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On November 5, 2005, the luxury cruise ship ''[[Seabourn Spirit]]'' employed an LRAD to repel [[pirate]]s who attacked the vessel with [[rocket-propelled grenade]]s about 115 km off the coast of [[Somalia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6664677.stm|title=I beat pirates with a hose and sonic cannon |date=May 17, 2007|website=BBC News}}</ref> The effectiveness of this device during the attack is not completely clear, but the pirates did not succeed in boarding the vessel and eventually fled.
The Liberian-flagged vessel {{MV|Biscaglia}} was attacked on November 28, 2008. The security detachment aboard ''Biscaglia'' was reported to have used an LRAD device in an effort to repel attackers armed with [[assault rifle]]s and rocket-propelled grenades. Following a one-sided shootout, the ship was seized and the unarmed security contractors abandoned ship leaving the ship and crew to the pirates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5253731.ece |title=Login |website=Timesonline.co.uk}}</ref> The incident caused the usefulness of LRADs to be called into question by ''[[Lloyd's List]]''.<ref name=LL120208>David Osler, (2 December 2008). [http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/piracy-and-security/article48918.ece "Sonic solution may not be a sound investment"], ''Lloyd's List''. London: Informa. Retrieved 13 April 2011.</ref> Carl ‘Rocky’ Mason, one of the MV Biscaglia security guard’s, describes the ship's LRAD, but makes no mention of its use during the pirate attack''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-2396147/Pirate-hunter-How-British-ex-Marine-bodyguard-stars-escaped-death-fighting-feared-hijackers-high-seas--run-secret-network-Somali-spies-London.html|title=Pirate hunter: How a British ex-Marine and bodyguard to the stars escaped death fighting the most feared hijackers on the high seas - only to find they were run by a secret network of Somali spies in London|author=Carl 'Rocky' Mason|date=17 August 2013|website=dailymail.com/}}</ref>
In January 2011, the ''[[Spirit of Adventure (ship)|Spirit of Adventure]]'', a cruise ship sailing through the Indian Ocean, deployed an LRAD system as part of its defensive measures when being pursued by pirates.<ref name=Sloan2011>{{cite news |url=http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/01/pirate-cruise-ship-spirit-adventure-indian-ocean-saga/138838/1 |last=Sloan |first=Gene |title=Cruise ship blasted pirates with sonic wave |work=USA Today |date=January 17, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
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