2005 Cruise Ship Pirate

The faster cruise ship managed to escape and used a.

2005 cruise ship pirate. Crew members were ultimately rescued. 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. The cruise ship was able to fend off the pirates with water cannons.

One boat fired upon. The cruise ship lies at anchor near a warship in the Seychelles two days after the attack off Somalia. 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.

1034 EDT 5 November 2005 British passengers aboard a luxury cruise liner are recovering after the ship was attacked off the coast of Africa by pirates firing a. Pirates board attempt to board a cruise ship traveling to Alaska. 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 highjack the ship.

The pirates approached in 25ft speedboats and shot at the ship with the grenade launcher and machineguns. At least two boats closed in on the Seabourn Spirit firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at. In 2005 pirates opened fire on the Seabourn Spirit about 100 miles 160 kilometers off the Somali coast.

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. Piracy impeded the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses costing an estimated 66-69 billion a year in global trade. Cruise liner fends off pirate attack By CNNRadios Matt Cherry and Amanda Moyer Saturday November 5 2005.

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. Somalian Cruise Ship Pirates. EST 0941 GMT Somalia CNN -- A luxury cruise line will re-evaluate whether to offer future cruises off the coast of Somalia after pirates attempted to attack one of its ships early Saturday.