21-year-old Dale Gonzales makes Coastal Bend history as the first female pirate ship captain in the area. This is her first summer commanding the Red Dragon Pirate Cruises ship in Port Aransas.

Dramatic Pirate-Hostage Rescues. 1 minute read. By TIME. April 13, 2009 12:00 AM EDT. ... and within hours the resilient crew was able to retake the ship, ...

Off the Somali coast, pirates hijacked a cargo ship and later held the captain hostage. Brian Jenkins, a specialist in hostage negotiations and adviser to the International Maritime Bureau ...

In April 2009, four Somali pirates hijacked the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean and held its captain Richard Phillips ransom for $2 million. Instead, the U.S. Navy managed to ...

Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now.

Chirag Bahri worked as an engineer on merchant vessels during a nearly decade-long career at sea.; In 2010, his chemical tanker was held hostage by pirates for eight months. Now, he advocates for ...