Pirates may not be as prevalent as they once were, but they can still be a nuisance on a cruise ship. This is how ships use ...

The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday. When the ...

Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica that were previously believed to be pirate ships are ...

"Pointing gun all over. Here, there, in the back." Pirates tried three times to board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship before their fourth attempt was successful, fellow crew member William Rios said ...

Saturday marks the 308th anniversary of the sinking of the pirate ship, Whydah, after one of the worst storms in history hit ...

Henry Avery, also known as Henry Every, earned the name 'King of Pirates' for an audacious act of piracy against a convoy of ...

The fiberglass ship atop the amusement park's rebuilt arcade replaces the wooden one that served as a landmark for decades.