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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. In early 2005 it was rated the best small cruise ship by Condé Nast.[3] [edit] Pirate attack On 5 November 2005 at 5:50 am, the ship was attacked, 115 km off the coast of Somalia, by two pirate speedboats launched by a mother boat[4]. The ship carried 151 passengers, none of whom were injured, although machine gun shots were fired as well as rocket propelled grenades. The remains of an RPG's rocket motor wedged itself in the wall of a room[5] and was disarmed by sailors from the USS Gonzalez[6] after the attack. It was reported that a second RPG bounced off the stern.[3] The ship's Master-at-Arms, Michael Groves, was hit by shrapnel whilst attempting to combat the raiders with a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD). The sonic device repelled the pirates by blasting a powerful sound wave. The ship also destroyed one of the pirate vessels by running it over. Groves and fellow British colleague Som Bahadur Gurung (an ex-Gurkha) were honoured for their bravery by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday 16 May 2007, receiving the Queen's Gallantry Medal and the Queen's Commendation for Bravery respectively.[7][8] The ship then altered it's itinerary to dock at Port Victoria for repairs rather than the originaly planned Mombasa.[3] The ship then sailed to Singapore returning to its original Schedule.[3] [edit] References
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