Pirate Ships
32 entries in the Pirate Ships compendium.
Adventure GalleyHybrid ship that carried William Kidd from privateer to pirate.BajakA Dayak sailing prahu with sail and oar propulsion.BarqueA three-or-more-masted vessel with square sails except the aftmost mast.Bedar (ship)A Terengganu sailing junk with a projecting sudu prow.BrigantineA two-masted vessel with square rig on the foremast.Caroline affairA cross-border burning that shaped international self-defense law.Dancing MollyA sloop crewed by women that outran a governor's steamers.HMS Forward (1855)British gunboat captured by Mexican pirates, destroyed by USS Mohican.Full-rigged shipA square-rigged vessel with three or more masts.FustaA swift, shallow-draft galley favored by Barbary corsairs.GaliotA versatile small galley boat used by pirates and merchants.GalleyOared warship that dominated Mediterranean seas for millennia.Garay (ship)A fast, shallow-draft warship used for raiding and slaving.Guerrero (ship)Spanish slave ship wrecked after battle with British patrol.John of Sandwich (ship)16th-century English pirate ship wrecked off Alderney in 1566.Junk (ship)A Chinese sailing ship with watertight bulkheads and a central rudder.Lancang (ship)A Southeast Asian sailing ship used for war, trade, and royal ceremonies.LanongLarge outrigger warship used for piracy and slave raids.HMS Lion (1823)Captured pirate schooner turned Royal Navy anti-piracy vessel.Lorcha (boat)Hybrid sailing vessel combining junk rig with European hull.CSS McRaeConfederate gunboat converted from a captured Mexican sloop.PencalangA Nusantara merchant ship also used for spying and piracy.PenjajapA swift, shallow-draft raiding vessel of Southeast Asian waters.Pinas (ship)A Malay schooner with junk sails and a carved figurehead.Pink (ship)A narrow-sterned sailing ship used in both Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.PolaccaA Mediterranean sailing vessel with single-pole masts and varied rig.HMS RenegadeFormer pirate schooner taken into Royal Navy service.SchoonerA fore-and-aft rigged vessel with two or more masts.SloopA single-masted fore-and-aft rig with one headsail.SperonaraA small Maltese merchant ship used for trade, smuggling, and corsairing.Wanderer (slave ship)Last large cargo of enslaved Africans brought to the United States.XebecA fast, cheap Mediterranean vessel used by Barbary pirates.
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