2008 Pirates Chase Cruise Ship

International coalition warships stopped Somali pirates from hijacking a luxury cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend the Danish navy said Monday.

2008 pirates chase cruise ship. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by. Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships a maritime official said Tuesday. Tuesday December 02 2008.

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. Somali pirates attack and chase cruise ship carrying British tourists. Oceanias Nautica is the second cruise ship this year to have been confronted by pirates this year.

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. Almost 100 vessels have been attacked off Somalia this year which includes the capture by Somali pirates of the 330-metre Sirius Star carrying 2 million barrels of oil. The cruise ship is owned by Miami based Oceania Cruises and was.

By Mail Foreign Service Updated. Pirates have attacked 32 vessels and hijacked 12 of them since NATO deployed a four-vessel flotilla in the region Oct. Piracy off the coast of SomaliaFishing communities responded by forming armed groups to deter the invaders by hijacking commercial vessels.

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. December 2 2008 227 pm. 1657 EDT 1 December 2008.

The vessel which was bound for Iran with a cargo of sugar from Brazil is owned by an Iranian company. But this grew int. NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at a US.