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Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel , either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ...
The science fiction novel The Red Scholar's Wake (2022), by Aliette de Bodard, features space pirates modelled on Ching Shih and the pirates of the South China Sea. [ 68 ] In the classics remix of Treasure Island , A Clash of Steel by C.B.Lee Zheng Yi Sao's stories are passed on, and she turns out to be a major character
Their ship was lost at sea with all hands, Corso included. [4] The remainder of their expedition - just nine men - resorted to cannibalism to survive. [ 8 ] A year later at least one of the ships he'd captured was retaken by English buccaneers and sailed into New York, where its Captain begged the government to seize it and return the vessel to ...
They took the ship and began a life of robbing on the high seas, with Low voted as captain. After briefly joining forces with another pirate on the Caribbean waters, Low decided to target ships ...
“The different origin of the wood suggests that the Maderö ship was built at a shipyard that brought in and imported material from a larger area, rather than relying on locally grown wood ...
A built-in bed on board ship. bunker A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. bunker fuel. Also bunkers. Fuel oil for a ship. bunt 1. Middle cloths of a square sail. [35] 2. Centre of a furled square sail. [35] bunt-gasket Canvas apron used to fasten the bunt of a square sail to the yard when furled. [35] bunting tosser
Joseph Faro (fl. 1694–1696, last name occasionally Farrell, Firra, or Faroe) was a pirate from Newport, Rhode Island active during the Golden Age of Piracy, primarily in the Indian Ocean. He is best known for sailing alongside Thomas Tew to join Henry Every ’s pirate fleet which captured and looted the fabulously rich Mughal ship Gunsway .
The Barbary pirates were pirates and privateers that operated from the North African (the "Barbary coast") ports of Algiers, Morocco, Salé, Tripoli, and Tunis, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time of the Crusades as well as on ships on their way to Asia around Africa until the early 19th century.