pirate attack
Boarding at sea
A pirate attack is an assault by pirates on a vessel, typically at sea.
The term appears in news coverage of modern maritime piracy: The cargo ship reported a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia.
In gaming and entertainment, pirate attacks are romanticized scenarios involving swashbuckling raids on ships or coastal towns.
- raidSudden armed incursion
- plunderGoods seized violently
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- cannonLarge mounted gun
ambush · sea battle · treasure · treasure chest · ship · corsair · buccaneer · broadside · cannon fire · pillage · loot · skull · skull and crossbones · black flag · swashbuckler · ransom · hostage · walk the plank
- Naval Eventsnaval battle, sea battle, shipwreck, sinking, collision
- sea talessea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships, shipwrecks
- maritime crimesship hijacking, mutiny, hijacking, cargo theft, armed robbery
- Maritime Disastersshipwreck, sinking, capsizing, foundering, drowning
- Spanish Galleonsgalleon, flagship, armada, carrack, merchant ship
pirate attacknaval defense
Protection of maritime forces
naval escort · maritime rescue · safe passage · safe harbor · search and rescue
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