What Types of Ships Did Pirates Sail? | The Pirates Port

[@ThePiratesPort]

Hope you all like the video this week. What’s your favorite type of Pirate Ship and why?

[@hostoftheseawitch3431]

My favourites are certainly schooners. Two masts, a little more girth than a sloop, yet still quick and agile. Plus, bermuda rigging is downright sexy))

[@sterlingd1984]

Favorite pirate ship? A corvette sloop-o-war taken from the hands of pirate hunters

[@maximelsebastianortega6651]

My favorite ship is a fluyt, galleon, man of the war, line of the ship and, brigantine and frigate.

[@Durahan82]

The Brig of War.

[@yuriaakasamaa2079]

I think galleon

[@novustalks7525]

Ok wow I'm shocked at the size of some of these crews. I imagined pirates in crews of 30-50. I wouldn't have expected a number as large as 300

[@bigtub22]

Can confirm that sloops are the best to navigate with. Sea of Thieves has taught me that

[@ThePiratesPort]

Several years ago I lived on a sailboat for around 4 months and sailed quite a bit. Bermuda rigged sloops are amazing to sail and quite easy to manage with a small crew. That fact, along with their shallow drafts, definitely explains why they liked them so much.

[@bigtub22]

@@ThePiratesPort thats so epic man! Would love to live out on sea and live coasting in the winds. Awesome video btw, very informative and has me even more interested in sailing/pirate life.

[@dragonsofthesky7459]

Same lol ☠️

[@sextonb07]

Love the channel. Please do one on what types of wood the ships were made of.

[@ThePiratesPort]

Maybe in the future! The short answer (for the Europeans operating in the Caribbean during the age) is cedar or oak for the hull and keel and pine for framing and masts.

[@faithhansen7798]

Thank you so much for your work! I'm a writer working on a book about pirates and your channel has been invaluable to me!

[@ezt_gamer3408]

One of the best history channels what I ever seen

[@denissavgir2881]

Your videos are great but they feel a little short. Good content, and I want more of it

[@dragonsofthesky7459]

They should do an extended documentary. I would love that! 🏴‍☠️

[@novustalks7525]

agreed

[@woltews]

the problem with capturing a major ship is how to move it even if you capture it , you got a sloop with 25 people on board and need 10 to move your sloop home and the ship of the line needs 80-100 to move it just the mass of one gun 32 pounder gun might unbalance your sloop

[@peterhume508]

Hey I saw a ad for your channel. Great vid looking forward to more.

[@ThePiratesPort]

Thank you. I’m glad you like it

[@dragonsofthesky7459]

Very interesting, mate! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@Leto85]

Subscribed. Your channel was exactly what I was looking for to get this kind of information.

[@jakubwalecki6576]

Great video as always

[@ThePiratesPort]

Thank you!!

[@jakubwalecki6576]

@@ThePiratesPort damn i remember commenting that thinking youll prolly grow your channel a bit in some time aaaaand look at you now :)

[@brycebrunetti9145]

Awesome video!! Did pirates have to exchange Spanish cobs or pieces of eight for different currency?

[@ThePiratesPort]

Nope! The spanish dollar or peso was well accepted as the first international currency (much like the USD today) because of their uniform standards. In fact, the spanish dollar was what the US dollar was based upon and was considered legal tender in the United States all the way up until 1857!

[@josephgarcia8278]

Please keep it up. Love the content and a new sub !!!

[@michaelpage4199]

Great video. Could you do one on what the different cannons caused damage. Thanks for sharing

[@arlenekrese6912]

I heard they sailed their ships like muscle cars are driven today !⚓

[@igiegowow1821]

Love your Channel

[@hostoftheseawitch3431]

Very, very well made video. Thank you!

[@ThePiratesPort]

Thank you!!

[@valenciathompson3394]

Awesome research! Can you create a video based on bodies of water mostly travelled by pirates? Area of study is based on Map of The Bahamas

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@manashmozumder4223]

What about Caravel? Among three ships under Colombus, Nina and Pinta were Caravels.

