2005 Cruise Ship Pirate

One boat fired upon.

2005 cruise ship pirate. 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. They can go a lot faster than one might think. 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.

Published Nov 9 2005 1201 AM by The Maritime Executive. The cruise ship lies at anchor near a warship in the Seychelles two days after the attack off Somalia. The 10000-ton Seabourn Spirit came under fire at about 530am.

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. Piracy impeded the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses costing an estimated 66-69 billion a year in global trade. Saga ship outruns pirates - Cruise International.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. The pirates approached in 25ft speedboats and shot at the ship with the grenade launcher and machineguns. The ship was on a cruise from Alexandria in Egypt.

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. The Seabourn Spirit was attacked by two pirate boats about 100 miles off the Somali coast. 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.

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. 2005 - cruise ship outruns pirates. Cruise liner fends off pirate attack By CNNRadios Matt Cherry and Amanda Moyer Saturday November 5 2005.