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introduction

 In this blog The types of ships used in different regions of the world, along with the advantages of each in the practice of looting, are explained.
mainly the fundamental theme is pirates, The pirates, also called "sea wolves" are groups of sailors practicing maritime plunder. Usually pirates are located in what are called international waters over which the country has no direct authority. In them, the pirates prey on ships to dock with valuable goods in transit, leaving unpunished theft. The assault is to steal the cargo, but sometimes also the pirates are known to subdue the crew of the ship attacked and enslave. Sometimes even come to take over the whole boat. Today, with the new United Nations convention on the "Law of the Sea", the pirates can be tried and piracy is considered a crime.

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Overview

Mainly this text describes the pirates who were these people that produced fear, and also stole treasures and other valuables.

We can describe some pirates from Greece, Rome, Africa, Vikings, China and the Caribbean, in addition to explaining the meaning of their flags.

Greek and Roman pirate ships

“They did their pirating over 1500 years ago”,these pirates navigate the small islands around Greece,the boats sailed with simplified which were called galleys, these other small boats had to be quick sharp battering rams in some cases they found themselves in the bow, these were used in order to ram boats, forming holes in the hull.

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Viking pirates ships

mainly these pirates sailed the seas of northern Europe, Vikings used these known longboat, those long, fast and easy to maneuver ships. A corsair galley often held over one hundred men.

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Flags

 

the meaning of the flags is very simple is used to produce fear of people of other vessels, these flags are usually specific to the pirates since they have an essential feature which is a skull and crossed swords or bones.

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