Pirates News, World News Kenya (Dec. 2) - Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, officials said Tuesday. The captain of the M/S Nautica ordered passengers inside and gunned the engine, allowing the ship to outrun the pirates' speedboats in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, a company spokesman said. Dangerous WatersPrestige Cruise Holdings15 photos The luxury cruise ship Nautica was the target of a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, martitime authorities said Tuesday. On Sunday, a band of pirates on two skiffs tried to intercept the liner, firing off eight shots. But the ship's captain increased speed and outran the bandits. The Nautica, carrying 1,000 people, arrived safely in Oman.
'When the pirates were sighted, the captain went on the public address system and asked passengers to remain in the interior spaces of the ship and wait until he gave further instructions,' said Tim Rubacky, spokesman for Oceania. 'Within five minutes, it was over,' he said. All passengers and crew are safe and there was no damage to the vessel, the company statement said. Rubacky said the ship planned to return through the Gulf of Aden.
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Ok FH just explained... that they arent walking around like what we think of in the movies... that some even have machine guns and many try to steal and take things over, etc.... wow this is soooooooooo scary!!!! Good quick thinking on the captains part!!!
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If I were a cruise ship sailing in waters in that area, I would be packing some serious ammo. Some kind of rocket launcher or something. I don't stand for that nonsense.
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They are not at all like the pirates in the movies but at a lot of that is because the pirates in the movies are from a different century. They don't dress like your traditional pirates or blow up ships with cannons, they aren't in sail ships either. They now drive speed boats and carry automatic weapons, they use GPS units to help them find ships, and use computers to track the cargo of different ships.
They mostly attack areas that have a highly traveled trade route, but this is not the first cruise ship attacked by pirates. Unless your in the Indian Ocean or around Africa you should be ok, although the occasional attack does happen in other areas. The majority of attacks are around Somalia or in the Suez canal.
Not to scare anyone but piracy is at a current all time high. But you should be ok in Europe, even Turkey and your certainly ok in the Caribbean.
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This is insane... Ive really never heard of this before...
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I saw that. I called up FH and was like what the F????????
We are going to Europe on our honeymoon and this will be a cruise.
I am scared sh*tless.
I wouldn't be scared to cruise. I love cruising. Don't worry. I was just so shocked by the thought of pirates.
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I am going to speak with my FH and see what he thinks - I am sure he is going think I'm completely out of my mind. Athough, maybe not - his first choice for the honeymoon is Alaska!
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It's so insane!
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I saw that. I called up FH and was like what the F????????
We are going to Europe on our honeymoon and this will be a cruise.
I am scared sh*tless.
Are you going along the Mediterranean? I think there has been only one attack on the Mediterranean the last several years, so don't worry.
Yea, that's where we are going. Yikes. I hope there isn't any around the time we go. How much would that $uck? Should I take some fighting lessons just in case????? LOL.
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I read this too and that they have been doing this for weeks now. ***??? PIRATES. Ayyy Ayyy captain
