Somalia's pirates

[Noob Brit]

A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.
At least two boats closed in on the Seabourn Spirit, reportedly firing automatic weapons and a rocket-propelled grenade.

But crew took evasive action, repelling the attackers without returning fire.

One crew member was lightly injured in the early-morning incident in waters notorious for pirate attacks.

The ship was hit by bullets but not, apparently, by the rocket-propelled grenade.

It used an on-board loud acoustic bang to deter the gunmen

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Lucky escape but nice sailing. Maybe it's time for "sea marshalls" on board these ships, this time it was piracy, next one could be AQ.

[TuNeRsHaRk]

an on-board Loud acoustic Bang, im guessing thats a simulated Gunshot with some kind of speakers?

i think every Cruise ship should have an armoury

[joshfox0]

i think the big question is why were they sailing in that strectch of water known to be pirate infested?!

[MKtexan]

i think the big question is why were they sailing in that strectch of water known to be pirate infested?!

good point

do cruise ships have any weapons on board? i have never heard that they do....

[keat320]

The CNN article that I saw said that the ship escaped by outrunning the smaller boats.

[Minardiau]

an on-board Loud acoustic Bang, im guessing thats a simulated Gunshot with some kind of speakers?

i think every Cruise ship should have an armoury

They do.

AFAIK they are restricted or rather only have a few pistols and maybe 1 or two hunting rifles for crowd control if **** hits the fan.

[sp2c]

a while ago I read about a proposition of a dutch ex marine who wanted to set up a PMC company of ex marine types that would have small bases in danger zones and they'd then deploy their people (armed) on ships entering the area (for a price) to deter or even defeat pirates attacking the ship and then get of when the ships leaves the area (and go to another ship in need of armed security).

never heard anything of it since so the government probably killed it but it sounded like a good idea at the time

[ArmedPacifist]

These aren't REAL pirates...

[joshfox0]

These aren't REAL pirates...

yeh real pirates use wooden ships and cutalsses these guys were just wusses.

[ArmedPacifist]

yeh real pirates use wooden ships and cutalsses these guys were just wusses.

Harr! I mean....word.

[Chuckie]

The CNN article that I saw said that the ship escaped by outrunning the smaller boats.

I doubt that a Cruise Ship could outrun speedboats.

[BarkingSquirrel]

Couldn't have been that hard, just had to throw some bread in the water and turn in the opposite direction.

[Chuckie]

Okay the story is a little different than they are saying. The Cruise Ship got away buy heading into "High Seas" which the speedboats couldn't navigate. Also, this is a picture of one the the "guards" on the cruiseship. This definitly isn't a Carnival cruise line or anything.

[KEEPER0311]

Okay the story is a little different than they are saying. The Cruise Ship got away buy heading into "High Seas" which the speedboats couldn't navigate. Also, this is a picture of one the the "guards" on the cruiseship. This definitly isn't a Carnival cruise line or anything.

that would defiantly make for a relaxing and stress free cruise...

[Atlantic Friend]

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Lucky escape but nice sailing. Maybe it's time for "sea marshalls" on board these ships, this time it was piracy, next one could be AQ.

In the Andaman straits, it's not a "sea marshall", they have full-fledged rapid response Marine response teams, because there piracy is so widespread that the pirates attack even large cargo ships.