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

two and 3 masted Schooners look the coolest to me. and with a few top sails that's the classic look i like.but i'd take a sloop, just need to armor up a Santa Cruz 50 or 70 and start my raiding parties then sail off into the sunset

[@susic1819]

And (this depends on the sloop though) a sloop can be operated by one person (well at least the modern ones)

[@burtvincent1278]

Speed of a sailing vessel is generally a function of the length of their water line. I don't quite understand how pirates in a small sloop could catch up to and engage a larger longer ship. My 25 foot sloop can't catch a 35 footer.

[@ThePiratesPort]

Well, assuming they were chasing them from behind and the conditions were perfect the other ship would have been able to outrun them. Marine growth on a hull would take a toll on a ships speed and pirates would careen whenever possible. They would also attack with chain shot and that would have stopped a ship dead in the water.

[@cassandrab4080]

Were ships of the time painted? Particularly small sloops used in inter-island trade? Pirate ships?

[@hamburgler9839]

I grew up on cape cod where black Sam lived and there’s lots of ghost stories about his wife

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

you got anything on pirates in the pacific? haven't looked through all your channel yet.

[@ThePiratesPort]

No, but maybe down the road.

[@elpreso4044]

I heard that sailors say you can't rename a ship because it's bad luck and that the ship has a mind of its own

[@wilhelmiv9608]

well aint this marvelous

[@davidhalaholo2380]

Cool

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Sloops and schooners were faster than other ships.

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Thank you from manhattan

[@seriousguy2160]

Do pirates paint their ship? What color they use?

[@ThePiratesPort]

Different navies used different color schemes for their ships so it's POSSIBLE pirates may have changed the ships colors depending on where they were operating but most likely they would not bother. Ships were modified in different ways (to make them more effective as a fighting platform) but pirates cared little for the aesthetic appearances. That being said, if the pirates had a particular target in mind and they thought painting their ship would allow them a better chance of capturing it it's totally possible. Aside from that the only area they might paint would have been the bottom (below the waterline) to try and discourage marine growth like barnacles.

[@seriousguy2160]

@@ThePiratesPort Thank for the reply! U should make a video about tactics pirates used.

[@seriousguy2160]

Was it common for pirates to write the name of their ship on the stern?

[@chrisduitsman2918]

Usually, ships had thin sheets of copper on the part of their hull that was below the waterline to discourage marine growth.

[@ThePiratesPort]

they didnt start doing this until the 1760's (decades after the golden age of piracy had ended) and only Naval ships could afford it for quite a long time.

[@thecoldandbillowingsea7409]

Neat

[@MesaperProductions]

Short answer: Whatever they could steal.

[@edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057]

Some Scottish pirate's like my clan used ship's called Birlinn, which is a descendent ship of the Viking long ship's which was more faster then the bulkey big ship's back in those day's especially in turbulent storm's. Hence why it's my favourite pirate ship, as I would pick it over any other ship if I was a pirate. My clan attacked any ship even if they were heavily armed.

[@michaelprobert4014]

Remember if it is just a plural no apostrophe is needed . Thanks for the information . I will look up that ship you mentioned .

[@wkrp10splayer19]

Fat ships, skinny ships, ships aground on rocks; Tough ships, sissy ships; even ships with barnacles. The ship pirates love to fight

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Now they use police cars

[@saino-d]

Assassin's Creed black flag brought me here

[@Renwoxing13]

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[@JarlVikingr]

They used any kind of Ship that wasn't Sinking !!

[@arisu-chan3491]

Great vidio. Now i know the real name of blackbeard (samuel bellamy) i knew think he's name is edward teach.

[@ThePiratesPort]

Blackbeard’s name is Edward Thache not Sam Bellamy. Sam Bellamy was called “Black Sam”.

[@arisu-chan3491]

@@ThePiratesPort oh, well sam bellamy&blackbeard is different?

[@ThePiratesPort]

Yes

[@bleachguy64]

Pirate ships duh.

[@buggerit]

one would hope they used ones that stayed afloat.

[@bgee515]

We still have pirates

[@ThePiratesPort]

Yeah, we always have and always will have them

[@bgee515]

@@ThePiratesPort I was a pirate in my younger days. Now ive retired. Govt even gave me medals

[@ThePiratesPort]

I think government backing would qualify you as a privateer. Never sell yourself short!