Real pirates were vicious and deadly - and a large number of them were Welsh. Perhaps the most famous of these men was Sir Henry Morgan who was not so much a pirate as a licensed adventurer for ...

London Welsh put behind them the RFU's decision not to allow them promotion with a 37-21 win over Cornish Pirates in the Championship final first leg. Grant Pointer put Pirates ahead but two Alex ...

Notorious Welsh pirates who once struck fear across the high seas are set to become familiar to a new generation of teenagers across the world. Computer game fans across the world are eagerly ...

Cornish Pirates have signed Welsh back Iwan Price-Thomas for the forthcoming Championship season. The 23-year-old, who can play full-back and fly-half, is a former Wales Under-19 international and ...

After stopping for repairs just off the African coast at Cape Verde, Captain Johnson relates how the Welsh pirate Howell Davis left five crew members behind who had fallen in love with local women.

Occasionally hourglasses were shown to indicate to the merchant ships that pirates were attacking and the time was running out." For example, Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts sometimes "used a ...

His exploits formed the basis of many pirate stereotypes. North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Welsh pirate Henry Morgan used the town as his base and launched his attacks against Spanish cities ...

But it was Welsh who most evoked the persona of a pirate, wearing skull and crossbones earrings and a galleon-like charm around her neck. She stormed through the lab, peeling tarps off cannons ...