2005 Cruise Ship Pirate

In 2005 Somali pirates fired AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades at the luxury cruise ship Seabourn Spirit in an unsuccessful highjacking attempt.

2005 cruise ship pirate. Somalian Cruise Ship Pirates. 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. One of the most recent pirate attacks was in November 2005 against a Seabourn ship sailing off the coast of Somalia in eastern Africa.

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. 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. 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 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. Cruise liner fends off pirate attack By CNNRadios Matt Cherry and Amanda Moyer Saturday November 5 2005. 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.

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 cruise ship lies at anchor near a warship in the Seychelles two days after the attack off Somalia. Pirates board attempt to board a cruise ship traveling to Alaska.

On a cruise a few months ago before Covid 19 was the most dangerous threat on the high seas a band of pirates in several speed boats hurtled at full speed towards the cruise ship as we sailed off. An April 2008 pirate attack on Le Ponant a French luxury sailing vessel was more successful. Published Nov 9 2005 1201 AM by The Maritime Executive.

One boat fired upon. 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. Machine guns were fired as well as rocket-propelled grenades at the cruise ship and the remains of an RPGs rocket motor wedged itself in the wall of a room 8 and was disarmed by sailors.