2008 Pirates Chase Cruise Ship

Tuesday December 02 2008.

2008 pirates chase cruise ship. Marshall Islands United States MS Nautica cruise ship 386 684 passengers Capture failed. The captain ordered the ship to be brought up to full speed and the pursuing boat eventually gave up the chase. International coalition warships stopped Somali pirates from hijacking a luxury cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend the Danish navy said Monday.

Other ships have not been so lucky. 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.

Cruise ship with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a. Piracy off the coast of SomaliaFishing communities responded by forming armed groups to deter the invaders by hijacking commercial vessels. December 2 2008 227 pm.

30 pirates fired upon the MS Nautica a cruise liner carrying 650 passengers and 400 crew but the massive ship outran its assailants. 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. Pirates Fire on a Cruise Ship.

Pirates chased and shot at a US. As their cruise ship steamed through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday morning the 656 passengers and 400 crew members aboard the MS. 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 cruise ship is owned by Miami based Oceania Cruises and was. There was one case in 2009 when pirates captured a cruise ship but quickly released it when they realized there were no passengers aboard. 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.