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The Belize-flagged cargo ship owned and operated by Kaalbye Shipping, Ukraine, was seized by pirates 25 September 2008 and forced to proceed to anchorage off the Somali coast. The ship was carrying a cargo of Ukrainian T-72 tanks and related military equipment. (from Piracy off the coast of Somalia)
As a result, a pirate ship still had the usual terminology found on merchant ships, but the role each ranking sailor would play on the pirate ship was not the norm. [36]: 90, 91 A pirate ship still had a Captain of the vessel. As the economist Peter Leeson argues, pirate captains were democratically elected by the entire crew.
Pirate ships include ships operated by pirates and used for conducting piracy upon the seas, bays, and rivers. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships.
On April 7, the Haitian National Police stormed the seized freighter and engaged in a five-hour gun battle with the gangs, [51] in which two police officers were injured and several of the two gang's members turned pirate were killed. [49] The ship, owned by U.S. shipping company Claude and Magalie, [50] [52] was recovered by the Haitian police ...
After the loss of the ship Rahimi, the Dowager Empress Mariam-uz-Zamani ordered the building of an even larger ship with 62 guns and the placement of over 400 musketeers. . It was named 'Ganj-I-Sawai' and in its day was the most fearsome ship in the sea with the objective of trade and taking pilgrims to Mecca and on the way back converting all the goods into gold, and silver, and bringing back ...
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