2008 Pirates Chase Cruise Ship

Cruise ships have been frequent targets of pirates in recent years.

2008 pirates chase cruise ship. December 2 2008 227 pm. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a. In April a three-masted luxury vessel Le Ponant was seized.

Pirates chased and shot at a US. Pirates Fire on a Cruise Ship. The captain ordered the ship to be brought up to full speed and the pursuing boat eventually gave up the chase.

NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at an American cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by. NAIROBI Pirates chased and shot at a US. NAIROBI Kenya The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist.

December 2 2008 227 pm. Somali pirates attack and chase cruise ship carrying British tourists. Marshall Islands United States MS Nautica cruise ship 386 684 passengers Capture failed.

CNN -- A 30000-ton luxury cruise ship outran pirates off the coast of Yemen this weekend the ships owner said Monday. 30 pirates fired upon the MS Nautica a cruise liner carrying 650 passengers and 400 crew but the massive ship outran its assailants. NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at a US.

But according to Danish TV2 News six to eight armed pirates on two speed boats were observed speeding toward the Nautica a cruise liner that had set sail from Florida. Piracy off the coast of SomaliaFishing communities responded by forming armed groups to deter the invaders by hijacking commercial vessels. The vessel which was bound for Iran with a cargo of sugar from Brazil is owned by an Iranian company.