Pirates Attacking Cruise Ships 2017

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Pirates attacking cruise ships 2017. On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. There have been six reported attempts of pirates attacking cruise ships over the past 12 years. By John Honeywell 9 August 2017 745am.

By Jim Walker on December 6 2009. Later that month Oceanias Nautica thwarted an attempted attack by pirates while sailing through the Gulf of Aden. There has never been a successful pirate attack on a cruise ship.

Paul Szoldra Jul 1 2017. Riding in two small speedboats the pirates fired at the ship with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades but the crew drove them off with a water hose and a long range acoustic device. Sea Princess passengers were shrouded in darkness for 10 days as the ship prepared for a pirate attack one traveller has claimed.

When pirates attack an armed confrontation is likely and. In 2005 when she was known as the Seabourn Spirit she was attacked off yje East African coast by Somali pirates. Seabourn Spirit a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Observation and protection of ships from pirate attacks by non. Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns Saturday in an attack on a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast the vessels owners said. Thome of eTurboNews ETN raises two disturbing scenarios.

A year later in April 2009 MSC Cruises former MSC Melody experienced perhaps the most infamous cruise ship pirate attack. Such an attack on a cruise ship. The cruise ship was able to fend off the pirates with water cannons.