Cruise Ship Attacked By Pirates 2017

A cruise ship that was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden is now docked in Oman.

Cruise ship attacked by pirates 2017. This latest pirate attack is not the first on a cruise ship. 18 rows On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula. The Seabourn Spirit had been bound for Kenya when it was attacked by pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns on Saturday about 100 miles off.

Published on Monday April 27 2009 Cruise ship attacked by pirates - UPDATED. Cruise ships pose a far more complex scenario. Fears of a possible pirate attack forced a cruise ship.

Cruise ships and most other vessels respond to the threat of attack by pirates by employing safety in numbers. A magnificent 21000 tonne cruise ship which was once attacked by Somali pirates has arrived in Falmouth in time for the towns International. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012.

And typically there are military ships planeshelicopters that can be dispatched to deal with pirates. Of the many things that could go wrong on a luxury cruise a potential pirate attack doesnt come to mind. A video that the Carnival corpo.

In fact this was the last of the recorded pirate attacks on cruise ships. Product tankers were targeted by pirates. Taken from one of the ships windows the footage captured a boat of at least four Somalian pirates wielding weapons.

But where you sail also impacts the risk of hijack or attempted hijack. Oh it looks so scary when I think of getting attacked by pirates while on a cruise ship. In 2020 the type of ship most attacked by pirates was a bulk carrier.