Seabourn Spirit
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Seabourn Spirit is a German-built 5-star cruise ship that first sailed in 1989. The luxury liner travels between Europe and Africa, and is owned by the Seabourn Cruise Line.
Pirate attack
On November 5, 2005, the ship was attacked, 115 km off the coast of Somalia, by two pirate speedboats launched by a mother boat. The ship carried 151 passengers, none of whom were injured, although machine gun shots were fired as well as rocket propelled grenades. The pirates were repelled with a Long Range Accoustic Device (LRAD). The ship also destroyed one of the pirate vessels by running it over.