sea raider
Maritime plunderer, historically
A sea raider is a ship or person that attacks and plunders vessels at sea—pirates, privateers, or naval forces conducting commerce warfare.
The term often appears in historical contexts describing Viking longships or German U-boats: Sea raiders terrorized merchant shipping throughout the war.
The emphasis is on aggressive, predatory action rather than legitimate naval combat.
- vikingMedieval Nordic raider
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- plunderGoods seized violently
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
pillage · buccaneer · marauder · Norse · coastline · hit and run · loot · privateer · barbarian · fjord · conquest · Norseman · oars · sail · treasure · berserker · war cry · shield wall
sea raidermerchant ship
Vessel for transporting goods
cargo ship · freighter · merchantman · commercial vessel · container ship
sea, raider, seas, seaward, seaborne, seafarer, seafaring, seabed, seashore