Piracy on the high seas sounds like something from a bygone era, but the menace of armed robbery is still a very real threat in certain parts of the world. The menace posed to cruise ships in ...

Red Dragon Pirate Cruises in Port Aransas has a new captain at the helm, and she's making history in the Coastal Bend. Dale Gonzales, also known as Captain Poison, is the first female pirate ship ...

Lilly Mcginley was on Cunard's Queen Anne when the captain issued a pirate alert earlier this month. The retiree and frequent cruisegoer says she wasn't frightened. She's had worse experiences at sea.

Modern cruise ships follow strict security rules when sailing near areas where piracy has occurred in the past. These vessels are large, fast, and heavily protected, and the crews train for ...

I lived in Cozumel for nearly two years, and I kept hearing people talk about the pirate dinner cruise. Everyone said pretty ...

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 attacks ...

Another brazen band of Somali pirates tried to strike late Saturday evening, firing wildly at an Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board -- but this time, the crew fought back. Heroic private ...