larryhead
11-07-2005, 06:04 PM
(CNN) -- U.S. Navy personnel cleared unexploded ordnance from a luxury cruise ship Monday, two days after pirates attacked the vessel off Africa, the U.S. military said.
Passengers were allowed off the Seabourn Cruise Lines' Spirit and went back to scheduled events with a sightseeing tour of the Seychelles, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
The 150 passengers had been on board when pirates in two boats armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the Spirit on Saturday, Deborah Natansohn, president of the cruise line, told CNNRadio.
The 440-foot ship eventually was able to outrun the pirates off the coast of Somalia, Natansohn said, but not before it was hit.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/07/somalia.pirates/index.html
Real-life Pirates??? :pirate:
Passengers were allowed off the Seabourn Cruise Lines' Spirit and went back to scheduled events with a sightseeing tour of the Seychelles, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
The 150 passengers had been on board when pirates in two boats armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the Spirit on Saturday, Deborah Natansohn, president of the cruise line, told CNNRadio.
The 440-foot ship eventually was able to outrun the pirates off the coast of Somalia, Natansohn said, but not before it was hit.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/07/somalia.pirates/index.html
Real-life Pirates??? :pirate: