MSC Cruise's Melody was attach about 290km north of Victoria in the Seychelles An Italian cruise ship carrying 1,200 passengers and crew fended off a pirate attack near the Seychelles, company ...

Pirate-goers donned all kinds of quirky costumes. Hidden under a 6-and-a-half-foot puppet-like costume, Dennis Martin, 62, towered over parade-goers as “Skully the Pirate,” a costume he put together ...

5. Privateering was pretty much legalised piracy Privateers had a licence by their government to attack enemy ships and keep any loot as payment. Pirates were not loyal to any nation or government ...

Attacks rose by fourteen percent towards the end of last year, largely around the territorial waters off Somalia. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates attack different kinds of ...

Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores ...

In light of the tragic New Orleans terrorist attack that took place on New Year's Day ... For those wondering, Gasparilla means "little Gaspar" in Spanish. But was he actually real? The man is mostly ...

It had a crew of about 35 when the attack occurred off the city of Ciudad del Carmen in the state of Campeche, according to local media reports. About eight armed pirates arrived in two small ...