vessel but superb seamanship by the captain and onboard defenses helped the luxury ship escape with.

Cruise liner fends off pirate attack By CNNRadios Matt Cherry and Amanda Moyer Saturday November 5 2005. In 2005 Seabourn Spirit was about 100 miles off the coast of Somalia when pirates fired AK-47 machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in an attempt to. Bruce Notsogood an overpaid underworked mouthpiece for Carnival Corporation vehemently denied the attack was staged insisting the pirates were real despite the fact that the cruise ships captain simply rang bells for full speed ahead and outran the dingies after deciding against a ramming move against smaller and more maneuverable craft.

The ship was on a cruise from Alexandria in Egypt. The Seabourn Spirit had been bound for Kenya when it was attacked by pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns on. 2007 - released rolls of razor wire over the side of the ship - Saga ship outruns pirates - Cruise International yes same link as 2008 2008 - cruise ship outruns pirates.

Cruise ship repels Somali pirates. In 2005 while 100 miles off the coast of Somalia pirates in speedboats attacked the small cruise shipThe pirates fired on it with machine guns and. An April 2008 pirate attack on Le Ponant a French luxury sailing vessel was more successful.