Cruise Ship Pirate Attack 2014

Pirates do attack cargo vessels and oil tankers so its only natural to wonder.

Cruise ship pirate attack 2014. Seabourn Spirit a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Cruise ships passing through this area must take extra precautions to ensure the safety of their passengers and today on Spectrum of the Seas I experienced a Safe Haven drill as the ship approached the Gulf of Aden. While the vast majority of pirate attacks are aimed at commercial ships seafaring criminals will hit anything they think can yield a profit and cruise ships have been targeted before.

But that doesnt mean cruise ships are exempt. After a gun battle the pirates attack skiffs retreated to the pirate mother ship with injuries to the suspected pirates. In 2005 the luxury liner Seabourn Spirit was attacked by two pirate speedboats launched from a mothership in the early hours off the coast of Somalia.

Pirates board attempt to board a cruise ship traveling to Alaska. However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results. This is the Star Breeze cruise ship.

Pirates Attack Cruise Ship. We are no longer referring to the Jack Sparrow-type of pirate but of course Somali pirates who are active in the Gulf of Aden. Pirates chase open fire on US.

The vessel was attacked by pirates who were engaged by the Vessel Protection Detachment VPD stationed on the ship. That year there were 51 attacks on bulk carriers recorded. Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a US.

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. But for the 1900 passengers sailing from Sydney to Dubai aboard the Sea Princess that impossibility seemed all too real as their ocean liner became a ghost ship for 10 nights. Product tankers were targeted by.