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Seabourn Spirit, a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers, was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. [12] 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. [13]
On 12 October 2008, Somali security forces engaged in a shoot-out with the pirates, resulting in a death of a pirate and of a Somali soldier. [55] The security forces also captured two pirate speedboats. Two days later, Somali forces liberated the ship, and 10 hijackers were arrested. [56] Panama ( Greece) MV Action (chemical tanker) 20 (unknown)
(cruise ship) 407 Attack failed: unknown: Azamara Journey, a cruise ship owned by Azamara Club Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., was approached on 26 November 2012 by several small pirate skiffs off the coast of Oman. After taking evasive maneuvers and firing at least three warning flares, the pirates ceased their attack. [16]
Passengers decked out for a black tie dinner on a British cruise ship on the Indian Ocean were told to hide below decks when a speed boat allegedly carrying Somali pirates came alongside the.
Pirate gangs controlled by local warlords started to capture passing merchant ships in an attempt to gain funding by ransoming the ships and their crews. As the raids became successful, the pirates became bolder. They began seizing UN aid ships, and even attacked a cruise liner attempting to capture it for ransom. The U.S. and Coalition vessels ...
NAIROBI/LONDON (Reuters) -Somali pirates who seized the Maltese-flagged bulk cargo ship Ruen in December may have used the vessel in the takeover of a Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship off the coast ...
Somali pirates captured Filitsa some 36 nautical miles (67 km) off Balhaf, Yemen. [128] The vessel was released on 1 February 2010, after the ship's owner, Order Shipping, paid an undisclosed amount of ransom money. [129] United States ( Denmark) MV Maersk Alabama (cargo ship) 21 (food) Attack repelled: 2009-11-18: unknown: Attack repelled ...
The United States Navy frigate returned fire sinking a pirate skiff and eventually confiscating a suspected pirate mother ship. Five pirates were captured. [29] [30] South Korea ( Singapore) MV Samho Dream (Supertanker) 24 (Crude oil) Released: April 4, 2010: unknown: November 6, 2010: $9.5 million: Samho Dream was captured on April 4 by Somali ...
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