Pirate attack shows ships’ vulnerability, but cruise lines defend security plans . Originally published November 9, 2005 at 12:00 am Updated November 10, 2005 at 6:28 pm ...

The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...

Sept. 7, 2012— -- In the Indian Ocean, home to some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, a war rages between Somali pirates, who have attacked 800 ships and taken 3,400 hostages in the past ...

French warship stalks and captures a pirate mother ship in Indian Ocean. April 15, 2009— -- A second U.S. freighter foiled an attack by Somali pirates who fired rocket propelled grenades at ...

When famed pirates overtook a Portuguese ship in 1721 once laden with treasure (now valued over $138 million), the battle ...

Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

Examining Impact Of Pirate Attacks Ship hijackings and hostage-takings carried out earlier this year by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden dominated the news. Peter Pham, senior fellow at the ...

Pirate Attacks On The Rise. ... A total of 198 attacks on ships were reported between January and September this year, up from 174 in the same period in 2006, the IMB said.

Pirate attacks have not declined despite patrols by dozens of warships off the Somali coast. The amount of ocean to patrol is too vast to protect every ship and pirates have responded to the ...

The French also captured 11 pirates days later when navy forces attacked a "mother ship," the vessels from which pirates launch smaller boats to attack ships far out at sea.

Iran and an American-led naval coalition each said Thursday they responded to a distress call by a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that came under fire from gunmen in the Gulf of Oman a day earlier. Armed ...