Have Pirates Ever Attacked A Cruise Ship

November 5 2005 1247 PM AP.

Have pirates ever attacked a cruise ship. In more than a decade there have been only six reported incidents of pirates attempting to attack cruise ships and the most recent was more than four years ago already. A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. There were more than 1000 passengers on the ship.

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. However pirates have attacked a broad range of vessels with varying results. But where you sail.

Cruise ships pose a far more complex scenario. 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. There are no plans in place to rescue the passengers when this happens.

Two Cruise Ships Brace For Potential Pirate Attacks. By Jim Walker on December 6 2009. An article today by Wolfgang H.

Has a pirate ever attacked a cruise ship. The article is entitled Somali Piracy. Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns Saturday in an attack on a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast the vessels owners said.

Seabourn Spirit a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. In 2020 the type of ship most attacked by pirates was a bulk carrier. Tim Compston Guest Features Writer at Security News Desk navigates his way.