In article KalHd.120158$6l.42333@pd7tw2no, says...


I believe you may be referring to the Achille Lauro incident back on October
7, 1985, but that took
place in the Mediterranean.
http://www.specialoperations.com/Ima...2/achille.html

Unless there was another one that I am not aware of and cannot locate any
references to it via
Google.

She was the Portugese liner "Santa Maria" and the event happened in 1961.

The hijacking took place after the ship departed from La Guaira. An armed band
of Portuguese political insurgents, traveling as passengers, took command of
the ship. Radio connections were stopped and, for several days, her
whereabouts were unknown. A huge air-sea search was mounted before the ship was
finally surrendered without any loss of life or damages. She was returned to
her owners at Recife in, Brazil and where the terrorists were arrested. Luis
Miguel Correia, Portugal's foremost maritime historian, recalled the event.
"Captain Henrique Galvao and his team of 24 Portuguese and Spanish rebels,
operating from a base in Venezuela, decided to attack a passenger ship from
one of the Iberian nations to protest the dictatorships of Franco in Spain and
Salazar in Portugal. The SANTA MARIA was selected because she was by far the
largest and best ship, although two Spanish liners, the COVADONGA and the
GUADALUPE, were also considered.