SCHOONER RETRIBUTION. -- We are informed that Capt. LOCKE, of the pirate schooner Retribution, which has captured several United States vessels in the vicinity of the West India Islands within the ...

When confronted with a massive fleet of ships bent on destruction, standard operating procedure for pirates in the Caribbean and elsewhere would have been to tuck tail and run until the heat is off.

While pirates might live in our collective imagination as relics of the 18th century, they still roam certain hotspots and attack massive ships with small dinghies and skiffs. To deter pirate ...