2005 Cruise Ship Pirate

They can go a lot faster than one might think.

2005 cruise ship pirate. 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. One of the most recent pirate attacks was in November 2005 against a Seabourn ship sailing off the coast of Somalia in eastern Africa. In 2005 Somali pirates fired AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades at the luxury cruise ship Seabourn Spirit in an unsuccessful highjacking attempt.

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. Created Updated. Since 2005 many international organizations have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy.

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. At least two boats closed in on the Seabourn Spirit firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at. 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.

Pirates Attack Cruise Ship November 5 2005 1247 PM AP Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns Saturday in an attack on a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast the. Pirates board attempt to board a cruise ship traveling to Alaska. On 5 November 2005 at 550 am while Spirit was underway 115 km off the coast of Somalia with 115 passengers the ship was attacked by two pirate speedboats launched by a mother ship.

The ship sailing crew-only was hijacked. One boat fired upon. In 2005 pirates opened fire on the Seabourn Spirit about 100 miles 160 kilometers off the Somali coast.

Crew members were ultimately rescued. 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. 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.