Why were pirate atacks on ships successful?

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

Pirate ships were reputed to be well armed and heavily crewed. A successful attack on a merchant ship was by fire power and pirate numbers. Most merchant ships were lightly armed and only carried as little crew as possible - crews cast money to the merchant ship owners.

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∙ 9y ago

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