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

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Pirates off the eastern coast of Africa fired on U.S. sailors Saturday as they tried to reach the lifeboat where an American captain is being held, a U.S. official familiar with ...

All of these characteristics pirates had, because having a parrot as a pet, missing arms, eyes and hands, was very common among sailors in that time period. And almost all pirates had previously ...

Though pirates are perhaps more closely associated in popular culture with European sailors in Central America, the 13 ...

In late 2009, the French Navy’s flagship tanker La Somme was patrolling the pirate-infested waters off the Horn of Africa.

Slaves may have seized territory, killed masters, and even overthrown colonial governments, but pirates and mutinous sailors never permanently crippled a British or French shipping route.

Edward “Blackbeard” Teach was a real sailor who allegedly left behind a ... known more commonly by his colorful nickname, was a real-life pirate who sailed the West Indies and Caribbean ...

Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a “suspected pirate attack” off the coast of Ghana, authorities said over the weekend. The apparent kidnapping is the latest ...