2008 Pirates Chase Cruise Ship

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2008 pirates chase cruise ship. Pirates have attacked 32 vessels and hijacked 12 of them since NATO deployed a four-vessel flotilla in the region Oct. Cruise ships have been frequent targets of pirates in recent years. There was one case in 2009 when pirates captured a cruise ship but quickly released it when they realized there were no passengers aboard.

But the six bandits riding in two skiffs and firing rifle shots at the gleaming ship were outrun in minutes when the captain of MS Nautica gunned the engine and sped away a spokesman for the company said Tuesday. Photo released 12 April 2008 by the French Navy and taken 11 April 2008 in the Indian Ocean shows French luxury cruise ship SV Le Ponant s crew members being evacuated from their ship after being released by pirates off the Somalian coast. Marshall Islands United States MS Nautica cruise ship 386 684 passengers Capture failed.

Some 40 boats with 200 combatants pirates figure can take and hold a defenseless cruise ship with hundreds of passengers and crew. Somali pirates attack and chase cruise ship carrying British tourists. File image of the Nautica in.

But according to Danish TV2 News six to eight armed pirates on two speed boats were observed speeding toward the Nautica a cruise liner that had set sail from Florida. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a. Despite the cruise lines denials this attack was evaluated by our people and others with a stake in the game as totally authentic and it involved the approximate number of boats initially reported by ATHENA.

It was carrying 30 crew members though no passengers and after an eight-day standoff those onboard were rescued and the. December 2 2008 227 pm. The captain ordered the ship to be brought up to full speed and the pursuing boat eventually gave up the chase.

The next attempt came in November 2012 when several small boats approached Azamara. Oceanias Nautica is the second cruise ship this year to have been confronted by pirates this year. But this grew int.