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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]
List of ships attacked by Nigerian pirates; M. Madre de Deus; Morning Star (1825 ship) N. Nassau (1819 ship) Nimble (1813 ship) P. Perseverance (1797 ship) Q. Quedagh ...
The Devil-Ship Pirates: United Kingdom Don Sharp: Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, John Cairney: Set in England in 1588 Hercules and the Black Pirates: Italy Luigi Capuano: Alan Steel, Rosalba Neri: The Masked Man Against the Pirates: Italy Vertunnio De Angelis: George Hilton, Tony Kendall: The Pirates of Malaysia: Italy France Spain Umberto Lenzi
It was the sixth vessel in a week to be attacked by pirates, who had previously extorted ransoms of tens of millions of dollars. [citation needed] At the time of the hijacking, Maersk Alabama was owned by the Danish shipping company Maersk Line. The ship has since been acquired by Element Shipmanagement SA and has been renamed MV Tygra.
The armed pirates attacked the vessel, boarded the ship without much resistance, and proceeded to ransack the ship for whatever valuables they could get their hands on. They stole the ship's cash, destroyed electronic equipment, and kidnapped 4 sailors, 2 Lithuanians and 2 Ukrainians, before making their escape.
[41] [42] In August 2009, the ship was released after a ransom of two million dollars, according to the pirates on the ship, was paid. Israel: MV Africa Star : 25 (Containers) Capture failed: 2009-04-04: unknown: Capture failed: The Israeli-owned MV Africa Star was attacked by nine pirates on 4 April 2009.
The SY Quest incident [2] occurred in February 2011 when Somali pirates seized the American yacht SY Quest (s/v Quest) and four United States citizens. The United States Navy ordered the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and three other ships to free the hostages. All four hostages were shot by their captors.
The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel MV Dai Hong Dan (Korean: 대홍단호) was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. [3] The following day, the crew of the vessel overpowered the pirates with the support of a US naval vessel. [4] [5] [6]