2008 Pirates Chase Cruise Ship

Pirates Fire on a Cruise Ship.

2008 pirates chase cruise ship. 30 pirates fired upon the MS Nautica a cruise liner carrying 650 passengers and 400 crew but the massive ship outran its assailants. Pirates chased and shot at a US. But the six bandits riding in two skiffs and firing rifle shots at the gleaming ship were outrun in minutes when the captain of MS Nautica gunned the engine and sped away a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.

But this grew int. Some 40 boats with 200 combatants pirates figure can take and hold a defenseless cruise ship with hundreds of passengers and crew. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a.

Despite the cruise lines denials this attack was evaluated by our people and others with a stake in the game as totally authentic and it involved the approximate number of boats initially reported by ATHENA. Somali pirates attack and chase cruise ship carrying British tourists. CNN -- A 30000-ton luxury cruise ship outran pirates off the coast of Yemen this weekend the ships owner said Monday.

The next attempt came in November 2012 when several small boats approached Azamara. The vessel which was bound for Iran with a cargo of sugar from Brazil is owned by an Iranian company. 1657 EDT 1 December 2008.

The captain ordered the ship to be brought up to full speed and the pursuing boat eventually gave up the chase. December 2 2008 227 pm. A newspaper in Oman published a report today indicating that a cruise ship approximately 15 nautical miles off Masirah Island east of Oman was aggressively approached by two skiffs suspected of belonging to Somali pirates on November 23rd.

The newspaper reports that the two skiffs ended their pursuit only when a shipboard private security team fired warning flares at the craft. Piracy off the coast of SomaliaFishing communities responded by forming armed groups to deter the invaders by hijacking commercial vessels. Oceanias Nautica is the second cruise ship this year to have been confronted by pirates this year.