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Anti-Piracy measures on board Queen Mary 2
« on: Mar 31, 2011, 11:00 AM »
Quote from: Commodore Warner on Queen Mary 2

30th March

Dear Guest

Between the 30th March and the 6th April, from Cochin to Dubai and onto the Suez canal, we will be transiting an area well documented in the world’s media for piracy, in particular the Gulf of Aden, which we will transit on the 5th and 6th April.

Onboard Queen Mary 2, we have put in place a security plan in order to protect the ship.

As part of this plan, I would like to request your assistance and cooperation with the following:


Deck 7 external promenade deck and Deck 6 aft will be closed on both sides at night and no Guests or crew will be allowed access for the duration of the transit.

During hours of darkness, only essential open deck lights will be on as it is important to reduce the ship’s external lighting.  With this in mind I request that you turn off your cabin lights when not required and close the curtains of your window or balcony.

In order to familiarize you with these additional measures prior to transiting the Gulf Of Aden, there will be a Guest and Crew drill at 10.30 on the morning of Monday 4th April.  This Drill will be conducted in the interests of your personal safety and security and I respectfully request your full participation in this important exercise.

In the event of pirate activity, announcements will be made from the Bridge and the initial actions required by our guests will be as follows:

Guests are to proceed to their staterooms

Guests with a window or balcony should proceed to the corridor outside their stateroom and sit on either a chair or on the floor and close their stateroom door.

If you are in an inboard stateroom please remain inside your stateroom.

Your Stateroom Steward will do a check of their section area to ensure everyone is accounted for.

During this time Guests are not to remain on any open decks or near any external windows.


I must emphasise that the safety and the security of every individual on board is my highest priority and the implementation of this procedure is an important part of the ship’s security plan.


Signed by


Commodore Bernard Warner

Master RMS Queen Mary 2

« Last Edit: Mar 31, 2011, 10:31 PM by Rob Lightbody »
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Offline Jeff Taylor

Re: Anti-Piracy measures on board Queen Mary 2
« Reply #1 on: Apr 12, 2011, 06:46 PM »
Does anyone know if they have any defensive devices other than those audio squawkers they rig on the pool railings?