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.

2008 pirates chase cruise ship. Some 40 boats with 200 combatants pirates figure can take and hold a defenseless cruise ship with hundreds of passengers and crew. Piracy off the coast of SomaliaFishing communities responded by forming armed groups to deter the invaders by hijacking commercial vessels. Transocean Tours cruise ship was approached by two pirate speedboats while on the Gulf of Oman en route from Sharm-al-Sheikh to Dubai but the pirate boats were chased off by the German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

But this grew int. 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. Pirates Fire on a Cruise Ship.

The cruise ship is owned by Miami based Oceania Cruises and was. Almost 100 vessels have been attacked off Somalia this year which includes the capture by Somali pirates of the 330-metre Sirius Star carrying 2 million barrels of oil. Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a.

By Mail Foreign Service Updated. 24 to escort cargo ships and conduct. The NAUTICA was on a 32-day cruise from Rome to Singapore when it was attacked on Sunday November 31 2008 in the Gulf of Aden.

There was one case in 2009 when pirates captured a cruise ship but quickly released it when they realized there were no passengers aboard. 1657 EDT 1 December 2008. Other ships have not been so lucky.

Cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships a maritime official said Tuesday. Oceanias Nautica is the second cruise ship this year to have been confronted by pirates this year. NAIROBI Kenya AP Pirates chased and shot at a US.