Famed Pirates Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

[MichaelB]

Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

Just in case someone missed this:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,302182,00.html

MichaelB

 

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[mad4wrecks]

Re: Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when I read stuff like that. I mean Blackbeard, he was no Jack Sparrow, right? This larger than life historical figure was a real life menace, a colorful and terrifying rogue,...and his ship, the Queen Annes Revenge, has been found. Now wonderful artifacts are being brought up to entertain and educate us...which is what I think archaeology (no matter who is behind it) is all about.

Thanks for sharing MichaelB.

 

[diverlynn]

Re: Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

Wouldn't it have been cool to have lived it first hand? A pirate born too late! Instead I had to live through the disco era.

Diverlynn

 

[FISHEYE]

Re: Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

Diverlynn,

Theres nothing stopping you from being a modern day Pirate.except maybe US navy ships coming to the rescue with the Big Guns.


Pirate Attacks Up 14 Percent Worldwide, Reports Watchdog



KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Maritime pirate attacks worldwide shot up 14 percent in the first nine months of 2007 from a year earlier, with Somalia and Nigeria showing the biggest increases, an international watchdog said Tuesday.

While Africa remains problematic, Southeast Asia's Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest waterways, has been relatively quiet, the International Maritime Bureau said in its report.

A total of 198 attacks on ships were reported between January and September this year, up from 174 in the same period in 2006, the IMB said.

It said a total of 15 vessels were hijacked, 63 crew kidnapped and three killed.

In the July to September period alone, there were 72 incidents, up from 47 in the same period a year earlier, marking the second straight quarterly rise in attacks, the London-based IMB said through its piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"If this current trend continues, it would appear that the decline in piracy attacks since 2004 has bottomed out," it warned.

Indonesia remained the world's worst piracy hotspot, with 37 attacks in the first nine months of 2007 — but that was an improvement from 40 in the same period a year earlier, the IMB said.

Attacks rose rapidly in Somalia to 26 reported cases, up from only 8 a year earlier, it said. Somalia's U.N.-backed government has been struggling to assert control over the country since it accepted the aid of Ethiopian soldiers to chase a powerful Islamic alliance from power.

Nigeria also suffered 26 attacks so far this year, up from 9 previously.

IMB director Pottengal Mukundan urged ships to stay as far as possible from the coasts of Somalia and Nigeria, which remained dangerous with large numbers of violent kidnappings.

"The level of violence in high risk areas remain unacceptable. Pirates in Somalia are operating with impunity, seizing vessels hundreds of miles off the coast and holding the vessel and crew to ransom, making no attempt to hide their activity," he said.

Only four attacks were reported in the Malacca Strait this year, compared to 8 in the same period in 2006, thanks to increased cooperation between states straddling the waterway, the IMB said.

 

[mad4wrecks]

Re: Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

Eh, the disco era wasn't so bad. I spent a few nights at the revolving bar at the ABC Lounge in Fern Park back in the day.

 

[FISHEYE]

Re: Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

tom,

I was a regular at the ABC revolving bar in fern park.It was a fun place.Lots of fights inside and out in the parking lot.Plenty of women to go around.I never did care too much for the disco and the dancing.Right before they closed it down i got 86'ed for throwing a guy over that rotating bar.he claimed i was in his seat.If you remember the bar and the seats were real low to the ground,one small push an this guy went over it to land on all the glasses.This guy was bigger than you.lol