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Because otherwise they would have the risk of their own belongings to be stolen, broken or sunken with a ship.

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Q: Why did pirates take so few of their own things on board the ships?
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Do pirates sill exist today 2014?

Pirates, as in people who board ships, steal things, and take hostages? Yes. They mostly work in the Malacca Strait between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia, near Singapore. About 3 years ago, there was a very active pirate base in Somalia. Pirates, as in sailing ships and eye patches and parrots? No, those pirates were extinguished in the early 19th century by the US Navy and the British Royal Navy.


Did pirates searches for treasures?

not really like in the movies but they did attack british and american ships in the colonization of americas when the trade routes from britian and america ships would cross and they would attack the ship and take the "treasurers" on board. not like the pirates of the caribbean where they go into a cave. similar to todays samoly pirates that kill and take people for ransom in south east africa.


What did pirates take at sea?

Thet looted ships for anything of value.


What do real life pirates do?

Take over ships and hold the people on the boat hostage, all for ransom.


How did pirates take ships treasures?

Eh.. O_o Baddy pirates would go onto their baddy ships and row row row to a ship out in the BIG ocean and would stop right next to them. Then they would jump onboard and do bad bad things to them and take their treasure from the treasure chests...


What are the effects of piracy?

Stolen things by pirates... u had pirates take crew gold food & sometimes ur ship..


How can you take screenshots in Tales of Pirates without any software?

press the print screen button on the key board


Where are pirates sleeping quarters?

The ships at this time had no sleeping areas. A sailor had to find any spot he could on the ship. It was not an easy life. There was also no places to cook, take a bath, nor a bathroom on the ships.


Why did pirates attack other ships?

because they had bad upbringings as children and they take their anger out on other ships when secretly, theyre all scared little children who need someone to stretch their arm out and give them a hug. pirates are people too, theyre just misunderstood.


Why is Somalia a good position for pirates to take ships?

Because of the proximity of the Somalian coast with that of commercial trade routes ~ see related link below .


Can you take your own snacks on board?

Yes. I always take little snack things with me on a trip.


Why did Francis Drake decided to take the long journey?

So he could avoid the Spanish ships from using their grappling hooks on them. Spanish armada had more soldiers so they tried to board the English ships.