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The Periplus Maris Erythraei names several Indian ports from where large ships sailed in an easterly direction to Khruse (Kruče - seaside village in Ulcinj). [19] From circa 820, the city was the see of a Diocese of Ulcinj, which was only suppressed in 1532, and would be revived as a Latin titular bishopric.
A French-Breton pirate. She raided French towns and ships in the English Channel. John Crabbe: d. 1352: 1305–1332 Flanders: Flemish pirate known for his successful use of a ship-mounted catapult. Once won the favor of Robert the Bruce and acted as a naval officer for England during the Hundred Years' War (after being captured by King Edward III.)
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 ...
Image credits: Culture Club / Getty Images #3 Blackbeard. Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, is perhaps one of history’s most fearsome and famous pirates. Unsurprisingly, Teach sported a braided ...
Cargo ship that sank after a collision. California: 1866 Rare 1806 "direct acting engine" steamer, with a centered propulsion wheel, carrying personal care articles. Sunk after a pirate raid at Ilha Grande, Angra dos reis. Campos: 23 October 1943 Torpedoed by the German submarine U-170. SMS Cap Trafalgar Germany: 14 September 1914
USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.) America, 2001 USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope. HMS Calypso; HMS Dido ...
Pirate ships (2 C, 56 P) Pirates (19 C, 14 P) Port Royal (7 P) ... Piracy in the Atlantic World; Piracy in the Caribbean; Pirate Round; Pirates in the arts and ...
The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet. Virginia Beach, VA: Köehlerbooks. ISBN 978-1-6466-3151-3. Pérotin-Dumon, Anne (1991). "The Pirate and the Emperor: Power and the Law on the Seas, 1450–1850". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Political Economy of Merchant Empires State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750. Studies ...